AC/DC: Maximum Rock & Roll

AC/DC: Maximum Rock & Roll

Author: Murray Engleheart

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 500

ISBN-13: 0061133914

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Two world-renowned authorities on AC/DC offer a no-holds-barred, comprehensive biography of one of the greatest rock 'n' roll bands of all time.


AC/DC: Maximum Rock & Roll

AC/DC: Maximum Rock & Roll

Author: Murray Engleheart

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2009-10-13

Total Pages: 844

ISBN-13: 0061844535

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Over three decades and more than 150 million albums, AC/DC has established itself as much more than just a great rock band. For millions of fans spanning several generations across the world, they are an ear-bleedingly loud, sweat-soaked religion, courtesy of such classic albums as Highway to Hell and Back in Black. Now, in a book of astonishing breadth and scope, comes, for the very first time, the complete story of AC/DC. Everything you ever wanted to know and plenty more you never dreamt of is all here, the ultimate balls-out adventure, laced with sex, drunken escapades and brawls. It's a journey that started in the suburban Sydney, Australia, bedrooms of brothers Malcolm and Angus Young, boys who could wreak havoc with their guitars. Over their power chords were the lyrics and voice of Bon Scott, who would lead them higher and higher—until his tragic death in 1980. The bittersweet irony after his death was that not only did the Youngs manage to hold together without him, but the band's fortunes and status skyrocketed with his replacement, Brian Johnson, and the album Back in Black. Five long years in the making, AC/DC: Maximum Rock & Roll is sourced from more than 1,300 interviews the band has given over the past thirty years combined with in excess of 75 of the authors' own interviews with those who worked with AC/DC both in the studio and on the road—many of whom have never spoken about the band publicly. It's topped off with stunning, never-before-seen photos to create the ultimate portrait of the ultimate rock band.


AC/DC: Maximum Rock N Roll

AC/DC: Maximum Rock N Roll

Author: Arnaud Durieux

Publisher:

Published: 2017-08-02

Total Pages: 544

ISBN-13: 9781460751480

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The definitive book on AC/DC, this edition is fully revised and updated, with two new chapters, just in time for the Australian leg of the AC/DC world tour in November. Two hundred million albums ago, AC/DC were delivering unforgettable performances on ABC TV's 'Countdown' - Bon Scott dressed as the schoolgirl from hell on one occasion, Angus Young somewhere inside a gorilla costume on another. In the 40 plus years since, the band has been the soundtrack for sexual encounters, drunken adventures, fights, weddings, births, funerals, new cars and new tattoos of literally millions of lives from Brussels to Brisbane, Montreal to Manchester and all points between. Not only did the band manage to emerge from Bon's tragic death in 1980, but in a bittersweet irony, their fortunes and status skyrocketed around the world with his replacement, Brian Johnson, and the album Back in Black. Despite all the odds, AC/DC show no sign of slowing down and are more an institution than simply a rock band. Try to imagine a world without them. 'Engleheart and Durieux tell the story ... pressing their faces as close as anyone has to the famous dome of silence that surrounds Australia's biggest rock export' The Age 'The AC/DC story has been told before ... but never as well' Classic Rock 'This is the nuts and bolts chronicle for blokes' Mojo


AC/DC

AC/DC

Author: Murray Engleheart

Publisher: Heyne Verlag

Published: 2017-06-13

Total Pages: 624

ISBN-13: 3641222737

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In Maximum Rock’n’Roll erzählen Murray Engleheart und Arnaud Durieux, beide Journalisten und Intimfreunde der Band, umfassend die Geschichte von Australiens Rockexport Nummer eins. Authentisch und ungeschönt dokumentieren sie den Aufstieg der fünf knallharten Jungs aus Sydney, den auch der tragische Tod von Sänger Bon Scott 1980 nicht aufhalten konnte. Neben unveröffentlichtem Bildmaterial und Dokumenten aus Durieuxs legendärem Bandarchiv sowie über 60 exklusiven Interviews mit Bandmitgliedern, Freunden und Kollegen werteten die Autoren mehr als 5000 Artikel und 700 TV- und Radiointerviews aus. Maximum Rock’n’Roll ist ein fantastischer Trip durch das Leben einer echten Rock’n’Roll-Band – mit allen Höhen und Tiefen, Exzessen, Tragödien und viel lauter Musik.


