The Razor's Edge - AC/DC

From the sun kissed beaches of Oz, the Scottish bums turned surfer dudes returned to London to explode into our brains with the sweaty smell of good old rock and roll. From one loud album after another, AC/DC has become, undoubtedly, the Gods of British rock. Yet, after the death of wild vocalist Bon Scott in February 1980, there we many of us who thought that the end was nigh for the masters of rock. Acquiring the forty a day tones of Brain Johnson, the band found, if you pardon the pun, a new voice. With mop of fuzzy hair sprouting from under a flat cap, AC/DC found the image that they had, all this time represented - long haul truckers. From ...  Read the complete review

This is one of the greatest AC/DC albums around, all the tracks are head banging good rock, pure rock! You will notice that the guitarist just loves his school boy uniform, it's part of the gig! The greatest song of all 'Thunderstruck', is brilliant, but be warned your neck will feel it the next day. The vocals are rough, when I say rough I mean that his voice comes across not a screechy yell but more a rough yell - but also in tune with the stomping sounds of the guitar. Admittedly some of the songs can get a bit screechy - but it is AC/DC and it is a pure rock band! One song that will make you laugh is their Big ...  Read the complete review

The more others change, the more, it seems, AC/DC stay the same. This refusal to budge an inch over something like 15 years, a dozen albums and changes in personnel has, if anything, earned them a special place of affection in the headbanger's heart. There's never much room for light or shade when playing the AC/DC way; just a beat slapped down like part payment on a pint, Angus Young grinding through the gears. Arguably, nobody else could get away with parading their ready-made fetishes in public quite like this, or indeed would want to. But Fire Young Guns, Shot Of Love, Mistress For Christmas and, titter ye not, Got You By The Balls are all coolly ...  Read the complete review