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Hell ain't a bad place to be

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An edition of AC/DC (2013)

AC/DC

Hell ain't a bad place to be

Paperback edition.
  • 3 Want to read
  • 1 Have read

"The premier rock biographer and author of When Giants Walked the Earth Mick Wall writes the compelling story of the enduring rock band that has sold 200 million albums Megan Fox wears the band's T-shirts. Keith Richards says Malcolm Young is a better guitarist than he is. Like the Rolling Stones, AC/DC survived every musical trend and industry change to remain both at the top of their game and the charts. From their start in Australia in 1973--with two Scottish brothers, Angus and Malcolm Young, at the core--AC/DC launched an assault on punk in both England and the U.S., in a wild rebel return to real rock roots that's still chart-topping and selling albums today: over 71 million in the U.S. alone. AC/DC ruthlessly shed band members, managers, producers, and anyone who stood in the way of world domination. Like the Rolling Stones, they've survived every musical trend and industry change to remain both at the top of their game and the top of the charts.In AC/DC: Hell Ain't a Bad Place to Be, world-renowned rock writer Mick Wall unearths previously unheard stories from all the key players in the AC/DC story. At the center is a tight-knit clan who became and stayed musically successful because they took no hell from outsiders. Wall also uncovers the truth behind the mysterious death of lead singer Bon Scott in 1980, and writes with unflinching insight into the dizzying highs and abysmal, self-inflicted lows of that band's career with Scott's replacement Brian Johnson.The Young brothers and AC/DC have survived drugs, death, divorce and the damnation of critics to become one of the best-known and most listened-to rock bands in the world. This is their story: rock n' roll"--

"Megan Fox wears the band's T-shirts. Keith Richards says Malcolm Young is a better guitarist than he is. Like the Rolling Stones, AC/DC survived every musical trend and industry change to remain both at the top of their game and the charts. From their start in Australia in 1973--with two Scottish brothers, Angus and Malcolm Young, at the core--AC/DC launched an assault on punk in both England and the U.S., in a wild rebel return to real rock roots that's still chart-topping and selling albums today: over 71 million in the U.S. alone. AC/DC ruthlessly shed band members, managers, producers, and anyone who stood in the way of world domination. Like the Rolling Stones, they've survived every musical trend and industry change to remain both at the top of their game and the top of the charts. In AC/DC: Hell Ain't a Bad Place to Be, world-renowned rock writer Mick Wall unearths previously unheard stories from all the key players in the AC/DC story. At the center is a tight-knit clan who became and stayed musically successful because they took no hell from outsiders. Wall also uncovers the truth behind the mysterious death of lead singer Bon Scott in 1980, and writes with unflinching insight into the dizzying highs and abysmal, self-inflicted lows of that band's career with Scott's replacement Brian Johnson. The Young brothers and AC/DC have survived drugs, death, divorce and the damnation of critics to become one of the best-known and most listened-to rock bands in the world. This is their story: rock n' roll"--

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Table of Contents

The clansmen
Bonnie boy
Young blood
A groovy old man
Got balls
Bon the likeable
Not a nice band
All in the name of liberty
A giant dose
A wolf in wolf's clothing
Blood on the rocks
The place down under
What did you do for the money, honey?
Two-fingered salute
The master switch
Last chance to see.

Edition Notes

"First published in Great Britain in 2012 by Weidenfeld & Nicolson"--Title-page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 421-422), filmography (p. 422), web resources (p. 422), and index.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
782.421660922
Library of Congress
ML421.A28

The Physical Object

Pagination
x, 437 p., [16] p. of plates
Number of pages
437

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL26920370M
Internet Archive
acdchellaintbadp0000wall
ISBN 10
140913525X
ISBN 13
9781409135258
OCLC/WorldCat
889908744, 851826368

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