Periodically we’re gonna review some classic albums of yesteryear. Let’s kick things off with this slab of hard rocking goodness… AC/DC’s ‘Back In Black’…
This article featured in the previous version of Dogmatic before the great September 2006 reboot! I always liked this write-up as I researched the hell out of it, so here it is in all it’s restored glory.
Enjoy!
In June 2005, the Recording Industry Association of America announced that ‘Back In Black’ has sold 21 million copies in the USA alone making it the best selling hard rock album of all time next to Led Zeppelin IV. What is astounding to take into account is that five months before the release of the album, the band’s enigmatic and gloriously boisterous lead singer Bon Scott was found dead in a parked car in London.
Never one to turn down a drink Bon Scott had every reason to be in a celebratory mood on the evening of February 18, 1980. The band were one of the biggest exports out of Australia having cracked the English and European markets and had made it big in the USA with the brilliant 1979 release ‘Highway to Hell’. The recording sessions for that albums successor were just about to begin. In early February, the Young brothers, Angus and Malcolm had met up in a rehearsal studio in London (E-Zee Hire) to begin some pre-production work on the new album. As the duo were churning out new riffs on their guitars, in walked in Bon Scott who asked the duo if he could play drums for them whilst working on the new tunes.
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