Two hundred million albums ago, AC/DC were delivering unforgettable performances on ABC TV's 'Countdown' - Bon Scott dressed as the schoolgirl from hell on one occasion, Angus Young somewhere inside a gorilla costume on another. In the 40 plus years since, the band has been the soundtrack for sexual encounters, drunken adventures, fights, weddings, births, funerals, new cars and new tattoos of literally millions of lives from Brussels to Brisbane, Montreal to Manchester and all points between.
Not only did the band manage to emerge from Bon's tragic death in 1980, but in a bittersweet irony, their fortunes and status skyrocketed around the world with his replacement, Brian Johnson, and the album Back in Black. Despite all the odds, AC/DC show no sign of slowing down and are more an institution than simply a rock band. Try to imagine a world without them.
The definitive book on AC/DC, fully revised and updated, containing new chapters and featuring new pics. Make no mistake, this is the bible for every AC/DC fan.
Murray Engleheart has written for magazines all over the world for the best part of four decades and interviewed the members of AC/DC on many occasions. Arnaud Durieux is a former rock journalist who has followed the band's career for 35 years, amassing what is without question the largest archive of AC/DC material anywhere in the world.