Talk:AC/DC/Archive 1

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Contents 1 1 2 Category Deletion 3 Vacuum or Sewing Machine? 4 Deletion? 5 Album Inconsistency? 6 Name 7 City 8 They're not bisexual 9 Ballbreaker and Digipaks 10 Name section 11 Huh? 12 currently 13 Album covers 14 Band photo features Chris Slade, text box implies Phil Rudd 15 Huh? 16 An Australian rock band??? 17 Heavy Metal 18 Examples of heavy Metal 19 Album sales 20 AC/DC plain and simple 21 iTunes 21.1 Infobox 21.2 Bon Scott 22 Influences/Influenced 23 Failed GA 24 2 Band Member Charts??? 25 Mark Storace 26 Apologies! 27 When??? 28 #4? 29 Member charts 30 All Music Guide Discography 31 how about this? 32 AC/DC Template 33 Wrong license

1

The name AC/DC had nothing to do with the bisexual connotations that people have given it. The band started at the catholic highschool, Ashfield Boys High School, and the name "Anti-Christ/Devil Child" was solely to piss off the fathers who taught the school. Catholic teenage rebellion at its finest. Nothing to do with Satanism or any other cult crap. This information comes straight from the original Ashfield Boys School AC/DC drummer, (who, incidentally, told Angus that T.N.T. would never be a hit after they first played it at a highschool dance), Gary Baldwin.

--Gary's next door neighbor

That's total nonsense, made up by someone pretending, wishing to be an expert on the band. Yes, and I'm Angus Young's illegitimate child. There's no question that the name is about electrical currents. If you weren't blinded by fantasy, you'd notice the theme that's so clear and un-subtle that I'm ashamed to be discussing this: High Voltage, Powerage, Volts, the lightning bolt between AC and DC, every album cover. I don't think theresa knott was questioning the original inspiration for the name, but was more likely considering the possibility that AC/DC was aware of the bisexual connotation and acknowledged it. Your creating a falsified account of how the name originated doesn't at all refute theresa's arugment. But the fact of the matter is that, even if they were aware of the connotation, they say that they weren't, as Tlshd mentions, and it isn't up to us to question that in a Wikipedia article without actual evidence.Tyharvey313 03:03, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

Is it just me, or does anyone else think they must have been aware of the bisexual meaning of ACDC ? Why the school boy uniform ? Why the verse in dirty deeds done dirt cheap ?

"You got problems in your life of love
You got a broken heart
(She's) He's double dealin' with your best friend
That's when the teardrops start - fella
Pick up the phone
I'm here alone
Or make a social call
Come right in
Forget about him
We'll have ourselves a ball"
  

?theresa knott 11:59, 23 Feb 2004 (UTC)

He's supposed to be talking about a woman in that verse, "he's double dealin' with your best friend". I believe when AC/DC started, Angus was still in school. He had shows right after school and didn't have time to change his clothes, so he just played in them. He liked how it looked and stuck with it. --65.33.71.42 23:01, 2 Jan 2005 (UTC)

The lyrics cited above are--at best--unsubstantiated, and are, IMHO, inaccurate. The lyric sleeve that shipped with the LP copy I own (Atlantic catalog:K50323) doesn't include the term "fella"--the line is printed as "That's when the teardrops start -". I've listened to this song over the past two decades and I have always heard the same utterance after the word 'start', that is "wella" (i.e. well ah). This is simply a pick-up to the next line and nothing else.

Actually, if you were going to make your argument using the lyrics to "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" you could have picked the stanza that begins "If ya got a lady but you want her gone..." and ends "For a fee I'll be happy to be, Your back door man". This lyric can be taken many different ways.

Regardless of these arguments I think it's ridiculous to argue--the band has commented on the origin of the name several times, and at no time has any of them mentioned bisexuality.

Tlshd 08:20, 18 December 2005 (UTC)

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according to an interview with vh1 on tv, one of them (i cant remeber which member) said they did get the name from the electric currents, and didn't know about the bi meaning at the time-emopunk

Re: the Clear Channel thing. As stated, this bit is inaccurate. An accurate statement would have little import. See User talk:Mulad for details. Jgm 16:50, 15 May 2004 (UTC)

I've read what you say on that page. I was following the story at the time for http://rocknerd.org/ - the Snopes page came out saying "FALSE" while the story was actually still unfolding, and their "false" was at the time based solely on a CC press release after the flap, which greatly discredited Snopes' opinion on the matter in my eyes. It's also prominent in the Clear Channel Communications article. As such, I'll be putting back an edited version - David Gerard 17:21, May 15, 2004 (UTC)

