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AC/DC - the main explanation for the name, was that the members got it off an electronic product, AC meaning alternating current, DC meaning Direct Current.
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AC/DC - the main explanation for the name, was that the members got it off an electronic product, AC meaning alternating current, DC meaning Direct Current.
It all started off with these 5 members:
Bon Scott - Vocals
Brothers; Angus Young - Lead Guitar and
Malcolm Young - Guitar
Mark Evans - Bass
Phil Rudd - Drums
The band was formed in Australia in 1973, Malcolm and Angus started off, then got Mark to join and play bass. Bon joined and played drums, but there were problems getting a vocalist, so the boys convinced Bon to do the vocals instead, and got Phil to do the drums.
(and a fine job Bon did)
Angus and Malcolm being born in Glasgow, Scotland, moved to Sydney, Australia early in their lives, Bon was born in Scotland. Phil and Mark were born in Australia.
AC/DC became a fairly popular band in Sydney, Bon became very comfortable doing the vocals, and the band was on a rise, as they released their album "High Voltage". With the biggest hits being "It's A Long Way To The Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll)" and "T.N.T.", AC/DC was ready to hit America.
AC/DC released their first American album, "High Voltage" on September 28, 1976. Rolling Stone magazine was not impressed at all, their review on the album came out the same year on December 16, labelling the album and the band, an all time low in hard rock.
AC/DC's second album, "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" was released, the popular song being "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap", "There's Gonna Be Some Rockin'", "Ain't No Fun (Waiting Round To Be A Millionaire)", "Rocker", and the, maybe over-exaggerating, "Big Balls" The album was more successful than the first release.
AC/DC then released, "Let There Be Rock"
featured hits like "Hell Ain't A Bad Place To Be", "Bad Boy Boogie", "Problem Child", and of course "Let There Be Rock", AC/DC is getting as big as ever at the time, getting more respect, led on to the next album...
"Powerage", another fine hit getting AC/DC that much bigger, showing what they can do, and sticking it up to Rolling Stone Magazine, with their comments on the debut album, this one featured the hits like, "What's Next To The Moon", "Sin City" and "Rock 'N' Roll Damnation.
1979, AC/DC makes history, releasing the 5th album with AC/DC, (final with Bon Scott unfortunately) The album that made AC/DC, NOT A SECOND of space wasted on this one, "Highway To Hell", featuring the hits, "Girls Got Rhythm", "Shot Down In Flames", "Touch Too Much", "Beating Around The Bush", "If You Blood (You've Got It), "Walk All Over You", "Get It Hot", "Love Hungry Man", "Night Prowler", and of course, "Highway To Hell". One of the finest albums in rock history and arguably the best with Bon Scott. Not to mention, it sold over a million copies in the US alone, that's right, where are those Rolling Stone writers now?
Yes, AC/DC are big now, "Nothing can stop them, NOTHING!"
February 18, 1980, Bon Scott was found dead in his car, it was called, "death by misadventure", he went out drinking, and choked on his own vomit. (R.I.P. Bon Scott)
So, is AC/DC over? it felt impossible, you're at the top, and then at the bottom in one night. Over? yes? no? not by a long shot.
AC/DC hired singer Brian Johnson, formerly with a band called "Georgie", Bon saw them play once and he was very impressed, so AC/DC figured, if Brian impressed Bon, then he was good enough. But would AC/DC be as big?
AC/DC is now;
Brian Johnson - Vocals
Angus Young - Lead Guitar
Malcolm Young - Guitar
Cliff Williams - Bass
Phil Rudd - Drums
July, 1980, AC/DC releases "Back In Black", on October 13th, AC/DC sixth album is certified Platinum (by 1984, it had sold over 5 million copies, today, it stands at over 19 million copies) The album featured hits like "Hells Bells", "What Do You Do For Money Honey", "Back In Black" and "You Shook Me All Night Long". Back In Black is considered the best AC/DC album, and was recently voted number 2 most inluential album of all time. Pretty damn good. So after losing everything they had, they had won the war.
