Decision '08 (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
I’ve been blogging about U2 almost incessantly this year, but last night, I went to a very different kind of rock and roll show. No social conscience stuff here – just flat-out rock and roll. It was AC/DC at a sold-out Frank Erwin Center, but more accurately, it was the Angus Young show. Simply put, at [...]
The Music Digest (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Angus Young, enfante terrible of hard rock and its poster-boy of wild onstage antics, is one of the most hardworking, energetic rock guitarists around. The power he packs in that diminutive, five-foot two frame, sets the stage on fire and brings his young audience screaming to its feet.
News.com.au (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
George Posted at 6:08pm today Angus has got a nice house in The Netherlands. It helps when your wife is Dutch of course :) Who's complaining: just call them Australian - just like The Easybeats.Jason of Brisbane Posted at 5:54pm today Well the drummer is Australian born and apparently Angus Young still lives in Sydney, so I guess they're kind of Australian. Certainly Australia...
No Rock And Roll Fun (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
... complex computer models to predict the economy, when all you need to do to spot a downturn is ask Angus Young's tailor if he's letting out the waist on the schoolboy shorts again.
Disease Management Care Blog (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
With apologies to the AC/DC and this classic piece of pioneering heavy metal. The Disease Management Care Blog can't understand lead singer Brian Johnson most of the time anyway, so it likes the lyrics below. On the other hand, guitarist Angus Young's language is universal. Oi! Oi Oi Oi VEY! See me ride out of Chicago On your color TV screen Out to win no matter how low Under the bus...
Jacket Copy (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
... how the band itself developed its signature sound. The guitar playing of brothers Malcolm and Angus Young is key, synchronized with a kind of mysterious sibling timing. Their Scottish family -- with eight kids -- moved to Australia in the 1960s. Brother George became an Australian pop star in the Beatles-esque band the Easybeats and went on to produce AC/DC records. The monster guitar...
Line Out (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
... band, and having the real Robert Plant come out and sing? Or seeing Hell’s Belles and having Angus Young come out to solo? Or imagine it from the band’s perspective, getting to play with the person you’ve been covering. I tracked down members of Super Diamond for further investigation: What was it like to actually be onstage with Neil Diamond? Your “Surreal”...
TotallyShoes.co.uk (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
... two pairs of chucks: And finally for all you hard rockers, a new style of AC/DC shoe based on Angus Young's school uniform!
All Africa (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
... by his first crack at MX1.Fearless and flat-outShivam's bike is currently being fine-tuned by Angus Young who has changed suspension settings and preferred soft compound tyres for sea level riding. Leader Cruze Muigai (Yamaha) is set to lay his hands on the coveted MX2 title in his very first season. Muigai, better known as 'Cruise Control', has already indicated he will back off...
Life On My Planet. (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009
... the finest riffs ever seen or heard. There's no other rock guitarist in the world – not even Angus Young – who consistently writes solid, immortal riffola like Duffy . Life can be reduced, and thus, made bearable, by taking out the oh so very complicated things in life : where less is so much more. Reducing the very essence of life, the battle between comfort and conflict,...
[ H E ' S A W H O R E ] (Free subscription) | 10/10/2009
... Let There Be Rock poster, "I Do It For AC/DC button, a "Moneytalks" $100 bill, Angus Young beanie sticker, guitar pick, "Lock Up Your Daughters" tour flyer, and a reproduction of the studio track sheet for the "Dirty Deeds" recording sessions. All this can be yours for $199 . To further whet your appetite, here's a kick-ass live version of "...
post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 10/08/2009
Best packaging ever award goes to AC/DC for "Back Tracks." You can not only play this boxed set on your CD player and turntable, you can play the packaging! It's an amp you plug your guitar into. Watch Angus Young demonstrate here . Inside the package you get 3 CDs, 1 LP, 2 DVDs, a 164-page hard-cover book and collectible merchandise reproductions including buttons, picks and...
Vulture (Free subscription) | 10/07/2009
A dream came true recently for one 14-year-old British girl when, in the midst of her recovery from a jaw operation, a charity granted her wish to smash garden gnomes with a bass guitar while dressed as AC/DC's Angus Young. There is a photo. [ Metro UK ] Read more posts by Lane Brown Filed Under: ac/dc , awesome , dreams , music
Carl Minns - Thoughts from Hull (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
... as more of an encouragement for intentions than a reward for achievements." I remember Angus Young, the Hull Daily Mail's council reporter, once writing in politics it is policies delivered and results that count. I would have thought the prize awarding committee would have thought the same way. Link: BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8298580.stm
Arkytek Ltd :: Blog (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
... is an option too, use Bluetooth to play with up to three friends or hook up with the next Angus Young online via Facebook. Aside from that, Rock Band for iPhone is pretty much the Rock Band you know and love, offering four difficulty modes, a casual rocking out mode or for the hardened axe hero, a Tour Mode. 20 tracks to get you going (listed below), with others available to buy in...