Hi, I appreciate that you were documenting it at the time, that counts for a lot. I think the problem with the way it's worded is that it claims CC main office management devised and "sent out" the list which according to all accounts I've read is inaccurate -- a couple of station managers sent out an e-mail which was passed around and modified (unless you are claiming from your research at the time that you know differently; this seems to be the version accepted by all sides). This is much less noteworthy in my opinion, and would require so many weasel words as to become quite weak. Jgm 18:07, 15 May 2004 (UTC)

First, I heard the bisexual meaning of AC/DC was unintentional.

Why is there no comprehensive list of members on this page. The only reason I came here was to find out the drummer's name. wtf?

Although I know they spent their adult lives in Australia (well, most of it on tour round the world...), I have added the Young brothers and Bon Scott to the List of Scots. I don't think enough Scots are aware of the connection.

Category Deletion

The AC/DC category is up for deletion. The category is unnecessary -- all the elements in the category are in the article. -- TheBlunderbuss 21:56, 23 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Vacuum or Sewing Machine?

according to this article, the AC/DC was written on a sewing machine, while according to List of band name etymologies, it was on a vacuum cleaner. Who knows? Please fix! — MFH: Talk 9 July 2005 03:45 (UTC)

It was on VH1's Biography of AC/DC. It was their sisters sewing machine that had ac/dc on it. In fact according to what Angus and Mal said on this program his first school boy stage suite was made by his sister on this very same sewing machine. The rumor has always been around that the band are satanists. Mal put that rumor to rest clearly. He said, "Me mom would kill me for that!" So I don't think the good ole' boys from down under worship satan. It was very informative and enjoyable. So I hope this may clear up the question.

--Bumpusmills1 01:14, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

Deletion?

The AC/DC section is up for deletion? What happened with that? I sertenly don`t see why we shold delete it... Or?

Just the Category, not the Article. Joeylawn 00:28, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

Album Inconsistency?

I've noticed that a few of the special 2003 digipak remastered albums are listed, but not all of them. I believe all of AC/DC's international studio albums (Simply meaning not the Australian High Voltage and TNT) are now out on digipak, with the exception of Stiff Upper Lip. This leads me to wonder whether it's typical to list remastered releases by bands at all. If this article were to note all the digipaks and then even previous remasters, it would produce a lot of clutter. I suggest that either the digipaks be removed from the studio album list, or all other remasters be added. While I prefer the former, if it turns out that the latter is more appropriate: please do not forget the fresh October 18 2005 issuing of the Ballbreaker digipak. Thanks to whoever gives this attention. - G R Early --64.217.224.239 16:15, 21 October 2005 (UTC)

I say we delete this article because it is incorrect. AC/DC is my favorite band and i have studied them intensively and have found few right facts on this page.

Name

An anon recently added "The first name suggested for the band was "The Razor's Edge" by Cliff Williams, but the rest of the band turned down the name.", which I can't verify but have left in for now. Somebody with more interest in AC/DC please check this. Thanks. Rd232 ^talk 09:54, 16 November 2005 (UTC)

Thats not true...Cliff Williams was not a memeber of the band until 1978, so he did not have an input in the name of the band

no the razor's edge was a song and the band was known as ac/dc in 1973. cliff was not a member until 1978, so ha ha ha. also all the other names suggested are listed in the family jewls DVD set k..

By: jam lee of the band "Thornes of Glory"

City

In which Scottish city where they born; it just says that they were born in Scotland - but without a city. I would find it very hard to belive that they would all just come from Edinburgh, or Glasgow. --Kilo-Lima 11:36, 19 November 2005 (UTC)

Have added Glasgow for Malcolm and Angus and Kirriemuir for Bon. - Gordon Murray 4/12/05

They're not bisexual

They had no idea it was another way of saying bisexual. Hell, I'd never even heard of that until about last year. It's an electricity thing, stands for "Alternate Current/Direct Current". They got it from the back of a vacuum cleaner or a sewing machine, I've heard both stories. As for the schoolboy outfit, Angus and Malcom's sister suggested he wear it on stage, saying "it would give the audience something to look at". Although her suggestion probably did come from the fact that, as a kid, Angus would come home from school and start playing guitar right away without changing out of his school uniform. Also, Angus was 18 when the band was forming in 1973, so he would've been out of school by that time.

