An article that appeared on Guitar World magazine focused on Angus Youngs response to an interview that was done on 1991. The interviewer, Jeff Gilbert, asked Angus of the recent performances that he had done, and that why is it that he used the same guitar, some of the same sound, and why Angus would never finger pick. Yet, the response that came to this questions was simple, the audience loved the originality of the band. Angus tells the interviewer about the basic requirements for an ACDC song, which include: "It's got to have a good rhythm. It's gotta rock. That's the first requirement. I also like the songs to be, for my own preference, uptempo. If the song's slower, perhaps a bit moody, it has to have something extra. And we like it to be a song -- not just a collection of riffs. I think it has to flow and be very natural. Most songs these days seem like excuses to put a riff around." The interviewer asks Angus why he doesnt finger fick and the response was simple, "There's enough people out there already doing it. So I figure, hey, while they're doing that, I'll do this." Being able to as a band compose such great songs and have the relationship with each other as ACDC has, I believe is what helped the band to succeed the most throughout the years on their journey to become one of the greatest rock bands in history.
Oct. 14, 2011 Gilbert, Jeff "Angus Young of AC/DC Discusses Guitar Riffs and Brown Gibson SG's in 1991 Guitar World Interview"
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