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 ...

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 ...

Generally AC/DC shone in the golden leagues of everything in rock, but one album didn't quite match those heady heights. What ...

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 ...

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 ...

AC/DC's 'Back in Black' album is among the pack of new titles entering the Grammy Hall of Fame this year.The band's classic 1980 disc joins more than 900 recordings that make up the Grammy Hall's ...

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 ...

Back In Black was a hard act to follow, but AC/DC did so in emphatic style. For Those About To Rock (We Salute You) went to No 1 in the US, No 3 in the UK and hit top 10s across the world.

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 ...

With the help of a new member, they emerged with their greatest triumph, the monumental 1980 album Back in Black. Few hard rock albums have made even a fraction of the impact as this beast.