AC/DC to call it quits

Malcolm Young is reported to be very ill & the band may never perform again:
 
http://www.skynews.com.au/showbiz/article.aspx?id=967537&cid=BP_CAROUSEL_NEWS_REPORTS_ACDC_TO_RETIRE_1504

very bad news!!!

Hells Bells in fact

Yeah, heard this in the car this arvo. Meant to start a thread but forgot.

Legendary rock band, and in the top 3 of my all time fave groups.

Couldn't get to grips with his voice, feel like I've probably missed out on some banging tunes because of it but there we go.

They seemed to do okay without my endorsement though.

Whose voice did you have a problem with?

BJ at a guess - my old neighbour liked them when Bon Scott was lead. When he died, and took on his replacement, she said that hearing him gave her a strong urge to throw herself under a fast train to escape it .....

Vilks - find some of their early material (1973-79) - they did some cracking stuff - and Bon Scott has a completely different style to Brian Johnson.

Aye, Brian Johnson's voice. I'll give their early stuff a go then, always liked the guitar work but as soon as the vocals came in I'd get annoyed.

Absolutely no doubt Bon Scott was a better singer than Brian Johnson, but ironically Accadacca had way more $uccess with BJ on vocals.

vilkrang wrote:Aye, Brian Johnson's voice. I'll give their early stuff a go then, always liked the guitar work but as soon as the vocals came in I'd get annoyed.

Give these Bon Scott era hits a try, vilks:

Livewire
High Voltage
Jail Break
TNT
It's a Long Way to the Top
Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
Highway to Hell
Let There Be Rock

horace wrote:very bad news!!!

Hells Bells in fact

Aye Horrie, they went on after the death of Bon Scott to become a world wide sensation , can they continue it if the reports are true?

I too was much more a fan of the Bon era...tho I enjoyed their tribute to Bon (inc the elegy -hells bells) on Back in Black from memory