Band of the Week: AC/DC

Music by Doug McDowell | 10-12-2011 17:33:14 PST

Time to get some more info about the gang and is AC/DC. Icons of Rock in at leas two very distinct ways: Voice and Guitarist with strange pants.

Pulled this photo from 1982 while they were in session (post Back in Black, so the boyz had a pretty good idea that their careers were going go quite well for awhile).

Some Official Info about AC/DC:

AC/DC are an Australian rock band, formed in 1973 by brothers Malcolm and Angus Young. Commonly classified ashard rock, they are considered pioneers of heavy metal,^[1]^[2] though they themselves have always classified their music as simply "rock and roll".^[3] To date they are one of the highest grossing bands of all time. AC/DC underwent several line-up changes before releasing their first album, High Voltage, on 17 February 1975. Membership remained stable until bassist Mark Evans was replaced by Cliff Williams in 1977 for the album Powerage. Within months of recording the album Highway to Hell, lead singer and co-songwriter Bon Scott died on 19 February 1980, after a night of heavy alcohol consumption. The group briefly considered disbanding, but Scott's parents urged them to continue and hire a new vocalist. Ex-Geordie singer Brian Johnson was auditioned and selected to replace Scott. Later that year, the band released their highest selling album, and ultimately the second highest-selling album by any artist,Back in Black. (find more bio information @ wikipedia)

AC/DC Band Members

OK… to get the idea of the band members for what is / was / will be AC/DC… we found this timeline (you can see who's the heart of the band, really). Sort of crazy when you look at all the different drummers and bass players they went through in the beginning, really. (CLICK TO ENLARGE)

But two familiar faces, still can do a bit of rockin'

And finally, you gotta have an AC/DC video.

There's too many to choose from, so here we'll just put the title track to the… I believe second best selling record of all time? (comment if that's still accurate).