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I n 1980, AC/DC released one of the greatest rock and roll albums of all time - the classic Back in Black.It was the first effort for the band with Brian Johnson on the mic. AC/DC had six previous ...
Having sold almost 50 million copies, AC/DC’s Back In Black is the biggest rock album in history – but it emerged in the wake of the tragic death of singer Bon Scott.In 2008, guitarists Angus ...
Generally AC/DC shone in the golden leagues of everything in rock, but one album didn't quite match those heady heights. What ...
AC/DC wrote and recorded Back in Black over the course of two months and released the album on July 25, 1980—almost a year to the day since releasing Highway to Hell.It became an instant global ...
On AC/DC‘s Back In Black, half the song titles would make badass tattoo slogans, and the other half are things you’d say to someone in a bar at 2 a.m.This alone doesn’t make the album that ...
An avid fan might guess that Metallica's landmark 1991 Black Album took some inspiration from AC/DC's classic Back in Black.But Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett recently explained how the ...
Back in Black was once in the fourth highest position, going 25 times platinum in December 2019. The album didn’t come without some level of controversy, though. Released in 1980, it was the first ...
The album is called Back in Black, but maybe it should be Back in Platinum.AC/DC keep racking up the chart honors, with four songs off of their classic 1980 album Back in Black earning new sales ...
— AC/DC, Back in Black – No. 152 — AC/DC’s classic 1980 album Back in Black re-enters the Billboard 200 at No. 152, thanks in part to sales generated from a limited-edition cassette ...
AC/DC frontman Bon Scott wore an oval-shaped Lynyrd Skynyrd belt-buckle often onstage and off during 1979, his last full year alive. The buckle is clearly visible in numerous photos of Scott from ...
In that respect, both Young and Johnson liken “Power Up” to 1980′s “Back in Black,” AC/DC’s top-selling album, which was recorded after, and in response to, the death of frontman Bon ...