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A moment of silence for a man who never heard of silence. Lost thirty two years ago today. Ronald Belford Scott 09Jul46 - 19Feb80

Fifth grade gym class was my first introduction to Metal and my first introduction to AC/DC back in 1980 I think. We were allowed to bring in an album for gym class and some kid brought in Dirty Deeds. I would like to say that we were Ballroom dancing that day, but. :)

seems like the great ones go before their time... Hendrix, Scott, even Cobain... thank goodness Sixx is still around!

Quote from: veritatemfurto on February 19, 2012, 10:05:52 PM
seems like the great ones go before their time... Hendrix, Scott, even Cobain... thank goodness Sixx is still around!

I was just thinking about that yesterday so in rememberance of Whitney I threw on some Hendrix to ease my pain. >:-)

Quote from: Gretchen on February 19, 2012, 10:42:57 PM
I was just thinking about that yesterday so in rememberance of Whitney I threw on some Hendrix to ease my pain. >:-)

Good girl, Rock on! LOL

They really were good from the start.  I have to keep telling people overseas they were not a Heavy metal Band, just typical 70's Aussie pub rock band.  There were a lot of other good ones, but AC/DC got the breaks.

Karen.

Vale Scott

And a unique band

For a change of pace, and to see what Bon was doing before AC/DC,  have a look at YouTube-
"GTK: Fraternity 'Seasons of Change' 1971."
Their take on Blackfeather's classic.

Quote from: justmeinoz on February 20, 2012, 12:29:42 AM
I have to keep telling people overseas they were not a Heavy metal Band

True, AC/DC is pure and simple Rock and Roll but as a fifth grader they'll always be Metal to me especially when compared to Def Lepard. Mind you I'm still a fifth grader.

Def Leppard is way after AC/DC.  Five years or so in origin (73 vs.77).  DL are part of whole bunch of metal stuff that comes out of England at that time like Saxon,   Iron Madden.  Stuff that AC/DC influenced really.  They - AC/DC - were pretty much a voice crying out in the wilderness of 1976 music that was this mind-numbing mixture of near-constant beginnings of disco (Play that Funky Music White Boy and Disco Lady, and You Should Be Dancin - it was hell) and lite-rock like Afternoon Delight.  God it was really bleak.  Captain and Tennelle AND DONNY AND MARIE and BARRY MANNALOW are ALL in the fricking charts at the same time?  Oh just shoot me.  Even David Bowie was doing dance stuff like Golden Years.  But that first AC/DC record, well the ringing into to It's A Long Way to the Top If You Want To Rock and Roll, and TNT and High Voltage were just what a whole bunch of people, me included wanted.  It's funny that Rolling Stone called it  "all-time low" for the hard rock genre, because it was really part of the rebirth of Metal.  AC/DC, and sort of Queen - who after the record with Stone Cold Crazy/Killer Queen went in another direction - and Thin Lizzie - that was about it in the mid-70s.  (and we were about to get overrun with the Abba/Fleetwood Mac tidal wave)

There were a lot of other good ones, but AC/DC got the breaks.
There is nothing like being in the right place at the right time.  Luck has a lot to do with it too.  But in order to rise up you have to be able to rise up and keep on taking it to new levels, and that's harder to do than most people think it is.  Every time you move out of the pub you have to keep moving the show and the music up to that level too.  And they had some powerful talent.  And yeah, sure it's 3 chord rock, but isn't '3 chord rock' a redundant statement in the first place? 

It was crisp, had a dirty/nasty edge to it, had a heaping-helping of stupid tossed on it for fun and madcap antics, the songs were strong, and the band was tight.  And though they don't really hit it big (more of a little emerging metal cult deal in the US) until after Bon Scott was dead, it was exactly that Bon Scott sound - that rawness - that gave them the initial fan base to build on.  And Bon and Angus together put on hella show - and that's critical to building a fan base too.  And that's what gives AC/DC the leg up on the other bands that might have been just as good, its the performance deal that puts them there, and the songwriting that keeps them there.

But the '78 performance level of If You Want Blood You've Got It is pretty damn good.  I'll bite though.  You have any other Aussie bands that in 1978 sound as good as AC/DC sounds on If You Want Blood You've Got It?  If so, I'll listen to them too.

Quote from: tekla on February 20, 2012, 10:05:18 AM
Def Leppard is way after AC/DC.  Five years or so in origin (73 vs.77).  DL are part of whole bunch of metal stuff that comes out of England at that time like Saxon,   Iron Madden.  Stuff that AC/DC influenced really.  They - AC/DC - were pretty much a voice crying out in the wilderness of 1976 music that was this mind-numbing mixture of near-constant beginnings of disco (Play that Funky Music White Boy and Disco Lady, and You Should Be Dancin - it was hell) and lite-rock like Afternoon Delight.  God it was really bleak.  Captain and Tennelle AND DONNY AND MARIE and BARRY MANNALOW are ALL in the fricking charts at the same time?  Oh just shoot me.  Even David Bowie was doing dance stuff like Golden Years.  But that first AC/DC record, well the ringing into to It's A Long Way to the Top If You Want To Rock and Roll, and TNT and High Voltage were just what a whole bunch of people, me included wanted.  It's funny that Rolling Stone called it  "all-time low" for the hard rock genre, because it was really part of the rebirth of Metal.  AC/DC, and sort of Queen - who after the record with Stone Cold Crazy/Killer Queen went in another direction - and Thin Lizzie - that was about it in the mid-70s.  (and we were about to get overrun with the Abba/Fleetwood Mac tidal wave)

There were a lot of other good ones, but AC/DC got the breaks.
There is nothing like being in the right place at the right time.  Luck has a lot to do with it too.  But in order to rise up you have to be able to rise up and keep on taking it to new levels, and that's harder to do than most people think it is.  Every time you move out of the pub you have to keep moving the show and the music up to that level too.  And they had some powerful talent.  And yeah, sure it's 3 chord rock, but isn't '3 chord rock' a redundant statement in the first place? 

It was crisp, had a dirty/nasty edge to it, had a heaping-helping of stupid tossed on it for fun and madcap antics, the songs were strong, and the band was tight.  And though they don't really hit it big (more of a little emerging metal cult deal in the US) until after Bon Scott was dead, it was exactly that Bon Scott sound - that rawness - that gave them the initial fan base to build on.  And Bon and Angus together put on hella show - and that's critical to building a fan base too.  And that's what gives AC/DC the leg up on the other bands that might have been just as good, its the performance deal that puts them there, and the songwriting that keeps them there.

But the '78 performance level of If You Want Blood You've Got It is pretty damn good.  I'll bite though.  You have any other Aussie bands that in 1978 sound as good as AC/DC sounds on If You Want Blood You've Got It?  If so, I'll listen to them too.

I'm good with that.

I always thought of AC/DC as a rock and roll band, not heavy metal. Hell, half of their songs have "rock and roll" in the titles or lyrics! Hugs, Devlyn

Who's Bon Jovial  >:-) Evil never dies.

How about "Kicked in the teeth again" That song kicks ass, probably one of AC/DCs best. You get the driving beat, Angus pulls the strings right off the guitar, and Bon screaming his guts out. And of course, crude lyrics written by very young men! The best Brian song is probably "Shake a leg" Of course, just my opinion. Hugs, Devlyn