Everything about the Rock and Roll Band AC/DC

Welcome!

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AC-DC is the most well known band from Australia, This site is dedicated for telling about the great contibution they have made in industry with there innovative music. To date, Band has sold over 200 million records.

I remember hearing AC-DC first time, few years ago, i had seen there concert clip, And i tell i couldn't keep the eye away from it, the song was Highway to Hell's live performance from 1979, They had there wonderful frontman named Bon Scott with them in those days. As the time passed, the days of good rock n roll seemed to be wenting away, but they never fully gone because we still have AC-DC around, I request you all to recognize the greatness of this band, and have a good stay here.

Singles of AC/DC

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List of all singles which are released by the AC/DC Band.

Can I Sit Next to You, Girl(1974), Love Song (Oh Jene) / Baby, Please Don't Go(1975), High Voltage(1975), T.N.T.(1976), It's a Long Way to the Top(1976), Jailbreak(1976), Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap(1976), Dog Eat Dog(1977), Love at First Feel(1977), Let There Be Rock(1977), Whole Lotta Rosie(1977), Rock 'n' Roll Damnation(1978), Whole Lotta Rosie (live)(1978), "Girls Got Rhythm(1979), Highway to Hell(1979), Touch Too Much(1980), Whole Lotta Rosie (live)(1980), Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap(1980), High Voltage(1980), It's a Long Way to the Top(1980), You Shook Me All Night Long(1980), Hells Bells(1980), Back in Black(1981), Big Balls(1981), Rock and Roll Ain't Noise Pollution(1981), Let's Get It Up(1982), For Those About to Rock(1982), Guns for Hire(1983), Nervous Shakedown(1983), Flick of the Switch(1983), Jailbreak(1984), Danger(1985), Sink the Pink(1985), Shake Your Foundations(1986), Who Made Who(1986), You Shook Me All Night Long(1986), Heatseeker(1988), That's the Way I Wanna Rock 'n' Roll(1988), Thunderstruck(1990), Moneytalks(1990), Are You Ready(1991), Highway to Hell(1992) live, Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap(1993), Big Gun(1993), Hard as a Rock(1995), Hail Caesar(1996), Cover You in Oil(1996), Dirty Eyes(1997), Stiff Upper Lip(2000), Satellite Blues(2000), Safe in New York City(2001), Rock 'n' Roll Train(2008), Big Jack(2008), Anything Goes(2009), Money Made(2009), Shoot to Thrill (live) - 2011.

Best top 10 Songs of AC/DC

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Best Songs

We have selected the top 10 songs of AC-DC, This is our opinion.

We have selected the top 10 songs of AC-DC, This is our opinion.

1. Thunderstuck.
2. Highway to Hell.
3. Back in Black.
4. T.N.T.
5. Shoot to thrill.
6. For Those About To Rock (We Salute You).
7. Whole lotta Rosie.
8. Rock and Roll Train.
9. Money talks.
10. Let there be Rock.

Albums

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High Voltage
Type :- Studio Album
Date :- 17/02/1975(Australia) and 14/05/1976(worldwide)

T.N.T.
Type :- Studio Album
Date :- --/10/1975

Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
Type :- Studio Album
Date :- 20/09/1976(Australia) and 17/12/1976(worldwide)

Let There Be Rock
Type :- Studio Album
Date :- 21/03/1977(Australia) and 23/6/1977(worldwide)

Powerage
Type :- Studio Album
Date :- 25/05/1978

Highway to Hell
Type :- Studio Album
Date :- 27/7/1979

1980 Back in Black
Type :- Studio Album
Date :- 25/7/1980

For Those About to Rock We Salute You
Type :- Studio Album
Date :- 23/11/1981

Flick of the Switch
Type :- Studio Album
Date :- 15/8/1983

Fly on the Wall
Type :- Studio Album
Date :- 28/6/1985

Blow Up Your Video
Type :- Studio Album
Date :- 1/2/1988

The Razors Edge
Type :- Studio Album
Date :- 24/9/1990

Ballbreaker
Type :- Studio Album
Date :- 22/9/1995

Stiff Upper Lip
Type :- Studio Album
Date :- 25/2/2000

Black Ice
Type :- Studio Album
Date :- 20/10/2008

Who Made Who
Type :- Compilation Album
Date :- 25/5/1986

Iron Man 2
Type :- Compilation Album
Date :- 19/4/2010

If You Want Blood You've Got It
Type :- Live Album
Date :- 13/10/1978

Live
Type :- Live Album
Date :- 27/10/1992

Live: 2
Type :- Live Album
Date :- 27/10/1992

Live from the Atlantic Studios
Type :- Live Album
Date :- 14/11/1997

Let There Be Rock: The Movie
Type :- Live Album
Date :- 14/11/1997

'74 Jailbreak
Type :- EP
Date :- 15/10/1984

Bonfire
Type :- Box Set
Date :- --/11/1997

Backtracks
Type :- Live Album
Date :- 10/11/2009

AC/DC: Let There Be Rock 5
Type :- Video Album
Date :- --/9/1980

Fly on the Wall
Type :- Video Album
Year :- 1985

Who Made Who
Type :- Video Album
Year :- 1986

AC/DC (Australia)
Type :- Video Album
Year :- 1985

Clipped
Type :- Video Album
Year :- 1991

Live at Donington
Type :- Video Album
Date :- 26th October 1992

For Those About to Rock: Monsters in Moscow
Type :- Video Album
Date :- 14/10/1992

No Bull
Type :- Video Album
Date :- 19/11/1996

Stiff Upper Lip Live
Type :- Video Album
Date :- 4/12/2001

Family Jewels
Type :- Video Album
Date :- 29/3/2005

Plug Me In
Type :- Video Album
Date :- 16/10/2007

No Bull: The Director's Cut
Type :- Video Album
Date :- 9/9/2008

Live at River Plate
Type :- Video Album
Date :- 10/5/2011

AC/DC: Let There Be Rock
Type :- Video Album
Date :- 7/6/2011

Influenced

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AC/DC have inspired a huge number of bands and artists, Some of the names are as follow:-

The Raconteurs, Twisted Sisters, The Gadjits, Kelly Jones, Euroboy, Michael Lee Firkins, Trotsky Vengaran, Airbourne, Dero Goi, Shakira, Black Robot, Guns n Roses, and a lot more.

