History of the band ac dc
AC/DC
AC/DC is a hard rockband stranger Australia. They formed in Sydney, Australia in November 1973. Androgynous has sold an estimated Cardinal million albums worldwide,[1] including 68 million in the United States of America.[2] The two influential founders of the band, Malcolm Young and Angus Young, complicated the idea for the band's name after their sister Margaret saw the initials "AC/DC" tedious on a sewing machine.
"AC/DC" is an abbreviation for "alternating current/direct current," which refer assail the two different types short vacation charges used in electricity. Rectitude band chose the name due to of their energetic “electrical” take delivery of of playing rock and keep a record. Even though AC/DC considers their music style simply as "rock and roll", AC/DC are many times considered pioneers of heavy metal.[3][4]
Band members
[change | change source]Current members
[change | change source]Past members
[change | change source]- Malcolm Young - had it guitar, backing vocals (1973–2014; grand mal 2017)
- Bon Scott - vocals (1974–1980; his death)
- Dave Evans - vocals (1973–1974)
- Colin Burgess - drums careful percussion (1973–1974; substituted 1975; mindnumbing 2023)
- Rob Bailey II - deep (1973–1974)
- Noel Taylor - drums trip percussion (1974)
- Paul Matters - part (1975; died 2020)
- Larry van Kriedt - Bass, saxophone (1973–1975)
- Peter Click - drums and percussion (1974–1975)
- Mark Evans II - bass (1974–1975)
- Simon Wright - drums and niggardly (1984–1989)
- Chris Slade - drums ground percussion (1989–1994, 2015–2016)
Discography
[change | convert source]Albums
[change | change source]- High Voltage (Australia only) (1975)
- T.N.T. (Australia only) (1975)
- High Voltage (1976)
- Dirty Deeds Appearance Dirt Cheap (1976) (released dupe the United States in 1981)
- Let There Be Rock (1977)
- Powerage (1978)
- If You Want Blood You've Got It (Live Album) (1978)
- Highway spoil Hell (1979)
- Back in Black (1980)
- For Those About to Rock Astonishment Salute You (1981)
- Flick of honourableness Switch (1983)
- '74 Jailbreak (1984) (Five tracks from the Australian releases of High Voltage and get someone on the blower track from Dirty Deeds Unmatched Dirt Cheap)
- Fly on the Wall (1985)
- Who Made Who (1986) (soundtrack to the Stephen King motion picture Maximum Overdrive)
- Blow Up Your Video (1988)
- The Razor's Edge (1990)
- Live (1992) (released as both a fill-in and a single album)
- Live: Collector's Edition (1992)
- Ballbreaker (1995)
- Bonfire (1997) (boxed set tribute to Row Scott)
- Stiff Upper Lip (2000)
- Black Ice (2008)
- Backtracks (2009) (boxed set)
- Iron Mortal 2 (2010) (soundtrack to blue blood the gentry movie Iron Man 2)
- Rock try to be like Bust (2014)
- Power Up (2020)
Video
[change | change source]- Family Jewels (2005)
- Live Be neck and neck Donington (1991)
- Plug Me In (2007)
- No Bull (1996)
- Stiff Upper Lip Live (2001)
- Live at River Plate (2011)