What comes into ones mind when they are asked to definite rock music. It's definitely the infectious riffs, screeching lead guitars, hard-hitting drums and virtuous bass guitars.
But what exactly or the first impression that pops up when it comes to AC/DC.
By all means it's the riffs of Angus Young and his Gibson SG, the signature sound of the band.
Who is this Angus Young and AC/DC anyway? We have been mislead I suppose by the media that the "biggest" Aussie Rock Band is INXS. Without doubt, INXS is a "big" band but AC/DC is "bigger" and in fact the "biggest" rock band to emerge from Australia compared to the former. Angus is the guy who runs around the stage with a guitar dressed in a school uniform. He was only fifteen when he joined AC/DC. Angus' sister suggested that he remain in his uniform, thus becoming the visual trademark of the band.
His style of riffs is refereed to as 'Mammoth Power Chord Roar."
AC/DC's other notable character was chauffeur turned vocalist, Bon Scott who's socially maladjusted behavioral patterns has reputed the band as brutes.
Scott is also described by various media sources as possessing larynx-shredding vocals.
What might AC/DC stand for, in case some of you may wonder. Speculations were Anti Christ/Devil Child or After Christ/Devil Comes. In reality. the logo which resembles the electricity sign suggests that AC/DC might stand for Alternate Current/Default Current.
Let's take a brief look into the band and it's audio biography. AC/DC were formed in 1973 in Australia by older brother of Angus, Malcolm Young. The original line-up included Dave Evans on vocals, Phil Rudd on drums, Mark Evans on bass, Angus Young on lead guitars and Malcolm Young on rhythm guitars. George Young (the eldest of Malcolm and Angus) helped produce some of their early materials.
1977's Let There Be Rock topped the US charts and the release of Powerage renowned AC/DC as an International group. By know the group had expanded further audience thanks to their 1978's live show You Want Blood You've Got It. What rocked the band to further super stardom was on the release of Highway To Hell in 1979 which hit 17 in the US, and 8 in the UK charts becoming the band's first million seller.
AC/DC had made the right replacement which later brought them to even greater heights. The album Back In Black which was the debut for Scott's replacer Brian Johnson was the band's biggest ever, selling over ten million copies in the US alone.
The following years had AC/DC as one of the largest rock bands in the world with For Those About To Rock We Salute You topping the US charts. Phil Rudd left the band in 1982 to be replaced by Simon Wright. 1983's Flick Of A Switch was commercially a failure until 1990's The Razor's Edge with the hit "Thunderstruck."
The group signed a multi-album deal with Sony the following year that resulted in a sheer number of reissues and DVDs. They returned to the studio in 2008 for Black Ice, an all-new collection of songs that was followed by the group's first world tour since 2001. Two years later, the band's music was featured heavily in the action movie Iron Man 2.