Influence

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AC/DC were Mostly influenced by Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin, part time influence would be Deep Purple. Band Members have cited there influence as follow:-

Angus Young:- Chuck Berry, Malcolm Young, Freddie King.
Cliff Williams:- John Entwistle.
Malcolm Young:- 50s rock and roll according to some sources.
Bon Scott:- Little Richard.
Phil Rudd :- He said that it was "Tin Soldier" of Small faces which inspired him to play music.
Brian Johnson:- Hair Music.

Band Members

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Band Members/Lineups:-

Angus Young = Lead guitarist from 1973 and still.
Malcolm Young = Rhythm guitarist from 1973 and still.
Cliff Williams = Replaced Mark Evans(1975 - 1977) as bassist, still in band.
Brian Johnson = Lead vocalist since the death of Bon Scott(1974-1980)
Phil Rudd = Drummer since the start(1975) to 1983, Left band in 1983, after him Simon Wright continued from 1983 to 1989 and Chris Slade was the drummer from 1989 - 1994, Phill Rudd got back to band in 1994 and continued.

Biography of AC/DC

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Two Brothers named Angus and Malcolm Young formed the band AC/DC in 1973, inspired by Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin mostly, Angus Young made the decision of performing in School's dress as he was just 15 when he had started showing interest in music and his sister wanted him to wear it. They put there first album out in February 1975 called "High Voltage" released by Albert Productions, it included 7 original songs and a cover of Joe Williams' "Baby, Please Don't Go", This album is regarded as one of the first album of Heavy Metal/Hard rock, the album contained some interesting traces of Glam Rock as well, though it was released in just Australia along with there one more album "T.N.T" from December 1975, but after getting good response from "High Voltage" it got internationally relased on May 1976 and won 3 platinums to date, Same thing happened with there another album "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" which included about 12 original songs, It got released on May 1976 in Australia but when it was released worldwide on December 1976, it became No.3 in US billboard and won 6x platinums to this day, After there album "Let there be rock"(1977) which became there first hit in U.K. they didn't needed to release in only australia because now they were already popular in whole world, Upcoming bands like Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Saxon and more seemed to be following them. Mark Evans quitted the band in 1977 and Cliff Williams took his place of bassist. There raw live performance made there one of the best live performing band of all time, Released the album "Powerage" in May 1978, Kerrang!(a critic) has listed this album at #26 for the best 50 heavy metal albums. Released "Highway to Hell" in July 1979 which became #8 hit in UK, received 7x platinum and became there one of the landmarks, They were going really great with there unique sound and innovation, But who knew that we were going miss the AC-DC's frontman Bon Scott as he passed away at the age of 33 on 19th February 1980, he about to work with the band for there next album "Back in Black", Since it was going to be good opportunity the band good there new vocalist named "Brian Johnson" who worked with the Glam Rock band Gerodie, They Released there new album "Back in Black" on May 1980, which is also known to be there best selling album ever with over 22million sales only in U.S. about 49million sales worldwide, Released "For Those About to Rock We Salute You" which became #1 album in U.S. and received Positive reviews. "Flick of the Switch" released in August 1983 and produced by AC/DC as well which received platinum. Drummer Phil rudd got replaced by Simon Wright in 1985, Simon Wright also played percussions, While pop/disco had became prominent music taste for the people, the band didn't changed there style and released "Fly on the Wall" in June 1985, which charted at #7 in UK and received platinum in U.S. On 1988, AC/DC got inducted in to ARIA(give link of full form)'s hall of fame for there contribution to Australian Music, They signed to a new record label called "Epic", They released "Blow up your video" under Epic on February 1988, which became #2 on UK and #12 in U.S., and as usual it received platinum award too. They soon changed there label back to atlantic and Now it was there time to have a smashing hit once again, they released "The Razor's Edge" on September 1990, which became #2 in U.S. Charts, #4 in U.K. Charts and not only received 5x platinum in U.S. but Canada as well, it was the album that included there landmarking song "Thunderstruck". With Epic Records, they released there album "Ballbreaker" on 1995, which topped at #1 for Australia, #4 for U.S. and #6 for U.K.

Now the band had there established there message to the world, there live albums are still regarded as one of the best live albums for the decade, they released the album "Stiff Upper Lip" on February 2000 with the label "East West" that became #7 in U.S. and Received platinum award. On March 2003, the band got inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of fame. The last album which they released was "Black Ice", which topped at #1 just everywhere whether it's U.S./Top 200, U.K. hits, Canada, France, Germany, Sweden, New Zealand, just everywhere and received platinum as well with about 5x only in Germany. They released there compilation album called "Iron man 2" on 19th April 2010, which received platinum awards, ranked at #4 in Top 200 and #1 in UK.

The Band has kept it's image and presence always alive and active, like last year they had released there live album "Live at River Plate" on May 2011 which received 3x platinum in Australia, we appreciate it and salute them for there hard and wonderful work.