AC/DC – The Complete Story tells you everything you need to know about the greatest rock band of them all. From their rise in Australia, to the mysterious death of Bon Scott, their rebirth with Back In Black and their astonishing career ever since all the way up to their 2020 album, Power Up. Brace yourself for four decades of dirty deeds, riff raff and rock’n’roll damnation. If you want blood, you got it…
Classic Rock Special: AC/DC
Editor Letter
THE BALLAD OF BON SCOTT • Before he joined AC/DC, Bon Scott was in country rockers the Mount Lofty Rangers, until a near-fatal crash. The two tracks they recorded were long lost – until now.
“THE FILM IS GOING TO HAPPEN” • In 2014 it’s looking extremely likely that Bon Scott will be everywhere.
LET THERE BE ROCK! • On December 31, 1973, the fledgling AC/DC saw in the New Year by playing their very first gig at a bar in Sydney. Forty years on, the members of that original line-up recall the birth of a legend.
IT'S A LONG WAY TO THE TOP • Released only in Australia the original High Voltage wasn’t anything special, but follow-up T.N.T. put AC/DC on the road to fame and success…
CHEAP THRILLS • After two Australia-only album releases, it was time to look abroad. A compilation from those two was their first step towards global fame.
“WE NICKNAMED HIM ROADTEST RONNIE. HE TRIED IT ALL” • Pre-AC/DC, Bon Scott was the acid-gobbling, jellyfish-bothering singer with Fraternity. Former bandmate John Bisset recalls the man behind the myth.
IT’S A LONG WAY TO THE TOP… • …if you wanna rock’n’roll. And in Australia, AC/DC were taking the first steps up that ladder. Cue riots, dust-ups and urine-filled turkeys.
LOCK UP YOUR DAUGHTERS! • In April 1976 AC/DC played their very first UK gig at a pub in West London. Classic Rock’s Malcolm Dome was in the front row.
“WE PARTIED DOWN.” • One hot day in 1977, AC/DC and Lynyrd Skynyrd jammed together in a Jacksonsville, Florida practice room. Skynyrd guitarist Gary Rossington recalls their mutual admiration society.
LET THERE BE Rock! • When AC/DC’s career stalled at the end of ’76, they were “seriously fucking pissed off”. They responded in utterly explosive fashion…
SHEER ART ATTACK • Let There Be Rock marked the first appearance of the classic AC/DC logo. Here’s how they got there…
“THEY RIPPED THE WHOLE BACKDROP DOWN!” • Photographer Martyn Goddard on the perils of shooting AC/DC in the mid-70s.
LEND US A HAND • The digits on the original Let There Be Rock sleeve didn’t belong to Angus, so whose fingers were they?
THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO THE GREATEST ALBUMS EVER MADE • Discover 146 pages of classic albums reappraised by rock’s greatest writers and ranked according to votes cast by Classic Rock magazine’s readers. Did your favourite make the cut?
Riff Raff • When they came back to the UK in ’77, AC/DC had already made a name for themselves and were intent on laying waste to the country…
ROCK OUT TO THE GREATEST SONGS EVER WRITTEN • Journey through more than 50 years of rock history, from early classics to modern anthems. Celebrate the great and the good of rock’n’roll, written by some of the finest journalists working today.
BAD BOY BOOGIES • With stalling sales and an unsupportive label, there was only one thing left for AC/DC to do: rock. Harder than ever before.
THE INCREDIBLE STORY OF ROCK’S PIONEERING DECADE • Relive a time when legends were born and music changed the world. Packed with the best features from Classic Rock magazine, this is the ultimate celebration of the Sixties.
SHOT DOWN IN FLAMES • Mixing their huge riffs with tunes the devil would sell his soul for, the band set off down the Highway To Hell, and onto the road to global stardom.
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