Summer, 1981, AC/DC releases "For Those About To Rock We Salute You" was the third consecutive big hit by AC/DC, featuring hits like "Inject The Venom", "C.O.D.", "Evil Walks" and "For Those About To Rock (We Salute You)"
AC/DC has made it, the following albums were released in the future, "Flick Of The Switch", "Fly On The Wall", "Who Made Who", "Blow Up Your Video", "The Razor's Edge", "Ballbreaker", and "Stiff Upper Lip". All featuring great songs.
AC/DC is one of the best rock bands ever, if not the best, the way they performed, the way the went through the hardest times, even today, people still buy AC/DC albums, they are still a very popular band, and always will be.
AC/DC truly defines Rock and Roll.
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y do u all hate rap
i wanna have a logical discussion with sum of
you about y you all hate rap im not dissing
rock i jsut wanna talk about it and no rock
fans will hold up a steady convo in a rap
forum...i myself hate alot of rock and thinks
its kinda gay especially old but i wanna here
your opinions so we can discuss this...PS im
not just coming on here to hate on rock i
wanna talk this over so dont just go on rap
forums and say o ya its all shit and stuff im
not dissing it im just stating my opinion and
wanna have a discusion
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| Well you seem like a nice enough person who
just wants to express their opinion judging
by some of your other posts.
I DON'T go to rap forums even though some
dickheads have accused me of doing that. I
don't like rap.
I know you don't like rock, that's up
to you but can I ask you something though?
Do you like it even a little bit?
You know why I hate rap, I said why in some
other posts.
It's good that you're prepared to have
a normal discussion unlike some of the other
wankers that come on here and say that they
hate rock and then they just piss off.
| thunderstruck | hell ya i like abit of rock i used ot be a
prityt big fan...altho i kidna went from pop
to rap...dont kill me for diss but i have
alot of linkin park cause i used to really
like em....paparoach has 2 songs i like
scars and last resort...sumtimes when i hear
a random rock song it just gets me going
sumtimes like headstrong by trapt just rap
just means more to me...but me and you r the
only 1s on these forums so just talk in this
one so we dont gotta keep switching, but ya i
do listen to sum rock i used to listen to
alot more so i no wat its about...and hells
bells, highway to hell and back in black iv
herd many times at my friends house...just
dont really like it | musicman_m37 | lol i just read ur profile you are from
australia i guessed right..thats cool tho im
canadian. Ausis canadiand brits its all the
same..im down for american music to tho thats
where ppl live thats where album sales happen | musicman_m37 | "hell ya i like abit of rock i used ot
be a
prityt big fan...altho i kidna went from pop
to rap...dont kill me for diss but i have
alot of linkin park cause i used to really
like em....paparoach has 2 songs i like
scars and last resort...sumtimes when i hear
a random rock song it just gets me going
sumtimes like headstrong by trapt just rap
just means more to me.."
Are you saying that you like abit abit of
rock but rap means more to you or did I
misinterpret that?
Just out of curiousity.. how did you know I
was from Australia before you checked my
profile?
The charts are based on new music so
that's why old music isn't there.
When you look up top 100 songs of all time
you will see many rock n roll classics.
| thunderstruck | ya i no the charts are based on new songs
thats wat im talking bout new songs rap will
get on the top charts all time its jsut
climbing its way up it started as social
black outcasts and now its becoming sumthing
huge..its gone from being just punks talking
to accualy music that media and ppl
love...old rock ya i no its classic but its
old now were a new generation...rap right now
as we are spewaking is selling more and on
more charts...lol and i new u were australia
cause u kept saying "mate" ill
say i think ausi accent is cool tho i no alot
of aussis...and ya rap isnt big down there i
no i was looking at charts so no wonder u
saying rock is more popular...worldwide tho
rap is like africa china jamaica...man all
them asian ppl are into rap and every black
and alot of whites (like myslef) | musicman_m37 | in ur other post you said ppl like you will
pass it on like old rock so itll be
around,,,not all paretns pass it around
sumthing jsut doesnt stop being made and keep
going like fewer paretns will pass it on each
time my paretns didnt really tell me bout old
rock alot of kids in no looked into it a bit
didnt like it and backed out...so ya not
every kid will hear bout it but rap is in the
now everybody nos about it | musicman_m37 | "not all paretns pass it around
sumthing jsut doesnt stop being made and
keep
going like fewer paretns will pass it on
each
time my paretns didnt really tell me bout
old
rock alot of kids in no looked into it a bit
didnt like it and backed out..."
