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