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A composite image of AC/DC’s Bon Scott performing onstage and Lemmy of Motorhead holding a pistol
This is what Lemmy really thought of AC/DC and Bon Scott

By Kurt Squiers Published

One great rock’n’roll icon pays a posthumous tribute to another

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The Cover of Classic Rock 356, featuring Bon Scott
Bon Scott at 80: The chaos, contradictions and brilliant mischief - Only in the new Classic Rock

By Siân Llewellyn Published

Also in Classic Rock 356: The Rolling Stones, Ozzy Osbourne, Judas Priest, Frankie Miller, The Sheepdogs, B-52s, Levellers and more

Magazines
Aerosmith onstage in July 1979
The wild and deadly story behind the 1979 World Series of Rock

By Joe Daly Published

With Aerosmith, Ted Nugent, Journey, Thin Lizzy and AC/DC lined up to play, chaos reigned in the streets and backstage... and five people were shot

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Angus Young and Bon Scott in Covent Garden
The official Bon Scott YouTube channel is uploading some amazing rare AC/DC footage

By Fraser Lewry Published

Watch rare footage of AC/DC and Bon Scott, who would have turned 80 today

Films & TV Shows
A composite photograph of AC/DC’s Angus Young and Ritchie Blackmore of Rainbow performing onstage in the 1970s
“I reckon Ritchie Blackmore might have thought we’d made a mistake having them open for Rainbow, as we just couldn’t match them”: When AC/DC blew Rainbow off stage

By Geoff Barton, Malcolm Dome Published

Warning: never, ever let AC/DC open for your band

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The Stranglers and AC/DC circa 1977
The Stranglers laughed at AC/DC's long hair when they shared a stage in 1976. They weren't laughing after AC/DC played

By Paul Brannigan Published

AC/DC didn't appreciate being called "hippies" by The Stranglers, and weren't keen on being called "punks" either

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Angus Young onstage
Angus Young on AC/DC's most "regrettable" song

By Paul Brannigan Published

"When you smile I see stars in the sky"

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Bon Scott posing for a photograph in 1974
The story of Bon Scott’s forgotten pre-AC/DC band the Mount Lofty Rangers

By Rod Yates Published

The Mount Lofty Rangers were a brief and largely overlooked part of Bon Scott’s pre-AC/DC career

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Blizzard Of Ozz
Ten albums that prove, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that 1980 was the greatest year ever for hard rock and heavy metal

By Paul Brannigan Published

Ozzy reborn! AC/DC back! Iron Maiden on the prowl! 1980 rocked

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Monitor speakers and mixing desk in recording studio control room
The 10 most eye-wateringly expensive rock albums ever recorded

By Paul Brannigan Published

The rock albums that almost bankrupted the music business

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