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AC/DC’s hot streak began to draw to a close with For Those About to Rock We Salute You. While Back in Black was infused with the energy…
Stiff Upper Lip, AC/DC’s 15th studio album, may not reach the heights of Back in Black or Highway to Hell, but it delivers strongly…
Unlike any other band of their stature, AC/DC truly don’t care about the world at large. They see no triumph in their longevity, they…
Fly on the Wall continues AC/DC’s descent into cookie-cutter mediocrity, with the leering humor of past glories seeming forced…
AC/DC remained a popular concert draw throughout the ’80s, although such albums as Flick of the Switch and Fly on the Wall failed to replicate…
In over 20 years, AC/DC never changed their minimalist, bone-crunching hard rock. During their first ten years, that wasn’t a problem, since…
Of course, Highway to Hell is the final album AC/DC recorded with Bon Scott, the lead singer who provided the group with a fair share…
Although AC/DC’s popularity had decreased by the early ’90s, the band still had a lot of life left in it. Arguably the Australian…
One of the perennial complaints about AC/DC is that they’ve never changed — and if that’s true, High Voltage is the blueprint they’ve followed…
Powerage was a first in the sense that it debuted bassist Cliff Williams, but it really is more of a final curtain to the band’s early years. It would…
AC/DC was fast becoming one of rock’s top live acts by the late ’70s. Few others could match the band’s electrifying live…
Originally unveiled in December 1975, T.N.T. was the second AC/DC album released in their native Australia, but is often overlooked outside the Land…
The first sound on Back in Black is the deep, ominous drone of church bells — or “Hell’s Bells,” as it were, opening the album and AC/DC’s next era with a fanfare…
