AC/DC: The Best Selling Band

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A fact that most people dont know about AC/DC is they got their band name from an old sewing machine. AC/DC was also the top selling band ever. AC/DC is a band that loves their music, but they werent a very safe band off of the stage. They werent a very safe band off of the stage because they would go out allmost every night and drink heavy. AC/DC may sound like a bad band so far but they were a great band on stage. AC/DC was a rock band that liked to have fun but got in some trouble along the way, and yet some how managed to get through it while still performing as a great band and romodels to some.
AC/DC start was a little wild. In 1974 the brothers Angus and Malcolm Young settled with bassist Mark Evans and drummer Phillip Rudd after working a year with temporary drummers and bassist players (‘AC/DC”,1983). The brothers of AC/DC made their first appearance at a bar
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The brothers of AC/DC made their group from the people they met in Australia, after the brothers moved from Scotland, the people they met shared their same devotion (Schlesinger 2008). The group of AC/DC got along pretty good, yes their were some struggles along the way, they got along so well because a couple of them were brothers, and they were all crazy. The members of AC/DC consisted of Phil Rudd who played drums, Brian Johnson who led vocals, Angus Young with the guitar, Cliff Williams at bass, and Malcolm Young who played guitar. The former members of the AC/DC band consisted of Simon Wright at the drums, also Chris Slade at drums, Ronald Belford or Bon Scott doing the vocals, and Mark Evans with bass. Bon Scoot who was a member of AC/DC died one night after heavy drinking then he choked on his own vomit then the rest of the group made a big hit album called “Back in Black” with the front and back of the album paid tribute to Scott (Yamami, 2004). Scents the death happened Stevie Young took Bon Scotts spot as a rhythm guitar player ( Mengel,

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