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The MusicRadar Team, Wed 29 Oct 2008, 11:24 am UTC
Brothers Malcolm and Angus Young were born in Glasgow, Scotland. The late Ronald 'Bon' Scott was born in Kirriemuir, Scotland. Bassist Cliff Williams was born in Romford, England. Current vocalist Brian Johnson was born in Gateshead, England.
At least drummer Phil Rudd was born in Melbourne, Australia. He was born Phillip Hugh Norman Witschke Rudzevecuis.
Here's early AC/DC doing 'Scottish', bagpipes and all.
Malcolm Young plays lead guitar on Soul Stripper, Show Business, You Ain't Got A Hold On Me and Can I Sit Next To You Girl.
Well done. They're not exactly first on the setlist though, are they?
Australia issued a 'Rock'n'Roll' stamp set in 1998. The AC/DC stamp is a picture of Angus Young, with "It's a long way to the top" written across his school bag. AC/DC even have a whole set of themed stamps issued by the Republic of Benin, West Africa (below).

The stupidest radio caller ever?
Based on the setlist for AC/DC's current tour, Brian Johnson will sing/screech the words "black", "rock" and "hell" a combined 163 times in one single show. (MusicRadar hasn't worked out what happens when AC/DC encore. Our calculator batteries just ran out.)
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thedude5
Wed 29 Oct 2008, 11:59 pm UTC