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Facts to turn you into an AC/DC expert
By Jerry Ewing published June 21, 2015
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Susie Masino’s new AC/DC FAQ book promises to reveal “All That’s Left to Know about the World’s True Rock ‘n’ Roll Band”. We gave it to Prog Magazine editor Jerry Ewing (author of two books about the band) to test the theory. Here’s what he discovered…
1 - AC/DC’s fist ever headline show was at the Melbourne Festival Hall on 4 November, 1975. They were supported by Stevie Young (who would later be in the frame as a replacement for Bon Scott) and John Paul Young of Love Is In The Air fame. A promo video was shot for High Voltage on four cameras. Applause from George Harrison’s Concert For Bangladesh was dubbed onto the video.
2 - Bon would stick his fringe down with scotch tape after he’d showered to prevent it curling up too much
3 - Brian Johnson wrote the lyrics to You Shook Me All Night Long whilst sat on the bog.
4 - Bon Scott was a big fan of show tunes, a passion he picked up as a boy.
5 - Cheap Trick are the only band that AC/DC have ever invited to encore with them. The band first played together at Greensboro in North Carolina on December 18, 1977. The band would enjoy a friendly relationship, continuing to jam together over the years. The only other person invited to jam with AC/DC was Atlantic Records exec Phil Carson, with the band in Brussels on January 25, 1981, on a cover of Little Richard’s Lucille.
And as always have a chilled day from the Viking
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