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| Born | October 5, 1947 |
| Hometown | Dunston, County Durham, England |
| Net worth | $90 million |
| Height | 5'5" (1.65m) |
| Spouse | Carol (m 1968 - present) , Brenda |
| Children | Joanne Johnson , Kala Johnson |
| Parents | Esther Johnson , Alan Johnson |
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AC DC legend Brian Johnson autobiography is coming next month
- AC/DC frontman Brian Johnson will release his autobiography 'The Lives of Brian' next month.
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- EntertainmentThe Telegraph
‘Vulgar, crass, and loud’: why AC/DC were at their best when nobody liked them
In the spring of 1980, Brian Johnson was a part-time rocker and a full-time roofer whose life was about to change in enormous ways. Offered the job as singer with AC/DC just 38-days after the death of his predecessor Bon Scott (of acute alcohol poisoning) the 32-year old whippet-owning Geordie was given a piece of advice by Malcolm and Angus Young, the group’s fraternal rhythm and lead guitarists. “You know the first thing [they] said to me when I joined this band?” he recalled to the writer Syl
- EntertainmentThe Guardian
AC/DC: Power Up review – the last crank up to 11?
AC/DC: Power Up review – the last crank up to 11?. (Columbia)The band’s first album in six years is a riotous hymn to unreconstructed rock, not to mention something of a medical miracle
- EntertainmentThe Independent
AC/DC review, Power Up: An unruly and un-woke 17th album rocks as hard as ever
Having survived a confluence of circumstances that made it seem like AC/DC’s studio career was over, the rockers make a welcome return with a rowdy new record
- EntertainmentThe Telegraph
AC/DC, Power Up, review: a rip-roaring comeback from the ageing warriors of rock
Although most fans surely never expected to hear from them again, Australia’s most gnarly heavy rockers have plugged their amps back in and whacked the dials up to 11. AC/DC’s 17th album, Power Up, starts as it means to go on, with a double power chord whammy that could make The Who weak at their knees, while 73-old Geordie vocalist Brian Johnson howls in the screeching register of the world’s angriest bartender trying to make himself heard during chucking out time at a monsters of rock festival
- EntertainmentPA Media: Entertainment
AC/DC reunite remaining members of classic line-up for new album
Founding member Angus Young is leading the group's first project since 2014.
- EntertainmentThe Independent
AC/DC announce new album POWER UP with classic lineup and release new song ‘Shot in the Dark'
Album featuring surviving original lineup will be released later this year