I think that it will be passed on and there
are also new rock bands similar to ACDC that
will keep rock n roll alive 'JET' for
example.
| thunderstruck | ya but all those rock n roll bands arent
getting nearly as popular as the
rappers...adn also Jet is one of the only
mainstream ones like AC/DC most rock now is
punk | musicman_m37 | rock i no is at sum major events but 1 fact
you gotta face up to is album sales you cant
justify wat you are saying: here is a list
of
the albums that sold the most this week
1)faith hill, fireflies (r and b) 2)now 19
mixed cd which has 11 rap. r and b, 4 pop, 5
rock...so mainly rap/ r and b 3)mariah carry
(pop) 4) young jezzy (rap) 5)teira marriah
(r and b) 6)kids bop kids (not sure)
7)coldplay (rock) 8)black eyed peas, monkey
business (rap/r and b) 9)breakaway, kelly
klarkson (pop) 10)demon days, gorillaz (trip
hop) dont realy no wat that is but its like
rap and pop....so only 1 rock album is in
the
top 10...so yeah dont say rock is more
popular...i could point u out to sum charts
too if you want but i dont think i need to
iv
made my point...but ya sum places rock just
suits it more and i admit that like at
wakestock if they had been playing rap id be
like wtf...but they played rock and it was
cool rock suites sum things rap suites sum
things...but ultamitly according to album
sales charts and popularity more ppl like
rap, and r and b
i no i said that in the other forum i just
dont like carrying on both forums and writing
different stuff | musicman_m37 | "but ultamitly according to album
sales charts and popularity more ppl like
rap, and r and b"...
Music doesn't have to be on the charts to
be good, and I'll admit alot of people
like the kind of music that you're into
but like I said in one of my previous posts,
ACDC and alot of other classic rock bands are
still adored by many today.
Velvet revolver is a modern band made up of
afew of the old members of guns n roses and
look how successful they are.
Another reason why I hate rap is because
it's basically just someone TALKING to a
beat that usualy isn't their own. I think
I mentioned that before though.
| thunderstruck | ya i understand why you hate rap and i
respect that..and thats why sumtimes a rock
song does sum events better...and i do listen
to rock i just dont like it nearly as much as
rap and r and b. But i no those bands may be
adored by many still im not saying nobody
likes them im just saying more ppl like rap
and r and b...and thats a fact to but i no
sum ppl still like old rock but not as many
that like rap and r and b...and to say rap is
just talking to a beat is like saying rock is
just 4 guys slamming on instruments as loud
as they can and screaming...you wouldnt talk
the way they rap and rap all rhymes and it
fits the beat to so they say sum syllables
longer and stuff...its not just talking | musicman_m37 | I think just as many people like rock because
I still see people in my suburb with rock
related stickers on the windows of their cars
and people with rock related badges and
patches on their bags and clothes. That's
not just afew people but alot.
There is a difference between talking with
abit of a tune and singing.
When rockers play their instruments, yes they
do slam them hard but it sounds good because
they have to quickly change chords and stuff.
