Highway To Hell - AC/DC

AC/DC were formed in Sydney, Australia in 1973 by the Scottish-born brothers Angus and Malcolm Young and in 1979 they released one of their greatest bodies of work. Previous LPs had shown flashes of brilliance and a glimpse to what the band were capable of but it wasn't until 'Highway to Hell' that all the pieces fell into place, all at the same time. Sadly, this was the last album singer Ronald Belford 'Bon' Scott supplied the vocals for as he died the following year after, if you believe the folklore, choking on his own vomit, or, if you believe the coroner, alcohol poisoning. He had always been a very heavy drinker and eventually paid the biggest price for his ...

Few rock bands can claim to have outlasted Punk, Heavy Metal and Britpop, but then, few rock bands are worthy of comparison to the mighty AC/DC. Form in the early 1970s by brothers Angus and Malcolm Young, the AC/DC that recorded Highway To Hell were, the Young’s aside, a different band to the one that started out. In the time between 1974’s High Voltage and this 1979 release, with those 5 years seeing the entrance of drummer Phil Rudd, English bassist Cliff Williams, and most importantly, singer Bon Scott. Scott, as with the Youngs, was a Scottish ex-pat in Australia, who had enjoyed minor success in a few prog-rock bands in the early 70s, before landing himself a job ...

With Highway To Hell, AC/DC at last reached a wider audience. With Robert Lange producing, this album featured a much less raw sound than previous offerings. "Touch Too Much" was a modest hit single in the UK and the band completed a worldwide tour by early 1980. Unfortunately, Bon Scott, the charismatic lead vocalist died after an all night drinking session, slumped in the back of a car in February of that year. Highway To Hell was Bon's finest hour. The video from the band's last visit to Paris showed him to be confident and happy, a man lucky to be in the limelight after years of drudgery and small town gigs. His rapport with the French ...