Highlights
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AC/DC
Heavy
Metal Australiano
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Australian
heavy-metal band AC/DC features knickers-clad guitarist Angus Young,
who became as famous for mooning audiences regularly as for his
gritty blues-based lead guitar, and songs about sex, drinking, and
damnation. Their raucous image, constant touring, and raw, juvenile
yet amusing lyrics in songs like "Big Balls" and "The Jack" helped
make them one of the top hard-rock bands of the Eighties and Nineties.
The group has remained a top concert draw, and its albums consistently
go platinum despite its never having had a Top Twenty single in
the U.S.
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Within
months of AC/DC’s American success, vocalist Scott died from
choking on his own vomit after an all-night drinking binge.
Two months later he was replaced by ex-Geordie vocalist Brian
Johnson, and less than four months after that, Back in Black
began a year-long run on the U.S. chart, peaking at #4 (1980),
selling over 10 million copies, and featuring the double-entendre-ridden
"You Shook Me All Night Long." Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap,
a 1981 reissue of a 1976 Australian LP, went to #3 in the
US, followed by For Those About to Rock We Salute You, the
group’s first and, to date, only U.S. #1 LP, in late 1981.
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relatively disappointing showings of the gold albums Flick
of the Switch (#15, 1983) and Fly on the Wall (#32, 1985)
gave way to the multiplatinum Who Made Who (the soundtrack
to Maximum Overdrive) and The Razors Edge (#2, 1990). The
latter contains the group’s closest thing to a hit single,
"Moneytalks" (#23, 1991). In January 1991 three fans were
crushed to death at an AC/DC show in Salt Lake City, Utah.
In late 1992 the group paid the families of the three deceased
teenagers an undisclosed sum, following an out-of-court
settlement. Other parties to the settlement included the
convention center, the concert’s promoter, and the company
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