Wow...I really liked them as a band. Years ago, I saw a TV interview with them. Angus was asked, "Critics say you have TEN albums out all of them sounding EXACTLY the same; what say you?" Angus replied, "Liars, damn liars!! Not true!! We have ELEVEN albums out which all sound exactly the same!!" I liked them from then on as people, not just as musicians/rockers. RIP Malcom
from dementia at 64 - how does that happen? i had always assumed from barry's posts that dementia was not a fatal condition.
Back In Black is an Epic Rock Album and the one that introduced me to the band. I am a fan of both Bon Scott and Brian Johnson as singers so am not partial to any time period, but Back In Black will always be their best to me. It was a tribute album to Bon Scott. Malcom and Angus were a great writing team and will always be an example of what Hard Rock should sound like. [video=youtube;XqlAIcBAmaA]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqlAIcBAmaA[/video]
She's got The Jock I remember I was 16 years old at the WPB Auditorium, 1975. It was a Van Halen concert, and I was told by my buddy that the opening act was a bunch of clowns from Australia, we should bring some rotten tomatoes to throw at them. They opened up with "She's got the Jock", and had the crowd in the palms of their hands from the opening chords. When the little guy jumped on the big guy's back, and they waded into the crowd singing "Hell's Not a Bad Place To Be" the place went ****ing nuts. True rock and roll fury unleashed on the tiny little town of WPB. Van Halen was an afterthought.
They were cool early on, then really served up a dud when they brought in Hagar, after the David Lee Roth era ended. They really bit the bullet then. I had Diver Down and Back In Black around the same time on 8 track haha. I must have been like 10 or 11 at the time. I kind of liked Brian Johnson AC/DC more than Bon Scott era, although they a larger selection of better albums with Bon Scott, but I liked Johnson era's best better than Bon Scott era best.
