AC DC Ján Vyšný 3D 20102011 1The original members Dave Evans vocals Angus Young guitar Malcolm Young guitar Larry Van Kriedt bass guitar Colin Burgess drums ID: 422840
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AC / DC
Ján Vyšný 3.D
2010/2011Slide2
1_The original members
Dave Evans
– vocals
Angus Young
– guitar
Malcolm Young
– guitar
Larry Van Kriedt
– bass guitar
Colin Burgess
– drums
l
ater vocals –
Bon ScottSlide3
2_COMMING UP WITH A NAME
acronym
"AC/DC" on the back of a sewing machine owned by their sister,
Margaret
"AC/DC" is an abbreviation for "alternating current/direct current"
this
name symbolized the band's raw energy and power-driven
performances
Some religious figures have suggested that the name stands for "Anti-Christ/Devil's Child (
ren
)", "Anti-Christ/Death to Christ" and "After Christ/Devil Comes"Slide4
3_IN THE BEGINNING...
Angus Young
Ashfield Boys High School in Sydney
characteristic school uniform stage
outfit
Super-Ang
was "born" in 1973 in Sydney,
Australia
by Malcolm Young and Angus
Young
November
1973
-
bassist Larry Van
Kriedt
, vocalist Dave Evans, and Colin
Burgess
Chequers
in
Sydney
on
New Year's
Eve
,
1973
EMI-distributed Albert Productions Slide5
4_ LINE-UP CHANGES AND ALBUMS
High Voltage
in
1975
↘
Cliff Williams replaced Mark Evans in
1977
Highway to Hell
i
n 1979
For Those About to Rock We Salute
You
in
1983
The Razors Edge in
1990
1995
album Ball
breaker
Stiff Upper Lip
in 2000Slide6
4.1_
The “Bon Scott” era (1974 – 1980)
September
1974, Bon Scott replaced Dave
Evans
only one single with Evans, "Can I Sit Next to You" / "
Rockin
' in the
Parlour„
High
Voltage
written
by the Young brothers, with lyrics added by Scott.
Within
Later that year they released the single "It's a Long Way to the Top (If You
Wanna
Rock 'n' RollSlide7
4.2_
International
Success (1976–1978)
In 1976
deal with Atlantic Records,
toured throughout Europe
worldwide distribution
-
1976
compilation of tracks taken from the High Voltage and T.N.T
.
next album
Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
and then in
the 1977 recording Let There Be Rock,
bassist
Mark Evans was sacked due to personal differences with Angus
Young
replaced by
Cliff WilliamsSlide8
4.3_
US
Success (1977–1979)
first
exposure
through radio station AM 600 WTAC in 1977
1978
release of
Powerage
"Rock 'n' Roll Damnation" which gave AC/DC the highest mark at the time, reaching #24Slide9
4.4_
Bon
Scott's Death
(1980)
Ronald Belford Scott
"Night
Prowler„
-
"
Shazbot
,
Nanu
Nanu
!"
February 19th,
1980
had 7 double
vodkas
He was 33Slide10
4.5_
Brian Johnson Era (
1980–present
)
Brian Johnson’s Biggest Hits:
Hells Bells
Shoot to Thrill
Back in Black
You Shook Me All Night Long
Rock and Roll
Ain’t
Noise Pollution
For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)
Thunderstruck
Rock ‘N Roll Train
album Back in
Black
by
2006 it had sold more than 22 million copies in the United States.
The
album reached #1 in the UK and #4 in the US, where it spent 131 weeks in the top tenSlide11
Thank you for your attention!