BAND NAME	FROM	RECORDS SOLD	GENRE(S)	ACTIVE
AC/DC	Sydney, Australia	200 mil +	Rock and Roll	1973 – present

AC/DC Trivia

• Current Line-up
  • Angus Young – lead guitar
  • Brian Johnson – lead vocals
  • Malcolm Young – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
  • Cliff Williams – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Phil Rudd – drums

Released 25 albums in 25 years.

Malcom Young founded AC/DC in 1973 when he was 20.

Angus Young joined a week later when he was 19.

Malcom and Angus’ older brother George played bass for AC/DC in 1974.

Malcom and Angus’ older brother George was in The Easybeats and co-wrote Friday on My Mind.

Malcom and Angus’ older brother Alex a.k.a. George Alexander was bassist for the UK band Grapefruit

Malcom and Angus’ older sister Margaret saw AC/DC on a sewing machine.

Also reported: Malcolm and Angus’ sister-in-law Sandra came up with the name AC/DC.

Malcom and Angus’ nephew Stevie filled in for Malcom during the 1988 tour.

AC/DC’s first appearance was at Chequers Nightclub in Sydney on 12/31/1973.

First single: “Can I Sit Next To You Girl?” b/w “Rocking In The Parlour”.

Original lead singer was Dave Evans (one single).

Original drummer Colin Burgess was fired in February 1974 for being drunk on stage.

Bon Scott replaced Dave Evans in September 1974.

Scott’s real name is Ronald Belford Scott.

Original bassist Larry Van Kriedt is the only member in the group’s history to be born in the US.

First Album High Voltage was recorded in ten days in 1974.

Drummer Phil Rud was the only member of the band born in Australia.

Highway to Hell became their first album to crack the U.S. top 100, reaching No. 17.

Highway to Hell was the last album featuring Bon Scott.

The last words spoken by Scott on Highway to Hell are “Shazbot, na-nu na-nu”.

Bon Scott died on February 19, 1980.

The coroner listed part of Scott’s cause of death as “death by misadventure”, the same cause as Brian Jones.

Buzz Shearman and Terry Slesser were considered as Scott’s replacement.

During eventual new lead singer Brian Johnson’s audition he sang Ike & Tina Turner’s Nutbush City Limits.

Back in Black was the first album to feature Brian Johnson as new lead singer.

Back in Black was recorded in April and May of 1980, released in July and went platinum by November.

Back in Black is the second largest selling album in the history of recorded music behind Michael Jackson’s Thriller.

AC/DC has never released a greatest hits package.

Fourth drummer Chris Slade had a #1 hit while with Manfred Mann’s Earth Band, Blinded by the Light.

AC/DC were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2003.

On 07/30/2003, AC/DC appeared with the Rolling Stones and Rush at Molson Canadian Rocks for Toronto.

Molson Canadian Rocks for Toronto broke the record for the largest paid music event in North American history.

The album Black Ice was the only recording to debute at #1 on album charts in 29 countries.

AC/DC earned $105 million in 2009.

It’s a Long Way to the Top.