AC/DC

AC/DC

Author: Murray Engleheart

Publisher: Aurum Press

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 488

ISBN-13: 9781845134969

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AC/DC are without doubt one of the world’s biggest bands. Their appeal lies in blending the fierce energy and all-out guns-blazing attack of heavy metal with the bluesy groove and infectious boogie of the Stones. In 2013 it will be 40 years since AC/DC were founded, and they’re still rocking, still hitting the road, and still selling out stadiums, while their back catalogue – boasting classic albums like Back in Black and Highway to Hell – continues to dominate the airtime of radio stations and pub juke boxes the world over. Acclaimed by both fans and critics, this is the definitive account of the world’s greatest rock and roll band, presenting the whole story –from humble beginnings in Australia, through the sudden death of founding member Bon Scott and his replacement with Geordie singer Brian Johnson, a string of peerless albums in the ’70s and early ’80s, and adrenalin-soaked live performances.AC/DC: Maximum Rock & Roll is a must-have for anyone who wants to reacquaint themselves with the world’s greatest rock & roll band, and the perfect starting place for those ‘about to rock…’


AC/DC

AC/DC

Author: Murray Engleheart

Publisher:

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 488

ISBN-13: 9780732283834

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Who knew that when the Young family emigrated from Glasgow to Sydney in the early sixties, that the family's youngest lads would go on to lead on of the world's most loved and respected rock bands? For the first time, the authors' tell the full story of Australia's greatest and loudest rock'n'roll export - AC/DC.


Why AC/DC Matters

Why AC/DC Matters

Author: Anthony Bozza

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2009-09-25

Total Pages: 163

ISBN-13: 0061900532

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Australian rock giants AC/DC have sold more records in the U.S. than Michael Jackson, Bruce Springsteen, Aerosmith, and than the Rolling Stones, yet have always been undervalued and unappreciated by mainstream rock music critics. In Why AC/DC Matters, former Rolling Stone staff writer and New York Times bestselling author Anthony Bozza addresses this inequity, penning a just tribute to these monsters of rock. Brimming with fascinating stories and insights from musicians, fans, music scholars, and the author himself, Why AC/DC Matters is an overdue homage to arguably the greatest rock and roll band of all time.


Rockers and Rollers

Rockers and Rollers

Author: Brian Johnson

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2011-05-24

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 0062078828

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From PinkCadillac to Low Rider to Little Red Corvette, rock music hasalways had a racy love affair with cars. And AC/DC lead singer Brian Johnson isnot only a rock legend, second-to-none at infusing razor-sharp lyrics with thescreaming metal energy of a true rock and roller, but also a dyed-in-the-woolcar fanatic. Books like AC/DC:Maximum Rock and Roll and Why AC/DC Matters revealed the secretsof the the world’s greatest rock band—now, in Rockers and Rollers, fans will get arare, riveting window into Brian Johnson’s other driving passion, his love forautomobiles. From teenage memories in the backs of beat-up coups to a sidecareer as a racecar driver, Johnson shares his tantalizing life story—a memoirtold through his lifelong love affair with cars.


The Lives of Brian

The Lives of Brian

Author: Brian Johnson

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 2022-10-25

Total Pages: 409

ISBN-13: 0063046466

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Brian Johnson’s memoir from growing up in a small town to starting his own band to ultimately replacing Bon Scott, the lead singer of one of the world biggest rock acts, AC/DC. They would record their first album together, the iconic Back in Black, which would become the biggest selling rock album of all time. Brian Johnson was born to a steelworker and WWII veteran father and an Italian mother, growing up in New Castle Upon Tyne, England, a working-class town. He was musically inclined and sang with the church choir. By the early ’70s he performed with the glam rock band Geordie, and they had a couple hits, but it was tough going. So tough that by 1976, they disbanded and Brian turned to a blue-collar life. Then 1980 changed everything. Bon Scott, the lead singer and lyricist of the Australian rock band AC/DC died at 33. The band auditioned singers, among them Johnson, whom Scott himself had seen perform and raved about. Within days, Johnson was in a studio with the band, working with founding members Angus and Malcolm Young, Cliff Williams, and Phil Rudd, along with producer Mutt Lange. When the album, Back in Black, was released in July—a mere three months after Johnson had joined the band—it exploded, going on to sell 50 million copies worldwide, and triggering a years-long worldwide tour. It has been declared “the biggest selling hard rock album ever made” and “the best-selling heavy-metal album in history.” The band toured the world for a full year to support the album, changing the face of rock music—and Brian Johnson’s life—forever.


AC/DC FAQ

AC/DC FAQ

Author: Susan Masino

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2015-03-01

Total Pages: 384

ISBN-13: 1495026019

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AC/DC FAQ: ALL THAT'S LEFT TO KNOW ABOUT THE WORLD'S TRUE ROCK 'N' ROLL BAND