(’31 august 2009′)
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(“AC/DC” are an ‘australian rock band’, formed in ‘1973’ by brothers ‘malcolm’ and ‘angus’ young)
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(a ‘hard rock’ / ‘blues rock’ band, they have also been considered a ‘heavy metal’ band, although they have always dubbed their music simply “rock and roll”)
(‘AC/DC’ underwent several line-up changes before releasing their first album, high voltage, in ‘1975’)
(membership subsequently stabilized until bassist ‘mark evans’ was replaced by ‘cliff williams’ in ‘1977’ for the album “powerage”)
(within months of recording the album highway to hell, lead singer and co-songwriter ‘bon scott’ died on ’19 february 1980′ after a night of heavy alcohol consumption)
(the group considered disbanding, but buoyed by support from scott’s parents, decided to continue and set about finding a new vocalist)
(ex-geordie singer ‘brian johnson’ was auditioned and selected to replace ‘scott’)
(ala ‘syd barrett’ and ‘david gilmour’)
(later that year, the band released the new album, back in black, which was made as a tribute to ‘bon scott’)
(also like pink floyd dedicating “wish you were here” to syd barrett)
(however indirectly)
(the album launched them to new heights of success and became their all-time best-seller)
(the band’s next album, for those about to rock we salute you, was their first album to reach #1 in the ‘united states’)
(drummer ‘phil rudd’ was fired in ‘1983’ and replaced by ex-A II Z drummer ‘simon wright’, who left to join ‘dio’ in ‘1989’)
(the band experienced a resurgence in the early 1990s with the release of “the razors edge”)
(‘phil rudd’ returned in 1994 after ‘chris slade’, who was with the band from ‘1989’ to ‘1994’, was asked to leave in favor of him, and contributed to the band’s ‘1995’ album ballbreaker)
(stiff upper lip, released in 2000, was well received by critics)
(the band’s studio album, black ice, released in ‘2008’, was the 2nd-highest-selling album of that year, and their biggest chart hit since for those about to rock, eventually reaching #1 on all charts worldwide)
(the band’s line-up remained the same until ‘2014’ with malcolm young’s retirement due to early-onset dementia and rudd’s legal troubles)
(in 2016, ‘johnson’ was advised to stop touring on account of ‘worsening hearing loss’ and guns n’ roses frontman ‘axl rose’ stepped in as the band’s vocalist for the remainder of that year’s dates)
(long-term bass player ‘cliff williams’ retired from the band at the end of their 2016 ‘rock or bust’ world tour)
(‘AC/DC’ have sold more than ‘200 million records’ worldwide, including ‘71.5 million albums’ in the ‘united states’, adding them to the list of ‘highest-certified music artists’ in the ‘united states’ and the list of ‘best-selling music artists’)
(“back in black” has sold an estimated ’50 million units’ worldwide, making it the ‘second-highest-selling album’ by any ‘artist’ – and the ‘highest-selling album’ by any band)
(the album has sold ’22 million units’ in the ‘US’, where it is the ‘6th-highest-selling album of all time’)
(‘AC/DC’ ranked 4th on VH1’s list of the “100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock” and were named the 7th “Greatest Heavy Metal Band of All Time” by ‘MTV’)
(in 2004, ‘AC/DC ranked #72 on the Rolling Stone list of the “100 Greatest Artists of All Time’)
(producer ‘rick rubin’, who wrote an essay on the band for the rolling stone list, referred to ‘AC/DC’ as “the greatest rock and roll band of all time”)
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(in 2010, ‘AC/DC’ were ranked #23 in the VH1 list of the “100 Greatest Artists of All Time”)
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