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Browse piano sheets by AC/DC on Zen Virtual Piano. In Sydney in 1973 the brothers Malcolm and Angus Young started AC/DC; Angus, known for his schoolboy shorts, played lead guitar and Malcolm rhythm. Their sister Margaret pointed out the AC/DC symbol on her sewing machine's AC adapter, and Malcolm and Angus developed the band's name from it. New Year's Eve 1973 brought the first official gig, at Sydney's Chequers nightclub. Most members of the band dressed in some form of glam or satin outfit for about 18 months. Angus's schoolboy shorts, beside a name taken from a sewing machine's adapter, may suggest a band identity drawn from ordinary things. The singer Scott began as the group's chauffeur before an audition made him lead singer. Highway to Hell moved the lyrics away from flippant and comical toward more central rock themes, put more emphasis on backing vocals and kept the band's signature sound of loud, simple, pounding riffs and grooving back-beats. A first gig on New Year's Eve 1973, beside a 2014 album that did well commercially, may suggest a band active across several decades. A singer who first worked as the group's chauffeur may suggest that he was known to the band before the audition. After Scott died the members briefly considered quitting, but his parents advised that he would have wanted them to carry on. They wanted a singer who would not imitate Scott, and were impressed by a vocalist named Johnson for his distinctive voice, demeanour, love of classic soul and blues, and engaging personality. Thunderstruck and Moneytalks were hit singles from 1990's The Razor's Edge, and Moneytalks reached number 23 on Billboard's chart, the group's sole Top 40 single. A decision to continue after Scott's death, beside a nephew taking Malcolm Young's place in 2014, may suggest a band that kept going through two changes in membership. In 2010 the band received its first Grammy Award, for best hard rock performance, for the single War Machine. In 2014 the band announced that founding member Malcolm Young had been diagnosed with dementia and had retired; his nephew Stevie Young took his place, and the first album with him, Rock or Bust, did well commercially. A sister's role in the name and a nephew's later role may suggest family recurring in the band's story.
Browse piano sheets by AC/DC on Zen Virtual Piano.
In Sydney in 1973 the brothers Malcolm and Angus Young started AC/DC; Angus, known for his schoolboy shorts, played lead guitar and Malcolm rhythm. Their sister Margaret pointed out the AC/DC symbol on her sewing machine's AC adapter, and Malcolm and Angus developed the band's name from it. New Year's Eve 1973 brought the first official gig, at Sydney's Chequers nightclub. Most members of the band dressed in some form of glam or satin outfit for about 18 months. Angus's schoolboy shorts, beside a name taken from a sewing machine's adapter, may suggest a band identity drawn from ordinary things.
The singer Scott began as the group's chauffeur before an audition made him lead singer. Highway to Hell moved the lyrics away from flippant and comical toward more central rock themes, put more emphasis on backing vocals and kept the band's signature sound of loud, simple, pounding riffs and grooving back-beats. A first gig on New Year's Eve 1973, beside a 2014 album that did well commercially, may suggest a band active across several decades. A singer who first worked as the group's chauffeur may suggest that he was known to the band before the audition.
After Scott died the members briefly considered quitting, but his parents advised that he would have wanted them to carry on. They wanted a singer who would not imitate Scott, and were impressed by a vocalist named Johnson for his distinctive voice, demeanour, love of classic soul and blues, and engaging personality. Thunderstruck and Moneytalks were hit singles from 1990's The Razor's Edge, and Moneytalks reached number 23 on Billboard's chart, the group's sole Top 40 single. A decision to continue after Scott's death, beside a nephew taking Malcolm Young's place in 2014, may suggest a band that kept going through two changes in membership.
In 2010 the band received its first Grammy Award, for best hard rock performance, for the single War Machine. In 2014 the band announced that founding member Malcolm Young had been diagnosed with dementia and had retired; his nephew Stevie Young took his place, and the first album with him, Rock or Bust, did well commercially. A sister's role in the name and a nephew's later role may suggest family recurring in the band's story.
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AC/DC is an Australian rock band formed in Sydney in 1973 by Angus and Malcolm Young.
The Young brothers took it from the AC/DC symbol on the AC adapter of their sister Margaret's sewing machine.
Thunderstruck was a hit single from the 1990 album The Razor's Edge.
In 2014 the band announced that Malcolm Young had retired, and his nephew Stevie Young took his place.