Back In Black was a huge seller, going to #1 in five countries and reaching #4 in the U.S. He quit school when he was only 15 and took a series of odd odd jobs. In the end, Scott joined the group and used his wild “socially maladjusted” attitude to build AC/DC’s reputation as a rowdy and raucous hard rock group. Additionally, the East German release had different and much plainer designs on the front and back, apparently because the authorities were not happy with the sleeve as released elsewhere. What kind of "friends" leave a passed-out guy in a car? It might have been asphyxiation, or it might have been alcohol poisoning -- it was most certainly "death by misadventure," in the coroner's words. Browning turned to Zambian-born producer Robert John "Mutt" Lange to step in. This article is about the album. Their next album, Back In Black, was dedicated to him. Nicknamed the "Night Stalker", Ramírez was a fan of AC/DC, particularly "Night Prowler". It was shortly after the release of the somewhat foreshadowing sixth album, 1979's "Highway to Hell," that Scott died (February 19, 1980). Sessions for the album—15 hours a day, day-in day-out, for over two months—were gruelling. At first, it didn’t seem as though Scott was a good fit for the new band, to be called AC/DC. Bon was like, 'You’re so fucking good, cunt, you do it!’. The accident didn’t serve as a wake-up call for Scott. Volume 1: Stairway to Heaven Highway to Hell will be released on April 23, but fans can listen to the title track everywhere NOW! They chose to continue building on the success that Scott established. Two songs from the album, "Highway to Hell" was featured in the 2003 film Final Destination 2 and 2010 film, Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief and "If You Want Blood (You've Got It)" is featured in five films; Empire Records, The Longest Yard, Shoot Em Up, Final Destination 5 and finally, The Dukes of Hazzard. In his book Highway to Hell, Clinton Walker writes, "The band virtually moved into the Roundhouse Studios in Chalk Farm, spending the best part of three months there. "[1] In a 2008 Rolling Stone cover story, David Fricke notes: "Superproducer 'Mutt' Lange sculpted AC/DC's rough-granite rock into chart-smart boogie on this album." Canning Highway will be closed to traffic for up to 10 hours for a marathon tribute to AC/DC lead singer Bon Scott on the 40th anniversary of his death as part of the Perth Festival. In AC/DC: Maximum Rock & Roll, Arnaud Durieux writes that Lange, a trained singer, showed Scott how to breathe so he could be a technically better singer on songs like "Touch Too Much" and would join in on background vocals himself, having to stand on the other side of the studio because his own voice was so distinctive. This was Saturday, and we snuck into the studio and on that one day we put down six songs, sent the tape to Lange and said, 'Will you work with us?'" It's a British legal term for dying by accident in the course of taking voluntary risks. But it was not to be. ‘Highway To Hell’ was the last AC/DC album to feature the band’s second lead singer Bon Scott. So one day we told him we were going to have a day off and not to bother coming in. It was very early in the songwriting process; on February 15 Scott sat in on drums as the Young brothers were working on two new songs. He knew we were all dedicated so he sort of got it. What actually killed Bon Scott? Kramer met the band at Criteria Studios in Miami, Florida but, by all accounts, they did not get on. Songs were worked and reworked." Even Bon was impressed with how he could get his voice to sound." "T.N.T.," "Let There Be Rock," "It's A Long Way To The Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n Roll)," and "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" are other highlights. It was AC/DC's sixth album, and their last with vocalist Bon Scott, who died in 1980 from excessive drinking. Photographs That Capture What Life Was Like In The ’60s. And he hopped on a drum kit and he banged out the beat for me. 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According to an investigative piece at Louder.com, Kinnear disappeared soon after the incident, and has never been heard from since. Ken Monkhouse, also known as “Monkey” on Highway Thru Hell, died on May 24 from a heart attack, according to Jamie Davis Towing. He'd drink with anyone who'd go along for the ride. The cover came to … [11] The guitars and bass in this album are tuned down 1/4 step except for "Night Prowler", "Love Hungry Man" and "Get It Hot" which are tuned down whole half step or ½ step. Evans was replaced by Cliff Williams in 1977 for the album Powerage. Bon Scott was always one to buck convention. Highway to Hell became AC/DC's first LP to break the US Top 100, eventually reaching number 17, and it propelled the band into the top ranks of hard rock acts. He got a juvenile arrest record for theft. In other words -- he didn't need to die. I remember one day Bon coming in with his lyrics to If You Want Blood. AllMusic's Steve Huey observes: The lyrics displayed a fierce, stubborn independence in his choice of lifestyle ("Askin' nothin', leave me