Also, Cliff Williams wouldn't have been able to suggest a name for the band in their early years, since he wasn't even in the band until late 1977. And they're not all from Scotland. Angus and Malcolm are from Glasgow (moved to Sydney when Ang was 5, and Mal was 7). Bon Scott was from Scotland, too, but I can't remember what city. Phil Rudd's from Queensland, Australia, I think. Cliff Williams is from England, as is Brian Johnson. And thier ex-bassist Mark Evans is from Australia, too.

One last thing, that first guy was right, they have nothing to do with occult stuff. Angus played in a church as a kid, actually. -- TMFSG, December 2, 2005.

Wait, one more thing. I dont' know if you want to add this, but while it was around, the Soviet Union compiled a list of 12 bands they considered "idealogically harmful", and AC/DC was on it. I think they were #9.

hey i know that AC/DC is not bisexual because i am Anguses #1 fan... i can play all there songs and i happen to now his entire life and i know that the only reson this story got out was because Bon Scott and Angus were the best of friends and some people thought they hung out with each other to much. people also thought that because Angus wore a school uniform to shows that they were showing suggestive theams such as the story about the priest haveing sex with the kid....well thats another reason why people thought they were Bi. so thats it k -By: Jam Lee of the band"Thorns Of Glory".

Ballbreaker and Digipaks

I posted here earlier as GR Early about Ballbreaker and the other digipak re-releases of albums. Firstly, I've corrected the date of the Ballbreaker digipak release from November to October 2005. However, I still think the listing of studio albums is sloppy as long as some digipaks are listed but not others. We should really decide whether to show all of them or show none. I would rather not make this edit myself without discussing it.

Also, regarding Cliff Williams suggesting a name for the band, please note that he was not a member of the band until years after it was formed. I have to wonder where you heard this. Decatur 05:48, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

I think you all need to shut the hell up youre rambiling on about things that are insignificant and you know just as little about as anybody else and as for the bitch who says shes mr youngs daughter why dont ou jus blow it out your ass!!! this is lunchbox2010 im a hardcore fan of acdc and damn proud of them and their mi=usic so shuv it and as for this mans forum its pretty good way to fight the power—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 72.64.18.27 (talk • contribs) 06:37, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

I think you need to calm the hell down you're rambling on while using vile language. Please read guidelines, like This one; Wikipedia is not a battleground. Insulting people is not gonna help anything.—♦♦ SʘʘTHING^(Я) 09:57, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

Name section

are you completely sure they said "we write songs to make a point and give the listener a picture."? because that seems way out of their style. Malcolm has said before, "[when asked about AC/DC's lyrics] If people wanna hear deep lyrics, they can listen to R.E.M. or whatever. But at the end of the night, they wanna go home and get fucked. And that's where we come in"

hey i agree with you about evrything its just if u do on vh1.com and look up AC/DC they give you an interveiw with Brian Jhonsen and Angus Young and i forget what Angus said but they talked about what style of music and how they made the music and lyrics so go check it out K.

By: Jam Lee of the ban "Thornes of Glory"

Huh?

Okay, what is the name of the new album coming out? Shock Waves? Get Back To Rock? Why was it taken off the list? - I.P. Guy

I don't know. I check often about the lasest album info on www.acdcrocks.com but it doesnt say. It is in production, but no name yet. Tommygun141 02:02, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

currently

as of january the only news about the new album came out months ago with no mention of track names or album name go to the official sit www.acdcrocks.com for more info what is their first album called

Album covers

In the Australian listing of albums it doesn't actually show the right covers for the following LPs: "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap", "Let There Be Rock" and "Highway To Hell." The Australian covers for these albums were very different to the overseas ones. January 29, 2006. Peter.

I think the articles for the Australian albums and the international albums should be combined (with the possible exception of the international version of High Voltage, which is really a compilation) to avoid confusion and present a better comarison of the two versions. ProhibitOnions 12:14, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

Their FIRST album was High Voltage.

Band photo features Chris Slade, text box implies Phil Rudd

Couldn't we find a more up-to-date picture of the band with Phil Rudd in it? If not, the current band infobox should probably say "Pictured: Former drummer Chris Slade" or the like. It might also help to list the names of the members under the photo; those who are not fans might not know who is who. ProhibitOnions 12:14, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

The photo has been changed to one which actually shows the current line-up, but it's not very clear - two members are barely discernible. Anyone got a better photo? Bretonbanquet 13:29, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

Huh?