Also, it takes alot of talent to play an
amazing solo on a guitar and to make it sound
awesome and I also think that the vocals of
rock singers is amazing. | thunderstruck | k of your statements i agree with you in the
fact that rock takes more talent and sumtimes
it sounds cool when they break out an
instrument solo...but orck vocals are not as
hard to write but theyre voices do sound
amazing...rock 4 sure takes more talent than
rap. The point that i dont agree with you
in tho is that as many ppl like rock as rap
that is a false point you gotta read up a bit
maby in ur lil town more ppl like rock but iv
researched worldwide charts and album
sales...sure U2 sold huge with there album
and coldplay is doing mighty fine, but 50
cent, the game, eminem, usher, and snoopdogg
beat out them all..cept maby U2, more so rap
is popular in america...which is the place
that music is distributed most in, but also
worldwide rap is the biggest kidna music more
ppl can relate to it...even pop is bigger
than rock mariah carry has like 4 hit songs
right now not all in the top 10 (like 50 did)
but they still all huge...rock is near the
bottom no doubt a lot of ppl still like it
but if they did alot more bands would come
out like AC/DC and metallica there is maby a
few modern day bands and none of htem are
huge in success...where as there are tons of
sucessful rappers...popularity= rap, pop, r
and b, rock....thats the order according to
the world i dunnowat ur city or town or w.e
you live in is but thats the worlds
statistics...but ya i do accually listen to
sum rock its kidna like i liek rugby and
football both but i like football more but
rugby fans diss football alot of me...so i
havta diss rugby back and point out its weak
points even tho i still like it..just i like
football more...thats kinda my story with
rock and rap | musicman_m37 | so ya for more popular i was talking to this
with sum guy names "paparoach"
and he said he never backed down on anything
to do with rock but he said he even admited
at this point and time rap and r and b are
most popular (he said it was becasue of
faggots like me its like that) but he still
said it. And i try not to back down either
being a rap fan but i have expiereinecd rock
as well and will admit it is alot harder to
make writing the own instrumetns instead of
taking a beat...taht is y rap albums have
like 20 songs and most rock albums have 10-13
songs. Rap albums also come out alot
faster...because rock takes longer to make
and create..and ya overall making it a team
effort it does take alot more effort and
"talent" than rap, but to say
all rock ppls work together (like in a band)
and that rap is all individual isnt true
rappers and r and b artists collaberate on
songs together and help eachother out
too...in fact every genre cept country and
rock pritty much have collaberations.
(emeinem and dr dre work together on many
songs....2 rappers) the song yeah usher
feat. ludacriss and lil john (an r and b
artist, a rapper, and a crunk artist. Dirty
by cristina agulara feat. redman (a pop
artist feat. a rapper) so they work together
to but its more independant verses where as
rock the whole song is a team effort | musicman_m37 | heres my opinions.
ok it seems that in rock music [not newer
stuff] that the band members acctually have a
talent or a purpose or a goal in life and
they express themselves in music wonderfully.
i think it does take more talent with the
guitar, and bass, and drums, and vocals. to
be a vocalist in a rock band you really have
to be great to make your band popular. [EX:
robert plant, axl rose, bruce dickinson, bon
scott] they all have unique fastinating
voices that really seep into your soul with
some songs. as for the instruments u must be
very talented as well. now as for rap its
usually a pissed off guy simply talking in a
smart-ass kind of way and seems like they
just dont even really have talent. ALso most
of rap is just about sex. get low this n baby
do that n lemme see this and swears
constantly. i mean theres nothing wrong with
songs about that kind of thing but that seems
to be all that rap is tearing up the charts
doing. when rock has a purpose. i mean listen
to the lyrics in a song like november rain by
guns n roses or achilles last stand by
zeppelin. thats 2 off the top of my head out
of 100s that give me chills just thinking
about the purpose of writing them or the way
they sing it or emotionally how they feel. i
find it brilliant. then on the other hand,
the just fast paced hard rock about sex and
things just sounds cool to me and the guitar
and bass and drums are usually great. i just
feel rap doesnt take as much effort or
talent. i think that i can just go in a
studio write some crazy lyrics then just roll
them off my toung and i'd have a hit
single. | CrazyGNRfan | i see you've mentioned the band trapt.
their terrible. bottom line. see bands like
them are [the new stuff] thats not music.
unfortunatley thats what most of the rock
your exposed to these days sounds like. | CrazyGNRfan | on the not as many people like rock as rap
thing i disagree. most adults like rock. then
about half kids/teens lik rock. that leaves
just another half of kids/teens to like rap.
idk i just think more people like rock all
though if you walk down the street and see a
group of teens and say what do you listen to?
