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AC/DC at 50

AC/DC at 50

  • Author: Popoff, Martin
this book examines 50 career milestones...the best parts are lesser-known markers like an impromptu '77 set at NYC punk mecca CBGB's or discussing 1978's Powerage - Keith Richards' favorite... More…

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Contents

  • INTRODUCTION
  • PART 1 BONFIRE
  • 01 PROBLEM CHILD - AC/DC forms in Sydney
  • 02 LOVE AT FIRST FEEL - Debut single, “Can I Sit Next to You, Girl”
  • 03 ROCK ’N’ ROLL SINGER - Bon Scott joins
  • 04 SHOW BUSINESS - Debut album, High Voltage
  • 05 WAITING ROUND TO BE A MILLIONAIRE - The second album, T.N.T.
  • 06 LONG WAY TO THE TOP  - The international compilation version of High Voltage
  • 07 LIVE WIRE - First dates outside Australia
  • 08 GONNA BE SOME ROCKIN’ - The third Australian album, Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
  • 09 BAD BOY BOOGIE - The fourth album, Let There Be Rock
  • 10 GIMME A BULLET - Cliff Williams replaces Mark Evans on bass
  • 11 FIRST BLOOD - The first U.S. shows
  • 12 SAFE IN NEW YORK CITY - AC/DC play CBGB
  • 13 DECIBEL - AC/DC issue Powerage
  • 14 LET THERE BE ROCK - First live album, If You Want Blood You’ve Got It
  • 15 RISING POWER - The Mutt Lange–produced Highway to Hell
  • 16 HAVE A DRINK ON ME - First RIAA certification
  • PART 2 GEORDIE
  • 17 MISS ADVENTURE - Bon Scott dies
  • 18 SEND FOR THE MAN - Malcolm offers Brian Johnson a job
  • 19 BACK IN BUSINESS - AC/DC issue Back in Black
  • 20 ALL SCREWED UP - Atlantic issues Dirty Deeds in North America
  • 21 STAND UP - Headlining the second annual Monsters of Rock
  • 22 FIRE YOUR GUNS - The eighth album, For Those About to Rock
  • 23 BREAKING THE RULES - The self-produced Flick of the Switch
  • 24 THIS HOUSE IS ON FIRE - First band to headline Monsters of Rock twice
  • 25 GO DOWN - Headlining Rock in Rio
  • 26 SHAKE YOUR FOUNDATIONS - AC/DC issue Fly on the Wall
  • 27 WAR MACHINE - The soundtrack/hits release, Who Made Who
  • 28 SYSTEMS DOWN - AC/DC issue Blow Up Your Video
  • 29 TOUCH TOO MUCH - Malcolm enters rehab
  • 30 THUNDERSTRUCK - The comeback album, The Razors Edge
  • PART 3 LEGACY
  • 31 MONEY MADE - Back in Black certified 10x platinum
  • 32 GO ZONE - Headlining Russia’s first-ever open-air rock festival
  • 33 KICKED IN THE TEETH - A second live album, simply called Live
  • 34 RUFF STUFF - AC/DC issue Ballbreaker
  • 35 UP TO MY NECK IN YOU - The Bonfire box set
  • 36 ROCK THE BLUES AWAY - Fourteenth album, Stiff Upper Lip
  • 37 SHOOT TO THRILL - AC/DC perform on SNL
  • 38 SCHOOL DAYS - AC/DC play club shows and support The Rolling Stones
  • 39 ROCK THE HOUSE - The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction
  • 40 SKIES ON FIRE - Performing at the Toronto Rocks benefit
  • 41 ROCK ’N’ ROLL AIN’T NOISE POLLUTION - Fifteenth studio album, Black Ice
  • 42 BOOGIE MAN - Columbia issues Backtracks box set
  • 43 JAILBREAK - A third live album, Live at River Plate
  • PART 4 MALCOLM
  • 44 REALIZE - Ill health forces Malcolm aside; Phil Rudd gets fired
  • 45 PLAY BALL - AC/DC issue Rock or Bust, their first album without Malcolm
  • 46 NICK OF TIME - Performing at the Grammys
  • 47 HELLS BELLS - Brian plays his last AC/DC show... to date
  • 48 GUNS FOR HIRE - Twenty-three dates with Axl Rose as front man
  • 49 THROUGH THE MISTS OF TIME - Rest in Peace, George and Malcolm Young
  • 50 FLICK OF THE SWITCH - Seventeenth album, Power Up
  • DISCOGRAPHY
  • INDEX
  • IMAGE CREDITS
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