AC/DC - Hell Ain't a Bad Place to Be

Mick Wall penetrates the closed world of Aussie rock legends AC/DC. AC/DC moved to Britain from Sydney in 1975, and soon set up a residency at London's Marquee Club. Their short hair (including the odd mullet), loud rock and attitude chimed well with the lingering pub rock and soon-to-be punk crowd. They weren't really a band for guitar solos, and singer Bon Scott was the original bike-riding, speed-snorting, fighting man. An ex-convict he lived life fast and short; he died in February 1980, just before BACK IN BLACK, their huge-selling album, took off and the second period of AC/DC (with Brian Johnson as lead vocalist) was ushered in. BACK IN BLACK has gone on to sell 45 million copies worldwide, and as the band have become a global phenomenon so their reclusiveness has increased. Mick Wall, the don of heavy metal writing, seeks to penetrate the wall around the Young brothers, and write the first authoritative, in-depth critical account of AC/DC.

Product details

• Authors: Mick Wall, Wall Mick
• Publisher: Orion
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 05.09.2013
• EAN: 9781409135258
• ISBN: 978-1-4091-3525-8
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 200 mm x 30 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > Monographs; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; Rock, Rock & Pop music, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / General, MUSIC / Individual Composer & Musician, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Rock, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Pop Vocal, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Heavy Metal, Music Industry, Pop Music, Popular Music, Musicians, singers, bands and groups, Composers and songwriters, Biography: arts and entertainment