the answer most likely will be rap. i think
thats because the real rock bands are getting
old and slowing down with making album when
rappers are constantly ammerging these days
on mtv and vh1 | CrazyGNRfan | your rong in saying rock is more popular i
dont see how you ppl cant see this RAP SELLS
ALBUMS AND TOPS CHARTS!!!! end of story. More
people listen to rap so albums sell and
people vote for rap videos. Rock ya takes
more talent but to say rap is all about sex
is a very steriotypical thing to say. Better
days (bout not giving up becasue life will
get better) for example...if you want me to i
could post you sum more songs not about sex
or violence...just look at sum
tupac....ghetto gospel, changes, thugz
mansion (the title is missleading) are all
about either God, making our world rid of
poverty and crime, or another good moral. And
some rock songs talk about hell and bad stuff
too. And if you think you could rite a
selling rap song write down some lyrics for
me. Ya maby more aldults listen to rock cause
rap wasnt around back then but ppl 20 and
under majorly a rap crowd...and most adults
do not listen to alot of music or go to
concerts...and as time passes on more adults
will tune into rap or just stop listening to
music cause bands like ACDC rolling stones
and u2 dont got much music making left in
them | musicman_m37 | G'day, I'm back...
anyway, The charts are based on new music,
but just because songs aren't on recent
charts doesn't mean that they aren't
adored all over the world.
"Ya maby more aldults listen to rock
cause
rap wasnt around back then but ppl 20 and
under majorly a rap crowd...and most adults
do not listen to alot of music or go to
concerts..."
I'll have to disagree with you, if rap was
around back then people wouldn't listen to
it because people that were around back then
hate it and I don't blame them... and
people that were around back then do still
listen to music and go to concerts.
" and as time passes on more adults
will tune into rap or just stop listening to
music cause bands like ACDC rolling stones
and u2 dont got much music making left in
them"
They may stop making music soon but like I
said before that doesn't mean that their
music won't live on...
| thunderstruck | if old songs were adored by people all over
the world they would still be on charts just
think about it it doesnt matter how old they
are people will still play songs if people
would listen to them. And well truth is most
people do not listen to old rock anymore,
people do listen to new rock but not old
thats why old rock is never on any charts or
anything, they arent making any more music
and people want new stuff...well most anyways
you can stay with your argument that rock is
more popular than rap but you are completely
wrong in saying htat, just look at the top 10
album sales last week i dont wanna type em
out cause i did on another forum but theere
was
5 rap/r and b
2 pop
2 rock
1 trip hop
And one of the rock ones (staind) was only
number 1 cause it was a new release that week
the week before there was only 1 rock album
(coldplay)
If old rock was still adored by many wouldnt
albums be selling? and radio would realize
that people still love it and would play it
if apparently more people like it than rap
and r and b, but its not played becasue that
is a false fact, and this discussion is kinda
gay cause its just us 2 and i can see i wont
change ur mind and you wont change mine, but
hey at least i listen to some rock and
accualy no what its about so i can sorta back
up my argumetns | musicman_m37 | You said...
"if old songs were adored by people
all over
the world they would still be on charts just
think about it it doesnt matter how old they
are people will still play songs if people
would listen to them."
That's the thing people, lots of people DO
still play lots of rock n roll.
"If old rock was still adored by many
wouldnt
albums be selling?"
Albums are still selling, trust me!
"and radio would realize
that people still love it and would play it
if apparently more people like it than rap
and r and b, but its not played becasue that
is a false fact,"
Rock n roll is still played on the radio ALL
the time, everyday. You are wrong when you
say that it isn't because it definitely is
played everyday at some stage of the day.
| thunderstruck | well sorry I admit I thought mabey you knew
when I was saying rock and roll isn't
played anymore...I didn't litterally mean
it I was exagerating that a bit. I know that
rock and roll is still played and probably
always will be, but it is not nearly played
as much as rap/r and b, mabey where you live
but I just gave you a list of the top selling
albums and there were only 2 rock and no old
rock bands. I could give you the top 50
selling albums this week if you want..there
is still no old rock bands, and only about 10
rock bands in all. I'm sure old rock is
still sold but not in the quantity that you
say it is. And of course radio will still
play there is many radio stations tons of
music of all genres is played, but most mixed
radio stations will play more rap..And radio
countdowns, at least big ones, always go in
the favour of rap and r and b songs over
rock, and that's a fact. And to tell you
the truth I don't completely hate rock if
I were to split my music in percentages
I'd say this probably
Rap/R and B=60%
Pop=20%
New Rock=15%
Old Rock=5% | musicman_m37 | I've already argued against all those
points you made.
