Saturday, March 3, 2012

"AC/DC Maximum Rock n Roll" is a book based on AC/DC's great history, from the start of Angus and Malcolm Young playing guitar by themselves, to the addition of lead vocalist Bon Scott, to the tragic event of his death, and the rise of AC/DC with the new lead singer Brian Johnson. This book contains several interviews that the band gave throughout the years that they played. The band was always very strong, not physical strength but in mentality. " ‘The boys — Malcolm and Angus and Bon — would come off the stage because some idiot had thrown a bottle or was abusing Bon, and we were at the side of the stage and they’ve gone straight off the stage into it. They’re not the tallest guys in the world, they’re not the best-built guys in the world, but I tell you what, don’t upset them. You wouldn’t think there would be very much fight in them but . . .’ " The book contains details on the albums and the story of how many songs came about, as well as what inspired some of the lyrics. AC/DC had a clear future when they began to make noise with the fact that several of their albums were controversial or they made a scandal, because it called for attention from the audience. Having their ups and their downs they alwasy kept their heads in high and looked forward as to what was to come. How would have AC/DC changed, had Bon Scott not died in the eraly years of the history of the band?

Engleheart, Murray, and Arnaud Durieux. AC/DC: Maximum Rock 'n' Roll. München: Heyne, 2007. Print.

1 comment:

  1. I think that AC/DC would have continued to perform for a several more years and eventually break apart or retire. Most band don't last perhaps due to the lack of desire to perform, but without personally knowing each band member and their dynamics together, one cannot be sure if the band would have continued to play or retired.

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