Malcolm Young, Whose Guitar Riffs Helped Propel AC/DC to Fame, Dies at 64

NY Times ^ | 11/18/2017 | Christina Caron

[wastedyears]

Malcolm Young, Whose Guitar Riffs Helped Propel AC/DC to Fame, Dies at 64

[wastedyears]

Not sure about posting rules for the Slimes. I guess they have authors that can still write actual news articles, instead of fake news about Trump.

[wastedyears]

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/18/obituaries/malcolm-young-dead.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur

[Blue Jays]

"...Malcolm Young of AC/DC dies at 64 years..."

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RIP, Malcolm. You’re a rock n’ roll great.
Enjoyed each of the half-dozen or so AC/DC shows attended.

[Newbomb Turk]

"Highway to Hell" VS "Stairway to Heaven" says a lot about about anticipated traffic levels.

Love to have my 67 Chevelle and 8 track of AC/DC back though.

1976 was a very good year.

[SamAdams76]

I won't give the NYT a click as I can read about Malcolm's death on other websites.

I pointed out on another thread that Malcolm's older brother, George, passed away just a few weeks ago. George was a founding member of the Easybeats and also, one of my favorite all-time bands Flash And The Pan. Very strange and sad to have two Young brothers to die within a month of each other.

Was never a big fan of Malcolm's AC/DC - they rocked a bit too hard for my taste and gave me a headache! But AC/DC did have one album, "Back in Black" that resonated with me. That album came out around the end of 1980, a time when I was training for Marine Boot camp. I was getting up at 5am in the morning to go on a ten-mile run through the streets of Revere and Lynn (MA) and that was one of the cassettes that played on my Sony Walkman (remember those?). Those songs did give me a boost of energy during my runs.

Then, during boot camp in early 1981, I spent a week on mess duty and had to report to the mess hall at 3:30am to get breakfast ready. The cooks would play that album at top volume...what a wakeup call that was!

[Oshkalaboomboom]

Most bands would have fallen apart with the death of their lead singer, especially someone like Bon Scott. Not only did they not fall apart, Back in Black was a monster of an album with over 50 million copies sold and makes numerous “best album” lists. I didn’t like any other AC/DC album with Brian Johnson but that one is one of my all-time favorites.

[dfwgator]

AC/DC with Scott, didn’t have a massive number of fans, although they were very rabid. Most people didn’t even know of AC/DC when Scott died. Back in Black was most peoples’ introduction to AC/DC and they ultimately discovered the back catalog with Bon as a result.

[NobleFree]

When I was young I was too cool for AC/DC - but now I can enjoy them for what they are (were?).

[lefty-lie-spy]

There are so many of us here that are truly happy to see duplicate posts on this news (okay from different sources of course) because we grew up on AC/DC. I think I became a Constitutional Conservative since I was very young partly due to For Those About To Rock.

[wastedyears]

I do indeed remember cassette players, I had one. I also remember minidisc, but never had one of those.

[Blue Jays]

"...I was too cool for AC/DC..."

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Wow, you must have been a very cool cat back in the day.

[Rusty0604]

RIP Malcolm, thanks for the music.

[ResponseAbility]

It has been said that he had big balls.

[Chode]

do tell, what DID you consider cool music then?

[trublu]

I prefer Brian Johnson.

[NobleFree]

Punk, new wave, alternative ... you know: college-boy rock. :D

[bleach]

Undoubtedly one of the loudest, most painful and enjoyable shows I ever attended. The shows on the video monitors was half bad either.

[bleach]

Undoubtedly one of the loudest, most painful and enjoyable shows I ever attended. The shows on the video monitors was half bad either.

[mountn man]

Not only did they not fall apart, Back in Black was a monster of an album with over 50 million copies sold and makes numerous “best album” lists.

There is one name that is the reason AC/DC rebounded after Bon Scott and the main reason why BIB was so huge.

And he wasn't a band member.

"Mutt" Lange

[Oshkalaboomboom]

AC/DC with Scott, didn’t have a massive number of fans, although they were very rabid. Most people didn’t even know of AC/DC when Scott died.Au contraire, Highway to Hell was the album that was their first international breakthrough and was a 7x Platinum seller. Even before Highway to Hell they had a large international following but until you make it in America you haven't made it. Highway to Hell made it big time.