Book description
AC/DC moved to Britain from Sydney in 1975, and soon set up a residency
at London's Marquee Club. Their short hair (including the odd mullet),
loud rock and attitude chimed well with the lingering pub rock and
soon-to-be punk crowd. They weren't really a band for guitar solos, and
singer Bon Scott was the original bike-riding, speed-snorting, fighting
man. An ex-convict he lived life fast and short; he died in February
1980, just before BACK IN BLACK, their huge-selling album, took off, and
the second period of AC/DC (with Brian Johnson as lead vocalist) was
ushered in. BACK IN BLACK has gone on to sell 45 million copies
worldwide, and as the band have become a global phenomenon so their
reclusiveness has increased. Mick Wall, the don of heavy metal writing,
seeks to penetrate the wall around the Young brothers, and write the
first authoritative, in-depth critical account of AC/DC. Mick Wall was
the founding editor of CLASSIC ROCK magazine. He's the author of
numerous music titles, including books on Iron Maiden, Don Arden and
Black Sabbath. His recent titles include the critically acclaimed
biography of Led Zeppelin, WHEN GIANTS WALKED THE EARTH.
