Angus Young
Born | March 31, 1955 |
Hometown | Glasgow, Scotland |
Net worth | $160 million |
Height | 5'2" (1.57m) |
Spouse | Ellen (m 1980 - present) |
Parents | William Young , Margaret Young |
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Favored by Angus Young, Pete Townshend and Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Here’s How the Gibson SG Came to Be
- This classic electric guitar design has come to hold a unique place, both tonally and visually, in rock and roll history
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Hell's Belles is keeping AC/DC's music alive
Oct. 21—Adrian Conner has much in common with AC/DC icon Angus Young. Like the Australian guitar hero, Conner is a short axe wizard who makes her living courtesy of AC/DC material. The always-animated Conner is the leader of Hell's Belles, an all-female AC/DC tribute band, which formed in 2000. Conner, vocalist Megan Ruger, guitarist Jess Coram, bassist Nicole Ridge and drummer Simona Bressi ...
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Sony Publishing to Rep AC/DC, Easybeats and More
Sony Music Publishing has struck a worldwide deal to administer the works of the Australian music company Alberts, which owns the complete song catalogs of AC/DC and the songwriting and producing team Vanda, Young and Wright. The latter team included George Young, the older brother of AC/DC founders Malcolm and Angus Young, and who, with […]
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See AC/DC’s Brian Johnson Explain How He Joined the Band to Make ‘Back in Black’
Singer was initially skeptical of working with the band
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See AC/DC Rock Out One by One in ‘Realize’ Behind-the-Scenes Video
Group used some unusual techniques to achieve the dizzying effect of the Power Up barnburner
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AC/DC Share ‘Realize’ Video
"Realize," the opening cut from AC/DC's massive hit album Power Up, gets the video treatment with a cool black and white clip of a live-in-studio performance of the tune. Another classic, chunky foot-stomper in the AC/DC canon, lyrics including "I got the power to electrify Make or break or satisfy / And feel a chill up…
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Ranking: Every AC/DC Album from Worst to Best
The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame band has been churning out hard-rock classics for more than 40 years. Ranking: Every AC/DC Album from Worst to Best Jon Hadusek, Robert Ham, Joseph Schafer and Saby Reyes-Kulkarni
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AC/DC’s Angus Young Gets Teary-Eyed While Recounting Late Brother Malcolm’s Dementia Battle
The legendary guitarist emotionally recalled his brother's final years in an interview with Australia's 60 Minutes. AC/DC’s Angus Young Gets Teary-Eyed While Recounting Late Brother Malcolm’s Dementia Battle Spencer Kaufman
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‘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
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'We never know what comes tomorrow': AC/DC on overcoming loss, health struggles for new album 'Power Up'
AC/DC is reenergized and reunited on "Power Up," out Friday. The rockers talk about their improbable comeback and 40th anniversary of "Back in Black."
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AC/DC’s ‘Power Up’ Review: Dirty Deeds Done Very Similarly
Screechy, still-strongly Geordie-accented vocalist Brian Johnson in a tweed apple cap? Check. Angus Young in a schoolboy outfit with a loosely knotted tie around his neck and his signature Gibson SG around his chest? Check. Taut, fast, crunching rock 'n' roll and blues-metal tracks penned by the brothers Young (Angus, Malcolm), with contagious, catch-them-If you-can […]
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