If I were to split my music into percentages
i'd definitely say 100% ROCK N ROLL!!!
:D
| thunderstruck | ya but if you new about charts and album
sales you'd know all my points were
correct | musicman_m37 | Sorry, but i don't agree with you, I think
there are alot of people that agree with me. | thunderstruck | yea thats why AC/DC's albums are all still
in the top 10, and they are all on top of
countdowns still right | musicman_m37 | I never said they were in todays top 10 or
todays countdown.When I said there are alot
of people that agree with me, I meant the
fact that they are still adored by many. | thunderstruck | hmmmm maby many adore them still but not as
many that adore rap | musicman_m37 | | ROCK N ROLL FOREVER MAN | Noods | | Because it sucks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! | ledzeppelinrules | | Rap sucks so much ass | Gerard_Way_way_hot | rap,pop,punk,country=pure shit.
rock/metal=the best | derith_89th2 | rap,pop,punk,country=pure shit.
rock/metal=the best | derith_89th2 | rap,pop,punk,country=pure shit.
rock/metal=the best | derith_89th2 | | ......i hate it when that happens. | derith_89th2 | i don't care what style of music, if it
sounds good to you FUCK everyone else! i like
it all! it's something good in all music. | bassthumper | Because rap is a completely manufactured
genre of music. Notice how rap became big at
the same time crack cocaine did.
Rock is the culmination of all genres of
music since the early 1900's and it has
spent all that time evolving and growing.
Rap came on all at once, which is why I call
it manufactured. Producers saw their chance
to make a quick buck off morons like you that
listen to that shit. | Zerotide | These LOST SOULS hate rap cause they know we
RULE! *PURE FACT* >:) | AzN_HiPhOp_bOi | hey musicman i dont know why you like rap..
is it because its in and you want to be
considered part of the crowd or you really
like it??
anyway .. you like rap and im fine with that
.. why do you have to go around people who
like rock to stop listening to it .. does it
bother you that some of us are different and
have a mind of our own and dont buy into
corporate shit.. do you feel lost in here ?? | reptilia | have you heard "my name is (rockstar
mix)" by eminem.. its so much better
than the original and the riff is taken from
AC/DCs "back in black" ...
check it out... you'll love it. | reptilia | "These LOST SOULS hate rap cause they
know we
RULE! *PURE FACT* >:)"
No we don't like it partly because douches
like you like it, and I'm not into the
same stuff as douchebags are. | Zerotide | Interesting! I see you also hate r&b, pop,
and rice rockets as well. Aren't you
cool....all that satan worshipping and
obsessions of suicide has definitely paid
off, that's probably why you like that
rock GARBAGE so much. *PURE FACT* >:) | AzN_HiPhOp_bOi | im not gonna down on you for liking rap or
not liking rock but i believe to put out a
rock album is way more difficult than it is
to put out a rap album. rock has to be all
perfect it takes alot of skill to play like
thatand rock albums anrent recorded with the
whole band they are recorded on instrument at
a time and you have to be a master of tempos
and all that shit to play cause it your
playing in speed slower the whole songs gonna
blow. and Rap is just vocals dubbed over a
electronic track that is so easy to put out
bottem line to record rock is way tougher and
it takes way more skill
RAP KIDS GO HOME! | heavy_metal_son | thing is, with the album sales argument,
people might not buy rock albums so much any
more because they already own the albums they
want. We just need more new rock bands making
music like the old ones. I have just about
all the music i like from the old classics.
hahaha, if you look up top ten albums of all
time lists, you'll find a lot of beatles. | givethe_bitch_abiscuit | | Rock is the best and RAP Sucks | Zeppman88 | ROCK = NOISE, NO TALENT REQUIRED! Rap is
SUPERIOR! | AzN_HiPhOp_bOi | | | |
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