[Heeplist] AC/DC Call it quites

[Kevin Julie]

interesting point Rick! never knew this, but there seems to be plenty of video on youtube.... 
On Tuesday, April 15, 2014 5:27:27 PM, Rick Wilson <rick.wilson.292768100 at gmail.com> wrote:
  
"AC/DC" performed most of their 1988 "Blow Up Your Video" tour without
Malcolm, due to his alcoholism problems; their nephew, Stephen filling in.
So, this doesn't have to mean the end.  Best wishes to Malcolm for a total
recovery!

Rick
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On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 6:00 AM, Wayne Catalde <2robcatway at att.net> wrote:

> From The Orstrahyun: AC/DC R.I.P. - 1973-2014
>
> AC/DC are ending their 41 year career on a terribly sad note.
>
> Plans were underway for a new studio album, their first since 2008's
> monumental Black Ice, and a '40th Anniversary' world tour, 40 huge shows
> across the globe.
>
> More than a month ago, founding member, rhythm guitarist, co-producer and
> co-songwriter Malcolm Young had a stroke, which left a blood clot on his
> brain.
>
> When AC/DC reunited at the start of April to begin a month of rehearsals,
> in the lead-up to new album recording sessions, Malcolm discovered he
> couldn't play. At least, he couldn't play like he used to play.
>
> Nothing has been officially confirmed, as of this writing, but friends and
> family members have been discussing what happened to Malcolm for the past
> couple of weeks. The blood clot, resulting from the stroke, is believed to
> be why Malcolm couldn't keep working.
>
> Although friends have described Malcolm's condition as serious, it doesn't
> mean he won't recover. People do get better after strokes, and people do
> recover lost skills.
>
> But friends and family of band members believe the decision was made last
> week to call it quits.
>
> Media in Australia have gone ballistic today on rumours of The End Of
> AC/DC, and it appears the news got out ahead of a planned official
> announcement from the band and management.
>
> Right now, that announcement is expected Wednesday, April 16, and a press
> conference has been scheduled.
>
> AC/DC won't continue playing and recording without Malcolm. It can't be
> done.
>
> While Angus Young is the more famous, and more recognisable, AC/DC is most
> definitely Malcolm Young's band, he started AC/DC, under the guidance of
> big brother George Young (ex-Easybeats, and co-producer) and encouraged his
> younger brother Angus to join him, and take on the world.
>
> Malcolm Young has been the quiet motivator and boss of the band for four
> decades, co-writing nearly all of AC/DC's classics, and making sure nothing
> happened to harm or damage the band's reputation, or disappoint the fans
> who've stuck by them for decades.
>
> His passion for the band and its music, and integrity, were so intense,
> back in the 1970s he used to have fistfights with his younger brother,
> Angus, in the studio, when disagreements about a sound or riff couldn't be
> resolved. Proper punch-ups, teeth were lost, blood was drawn.
>
> So that's it. AC/DC are coming to an end.
>
> But what a career. AC/DC set out to conquer the world, and they did it,
> multiple times. Even the death of singer Bon Scott barely slowed them down,
> and only slightly delayed recording sessions for Back In Black.
>
> Back In Black is still one of the biggest-selling albums in rock history,
> and AC/DC have easily sold more than 180 million albums, and probably half
> as many singles and DVDs and videos and special edition packages. They've
> influenced pretty much every hard rock, heavy rock and heavy metal band
> that has followed in their wake, including Nirvana, Metallica, you name
> them, they probably grew up loving AC/DC. And AC/DC are still in the record
> books for one of the biggest live audiences in rock history, playing to
> more than 1.6 million people in Moscow, in 1991. They were invited to play
> by the youth of Russia, who grew up on AC/DC bootlegs, after the fall of
> the Berlin Wall.
>
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