"Their music is rhythm & blues-based with a higher level of distortion in the lead and rhythm guitars."

"Based" mate, not that they are actually an R&B band. A lot of their music does have undertones from that genere. (USMA2010 23:49, 20 June 2006 (UTC))

An Australian rock band???

How could this band be described as Australian when they were all born in the UK? I think one of the current members might be Ausralian but at their peak, they were all British! I think they would best be described as an "international" band. Davez621 08:35, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

Uh they were an Aussie rock band. Only cliff was british. Bon, ANgus and Malcolm were all Scottish immigrants to australia. Phil was from australua. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 172.136.238.200 (talk • contribs) 20:12, May 25, 2006 (UTC)

The band formed in Australia. Angus and Malcolm Young and Scott emigrated to Australia. Phil Rudd was born in the country. Ergo, AC/DC is an Australian rock band. — EagleOne\^Talk 17:13, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

Although commonly referred to as an Australian band (and they may well class themselves as Aussies) it is true that Bon, Angus and Malcolm (and George, 3rd brother and later their producer) were all Scottish and by definition therefore, BRITISH. No argument there then. And Brian Johnson is most definitely British, from my home town of Newcastle England. Phil's an Aussie, so like is mentioned above, lets leave it as 'International'. Kiwichipster 02:31, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

Heavy Metal

How is AC/DC "a pioneer of hard rock and heavy metal music "? Hard rock, yes, definitely, all the way, but since when are they heavy metal? I do have a limited knowledge of AC/DC's full collection of albums and songs, but so far I've seen no evidence whatsoever that they're heavy metal. Could anyone explain to my why they're classified as such, citing specific songs? Otherwise, I'll remove that.Tyharvey313 03:11, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

It says that they're pioneers of heavy metal, rather than a heavy metal band, much in the same way that Deep Purple is a pioneer of heavy metal. Fitz221 02:51, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

Examples of heavy Metal

Whole lotta rosie is often covered by metal bands

let there be rock can very much be seen as a metal song even though it is also very much blues

hell's bells very much metal back and black too

thunderstruck

this means war heatseeker for those about to rock the whole flick the switch album

the fact is that they pioneered heavy metal meaning that they didi not exactly fit the desciption but undoubtly have metal sounding songs but more importantly metal songs sounded like ac/dc don't sweat it just except it.

Album sales

"Back In Black" cannot be the second best-selling album in the world AND the fifth best-selling album in the USA. Which is it? Bretonbanquet 18:41, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

Yes it can be AC/DC is a much larger act outside of the US.

There's a major problem with the text on album sales in the Wiki text. I can't find a single website that lists Back in Black as selling 42 million copies worldwide, or selling 21 million copies in the US. Most websites variously list The Eagles, Michael Jackson, Fleetwood Mac, the Beatles, Elvis etc, as being the top 5, although they normally suggest US album sales only. The best I could find was a website suggesting Back In Black sold 19 millions worldwide. Also, Wiki suggests that no list can be difinitive, as no organisation ranks international sales. Anyone got a good source? PS. Finally got my hands on a copy of Live at Donington - Monsters of Rock here in 'lil old New Zealand. Fantastic!! Kiwichipster 02:29, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

I have a question, was this Terry Schlesser guy really considerd as a replacement?

Yes, but if it's the second best-selling album in the world, how can it be fifth in the USA - there are 4 better-selling albums there for a start. Unless you mean second best in the REST of the world outside the US.

No, that's simply incorrect. If 5 were sold in the US, and 1 million in Europe, that CD would not big higher selling in the US than a cd that sold 50 in the US and 500k in Europe207.127.128.2 21:57, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

There were a few vocalists considered for Bon's job plus one or two others who were rumoured to be in the running, like Easybeats singer Stevie Wright. Alan Fryer was considered, but apparently he was too much like Bon. Gary Holton was also mentioned, but he had a bit of a drink problem, which eventually contributed to his death. That left Terry Wilson-Slesser who used to in Back Street Crawler with Paul Kossoff, and Brian Johnson. When Johnson joined AC/DC, Wilson-Slesser (often known as Terry Slesser) joined Geordie. There a couple of references that say he was considered for the job. I guess all this should be in the article really. Bretonbanquet 22:38, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

Mark Storace of Krokus claimed to have been offered the job and to have turned it down. AC/DC have never denied the statement.````210.211.198.46

"The band split with Lange for their self-produced 1983 album, Flick of the Switch. Predictably, perhaps, its production values were not on par with the previous three LPs, despite some memorable tracks. "

