Malcolm Young
Born | January 6, 1953 |
Hometown | Glasgow, Scotland |
Net worth | $100 million |
Height | 5'3" (1.60m) |
Spouse | Linda |
Children | Ross Young , Cara Young |
Parents | William Young , Margaret Young |
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Thunderstruck in bronze: Glasgow ‘needs a AC/DC statue like in Kirriemuir’
- For one weekend in May every year, the ‘Wee Red Toon’ of Kirriemuir quadruples in size as AC/DC fans gather from all corners of the globe for three days of rock ‘n’ roll concerts in celebration of the life of the iconic rock ‘n’ roll band’s former frontman Bon Scott.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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AC/DC – their 40 greatest songs, ranked!
AC/DC – their 40 greatest songs, ranked!As Back in Black turns 40, we run down the Australian hard rockers’ best numbers – full of double entendres, massive choruses and surging, strutting riffs
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The 10 greatest AC/DC songs, from Whole Lotta Rosie to Back in Black
Forty years ago today, the legendary AC/DC album Back in Black was released – and there was a lot riding on it. For one thing, it was the band’s first album with new vocalist Brian Johnson, who had replaced Bon Scott after his untimely death just a few months previously. Doom merchants predicted that the band would never recover from this seemingly mortal blow, but the self-effacing Geordie proved to be an inspired choice. Back in Black was a triumph, the starting point for much that was to come
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Death, monsoons and Tibetan bells: how AC/DC's Back in Black saved heavy metal
Tony Platt still remembers the shock. AC/DC’s sound engineer was sitting with the band’s producer Robert ‘Mutt’ Lange in a recording studio in Willesden, north west London, on a drab February day in 1980. The duo had worked on the Australian rock band’s Highway to Hell album the previous year but were at the console desk that day on more mundane business: mixing an album by a here-today-gone-tomorrow band called Broken Home. There was a knock at the door. Someone was on the phone for Lange down
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AC/DC rock legend Malcolm Young remembered at private funeral
Australian rock legend and AC/DC co-founder Malcolm Young was remembered at a private funeral in Sydney on Tuesday attended by family, friends and fellow musicians. Former AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd, promoter Michael Chugg and Australian rocker Jimmy Barnes attended the service at St Mary's Cathedal.
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Malcolm Young: AC/DC guitarist who helped define heavy rock's guitar sound
As guitarist in Australia's most successful band, Young provided the driving rhythm that underpinned AC/DC's heavy rock sound.
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Rock legends salute Malcolm Young on AC/DC founder's death
Tributes poured in on Sunday for Malcolm Young, co-founder of the Australian rock band AC/DC, a day after he died at the age 64 after suffering from dementia for several years. Malcolm Young and his brother Angus Young founded AC/DC in 1973. “Malcolm, along with Angus, was the founder and creator of AC/DC.
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