AC DC And This Classic Rock Riff That Ignited The 80s | Professor of Rock

The story of AC/DC’s hard rock classic Back In Black from there 1980 album of the same name. Bon Scott has just passed and Angus Young and brother Malcolm brought in Brian Johnson who helped AC/DC rise to the top of the album charts. including an interview with Phil Carson.

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When brothers Malcolm & Angus Young formed AC/DC in ’73, believe it or not, the group was labeled as ‘Glam Rock,' largely because of the on-stage persona of their original lead singer Dale Evans. The Glam Rock image did nothing to distinguish AC/DC from other bands who were working the same circuit in Australia in the early 70s.

however, the fiery showmanship of the Young brothers left an impression on anyone who saw one of those early AC/DC shows.
To the concert promoters in the Australia, what the band really needed to do was get rid of their lead singer, and get a new front man. So, that’s exactly what they did.

Malcolm & Angus hired a new manager named Michael Browning to help navigate their pivotal transition. Already on the outs with the rest of the band, Evans got into a physical altercation with Browning after an AC/DC show and was officially fired.

Enter Ronald Belford Scott, a journeyman musician from Scotland that everybody called “Bon.” Bon’s family moved from Scotland to Australia, and young Bon played in several bands- the Spektors, the Valentines, and Fraternity- an outfit that later changed their name to Fang. He was primarily as a drummer in the first phase of his professional career. None of the bands that Bon performed in made any headway, so Bon had to take a day job shoveling manure at a fertilizer plant, before joining yet another band called the Mount Lofty Rangers as the group’s lead singer.

About a year into his stint with the Mount Lofty Rangers, Bon got into an alcohol induced confrontation with one of the band members, and raced off on his Suzuki motorcycle. Bon crashed his motorcycle and was rushed to the emergency ward where he was in a coma for 3 days- on the verge of death.

He recovered from the injury, and began doing odd jobs at a booking agency where his wife worked, and met Malcom & Angus’s older brother George Young. AC/DC had sacked Evans, so they were on the hunt for a new lead singer, and many people told George that they should get Bon Scott. There were immediate issues with Bon that concerned the members of AC/DC, and George Young, who was one of the band’s producers.

They thought Bon might be too inexperienced as a front man, and that, at 28 years old, he might be “too old.” After a late night jam session, it was obvious that AC/DC had found their new front man, and Bon Scott joined AC/DC in 1974- even though he actually began working for the band as their chauffeur.