AC/DC underwent several line-up changes before releasing their first album, 1975's The band's line-up remained the same until 2014 with Malcolm Young's retirement due to early-onset AC/DC have sold more than 200 million records worldwide, including 71.5 million albums in the United States, making them the George was the first to learn to play the guitar. He'd record it, date it, make notes. The songwriting process didn't really change, except for the fact that Mal wasn't physically there. He continued to write songs in AC/DC until his self imposed departure from the band in 2014In April 2014, Young became seriously ill and was unable to continue performing.In subsequent interviews, Angus stated that his brother had been experiencing lapses in memory and Mal kept doing what he could until he couldn't do it anymore, but I have all the material he was working on. AC/DC's mammoth power chord roar became one of the most influential hard rock sounds of the '70s, and is now one of the defining sounds of rock and metal.In its own way, it was a reaction against the pompous art rock and lumbering arena rock of the early '70s. There was always a bit from the past, a bit from what we had that was brand new, and, sometimes, just an old idea that either Malcolm or myself had worked on but we never finished. "AC/DC have referred to themselves as "a rock and roll band, nothing more, nothing less".AC/DC will assert that they are not specifically a metal band. I'd fill things in to see if we had a song. David Marchese from As with many bands of their era, AC/DC ran afoul of the On 1 October 2004, a central Melbourne thoroughfare, Corporation Lane, was renamed They sold over 1.3 million CDs in the US during 2007 despite not having released a new album since 2000 at that point. Bon had mentioned that he had been in England once touring with a band and he had mentioned that Brian had been in a band called Geordie and Bon had said 'Brian Johnson, he was a great rock and roll singer in the style of On 29 March, Malcolm Young called the singer to offer him a place in the band, much to Johnson's surprise. There were a lot of riffs, ideas, and bits of choruses. Their music—loud, hard, and guitar driven—may best be described as hard rock. You see, Malcolm was always a great organizer. What's come of that I can't discuss yet. No one (and I mean no one) out there can play and perform like this man. They are not modally developed as are a good deal of heavy metal compositions. He was replaced by Playing guitar in AC/DC from 1973 until his last live gig with the band in June 2010, Malcolm Young toured the world with few breaks on a 37 year run with the band. "Both Angus and Malcolm Young were in a band with their brother George and his music partner Harry Vanda called Malcolm Young was 20 when he and younger brother Angus formed In early 1977 they returned to Britain and began a European tour with Towards the end of 1977, bassist Mark Evans was fired; purportedly to find someone who could sing backup vocals. "In May 2012, Malcolm Young confirmed that the band were working on a potential follow-up to 2008's On 16 April 2014, in response to earlier reports that the band may be disbanding due to Malcolm Young's illness,On 6 November 2014, Rudd was charged with attempting to procure a murder, threatening to kill, possession of In an interview on 13 November 2014, Angus Young stated that the band had experienced problems with Rudd earlier in the year when recording On 7 March 2016, the band announced that the final ten dates of the On 19 April 2016, Johnson made an official statement regarding his health problems and inability to tour. While AC/DC has referenced the underworld and they have given their listeners 'Highway to Hell' and 'Hell's Bells,' their songs are constructed on straightforward major and minor power chords. Evans described disagreement with Angus and Malcolm as a contributing factor. My records — if you can call them that — are always chaotic.