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“The new high-powered mover from Hoover - it’s a little groover!”: What Brian Johnson sang before his audition for AC/DC
By Paul Elliott published
He was broke and needed the money!

“Axl did a great job”: But is the Guns N’ Roses singer about to rejoin AC/DC for a 2025 tour?
By Paul Elliott published
Axl’s buddy Sebastian Bach has hinted that it may be true!

“There was some madman running around with a meat cleaver!”: How Angus Young remembered AC/DC’s scariest gig
By Paul Elliott published
In an Aussie pub it was like the Wild West

"AC/DC made 50 albums, but all their albums were the same. It wasn’t the way the Who worked. We were an ideas band": Pete Townshend admits he doesn't enjoy playing live with the band much anymore but still wants to release new music
By Rob Laing published
"If I’m really honest, I’ve been touring for the money"

AC/DC make live return with Matt Laug in place of Phil Rudd on drums
By Stuart Williams published
The session drummer took the place of Phil Rudd for AC/DC's set at Power Trip festival this weekend

AC/DC appear to have replaced drummer Phil Rudd for their upcoming Power Trip performance, but bassist Cliff Williams is coming out of retirement
By Stuart Williams published
The revelation was made via band-shared audio of rehearsal footage

“The cleaner you do it the louder it will sound:” Angus Young talks tone, solos, Malcolm and more in previously unheard interview tape from 1983
By Jonathan Horsley published
Former Guitar Player editor Jas Obrecht interviewed Angus in San Francisco for a cover feature, and he has published the hour-long conversation to his Talking Guitar podcast

Watch Joe Bonamassa sit in with Scary Pockets and Joanna Jones for a funkified cover of Back In Black
By Jonathan Horsley published
Bonamassa ditches the pick and picks up the SG for a laid-back version of AC/DC's hard-rock anthem, but sadly does not perform in school uniform

We salute you: the guitar genius of Malcolm Young
By Rob Laing published
Four years after his passing, we remember the AC/DC rhythm king's legacy

AC/DC guitar tech Trace Foster explains why Angus Young’s live sound requires no fewer than 12 Marshall stacks
By Jonathan Horsley published
“We we push those amps way beyond where they should ever be pushed,” says Foster, who describes managing Young's stage rig as the “easiest and the hardest” job he has ever had
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