be"; "nobody's gonna slow me down"), but not really loneliness (of hell: "goin' down! Mutt sat in his seat and did it without standing up! The opening guitar riff of "Beating Around the Bush" has been referred to by journalist Phil Sutcliffe as "almost a tribute ... a reflection, I hesitate to say a copy" of "Oh Well" by Fleetwood Mac. The army rejected Scott because, as they said, he was “socially maladjusted.” Undeterred, Scott decided to embrace “socially maladjusted” as his personal mantra and live his life his own way. We were all minimalist. For the song, see, Learn how and when to remove this template message, Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, "ACDC - Highway To Hell. The song "Walk All Over You" is featured in the movie Grown Ups. Some accounts claim that Scott's death was actually a heroin overdose, although the coroner's report doesn't support that theory. Opera singer Cristina Ramos, 37, unexpectedly busted out AC/DC's anthem Highway to Hell on Spain's Got Talent after tearing off her formal gown to reveal ripped jeans and corset. Once he recovered, he resumed his alcohol-fueled lifestyle and started looking for a new band to join. Although the American branch of Atlantic Records had rejected the group's 1976 LP Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap, it now believed the band was poised to strike it big in the States if only they would work with a producer who could give them a radio-friendly sound. When they questioned whether Scott was too old to rock, he countered by asking them if they were old enough to rock. By this point, Scott had been with AC/DC for six years and the band was rising ever higher. His classmates made fun of his thick Scottish accent and threatened him if he didn’t learn to ‘talk right.’ Proud and defiant, that made Scott cling to his Scottish accent even more. In the mid-'70s, AC/DC was a hard-rocking band out of Australia, perhaps the hardest rocking band the world had ever seen. It is sung by Vocal Adrenaline, with Jesse singing lead. The last question is more about taste, and less about theories -- it's just something AC/DC fans and hard rock fans have always debated and will continue to debate: Which is the better AC/DC? And that really stood them all to attention on Mutt too. It might have been asphyxiation, or it might have been alcohol poisoning -- it was most certainly "death by misadventure," in the coroner's words. Drunk and combative, Scott sped away on a motorcycle. In a 2003 interview with Bill Crandall of Rolling Stone, Angus recalled the genesis of the song: We were in Miami and we were flat broke. Reports at the time said his name was Alistair or Alisdair Kinnear, and he told newspapers that he was physically incapable of moving Scott, so he covered him in a blanket and left him there. The, When Brian Johnson was picked to join AC/DC, he knew he had some big shoes to fill. On 25 May 2006, Highway to Hell was certified 7x Platinum by the RIAA. He most likely choked to death on his own vomit, just as Jimi Hendrix had before him and as John Bonham of Led Zeppelin would do a few months later. (Photo by Fin Costello/Redferns). "Angus was like, 'You fucking will, will ya?’. Bon Scott had a strong, powerful voice that was ideal for the hard-rock music genre of the time. In AC/DC’s massive 1979 hit “Highway to Hell” Scott sang: Living easy, living free. Well, it was a highway to hell. Scott's lyrics on Highway to Hell deal almost exclusively with lust ("Love Hungry Man", "Girls Got Rhythm"), sex ("Beating Around the Bush", "Touch Too Much", "Walk All Over You"), and partying on the town ("Get It Hot", "Shot Down in Flames"). Karen left the world of academic, quitting her job as a college professor to write full-time. He was in his late twenties, several years older than the Young brothers. The band's most recent album, the live If You Want Blood, had reached number 13 in Britain, and the two albums previous to that, 1977's Let There Be Rock and 1978's Powerage, had seen the band find their raging, blues-based hard rock sound. It helped drive huge sales for the Highway To Hell album, which has sold over seven million copies in America. The phrase closed the album. Some fans believed that Scott had actually written some of the material that was credited to Johnson, including the hit song, “You Shook Me All Night Long.” They stated that Scott should have been posthumously named as a writer and contributor on the album. Lead singer and co-songwriter Bon Scott died on 19 February 1980, after a night of heavy alcohol consumption. Scott was a habitual heavy drinker so it was not uncommon to see him down whiskey all night. "Highway to Hell" won the 'Most Played Australian Work Overseas' category at the 2009 APRA Awards. The band continued to gain speed with 1979's Highway to Hell, which sold more than a million copies worldwide. ACDC Rock Band Singer Brian Johnson: “Jesus was a clever man. Scott loved to party -- more than the rest of AC/DC. Scott is best known for a handful of hard-rock anthems, including "Highway To Hell," the title track off the 1979 album that would be his last. 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