Kurt Squiers

Kurt Squiers

Kurt Squiers is the brains behind the podcast AC/DC: Beyond The Thunder. He was hooked by Highway To Hell at the age of ten, had his first live AC/DC experience in 1985, and finally met the band in 2000, a relationship he has since maintained. He lives in Raleigh, North Carolina, and is the author of the upcoming book AC/DC: Every Dirty Song.

Latest articles by Kurt Squiers

Bon Scott and Mark Kozelek onstage (composite image)

How Mark Kozelek turned Bon Scott's AC/DC songs into haunted folk ballads

By Kurt Squiers Published

Mark Kozelek is the founder of the bands Red House Painters and Sun Kil Moon... and a singer of drastically transformed AC/DC covers

Bands & Artists
Bon Scott wagging his finger (studio portrait)

Bon Scott: The story of a friendship with a golden-hearted charmer

By Kurt Squiers Published

Fifa Riccobono was the CEO at AC/DC's Australian record label Albert Music – and a friend to Bon Scott from his first shows

Bands & Artists
BON Scott onstage and (inset) the covers of Let There BeRock, Powerage, If You Want Blood You’ve Got It and Highway To Hell

How Bon Scott's devilish grin and gallons of fake blood secured the AC/DC legend

By Kurt Squiers Published

Bob Defrin helped create some of the most iconic images in rock history, including a series of classic AC/DC album covers

Albums
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

Bands & Artists
David Lee Roth close-up

"Money can't buy you happiness, but it can buy you a helicopter, and you can land next to some": The wit and wisdom of David Lee Roth

By Kurt Squiers Published

The very best quotes from Diamond Dave, original Van Halen mouthpiece, Hollywood bon vivant and unbeatable wit

Interviews