Is this the consensus view? Or is it POV? Personally, I think Flick of the Switch is one of their best albums, if not the best. It never occurred to me that there's anything weak about its "production values". Palefire 22:40, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

It was a more popular view a few years ago if I remember, but that album is definitely more well-regarded now. That statement is a bit POV really. There's a lot of POV in this article. Bretonbanquet 23:09, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

Note that the phrase refers to "production values" not "quality of the songs." I think Flick of the Switch is a great album, but it has a muffled sound and in some places a lack of attention to detail that a top producer like Mutt Lange would likely have fixed, but as the album was "produced by AC/DC" a lot of the finer touches are missing. Just off the top of my head, there's what sounds like a bad edit in "Nervous Shakedown"; an experienced producer would probably also have told the drummer to quit hitting the crash cymbal every four measures.

Whatever the flaws of FOTS, the production of Fly on the Wall is far worse; Brian Johnson and Cliff Williams are inexplicably buried in the mix, and it's a horribly muddy arrangement with a counterproductive overuse of reverb. This is a shame, because the songs on it are consistently good, and if an experienced producer had worked with it instead of it being produced by Malcolm and Angus it would undoubtedly have worked out much better. This is a point made by many reviewers at the time. I'm surprised the record label allowed it to be released as it was. ProhibitOnions 09:57, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

AC/DC plain and simple

AC/DC is an Australian band. Having been born in the UK does not mean they are a UK band. They grew up most their lives in Australia and thats where they made it big, not in the UK.

And as for AC/DC being a band of high distortion levels its just not true. Read any interview with Angus and he says its straight guitar to amp. No distortion at all other than possibly tone difference but thats it.

Although commonly referred to as an Australian band (and they may well class themselves as Aussies) it is true that Bon, Angus and Malcolm (and George, 3rd brother and later their producer) were all Scottish and by definition therefore, BRITISH. No argument there then. And Brian Johnson is most definitely British, from my home town of Newcastle England. Phil's an Aussie, so like is mentioned above, lets leave it as 'International'. Kiwichipster 02:14, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

iTunes

I think there are AC/DC songs in the iTunes music store, isn't it? At least in the german music store... --Fun-total 15:18, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

Not in the American itunes, im afriad. I sent them letters, and maybe because of which they recently took off all the REALLY crappy tribute-bands. Maybe they'll put up the entire catalouge like MSN music did. (Every album baby!) Tommygun141 18:57, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

Infobox

Can someone explain why we keep reverting to an Infobox with practically no information in it? What's wrong with having the members' names in there for a start - every time I put them in, someone edits them out. The infobox as it stands is pointless. Bretonbanquet 16:50, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

Is it a user doing it? Or is it a BOT fix? (I ask before actually trolling backwards through the edit history) Cheers! Anger22 17:21, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

It's someone without a proper name... 67.150.37.139 - I'm not clever enough to know if it's the same person every time. It just seems daft to have an infobox with very little in it, and have to trawl three-quarters of the way down the article before finding out who's actually in the band! Bretonbanquet 17:27, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

Someone has to edit that infobox with another one more useful... No-Bullet 22:31, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

Bon Scott

Someone tell me why 'legendary' should be a 'point of view' when used as an adjective for Bon Scott? Characterizing Scott as a legend, when it is so widely acknowledged and well known that he has been an influence on everyone from contemporaries like Van Halen, to all three vocalists of Iron Maiden and to even the latest Garage Rock Bands and an icon to generations of fans, born after his passing, is surely not out of place. When Classic Rock Magazine ranked him as number one on the list of 100 Greatest frontmen and celebrated his 25th death anniversary with a cover saying Bon Scott: Hero Icon Legend, it reflected the popular sentiment among the band's fans and Rock enthusiasts in general.Bon Scott has been widely called legendary and charismatic, both of which are arguably points of view.If an editor has no problem with 'charismatic', he/she should not have a problem with legendary.210.211.198.46 03:04, 30 April 2006 (UTC)210.211.198.46

It would help if you read: WP:MoS, WP:NPOV, WP:CITE and WP:AWW. All are very helpful when it comes to making meaningful edits(which some of yours are). There are a few other "WP:__" policies that are worth reading along with those ones...but they'll do as a start. Plain and simple...if you are going to try and push flowery, poetic adjectives into any encyclopedia article...it has to be cited. Browse some of the music articles that have achieved "FA" status and you'll see what I mean. If they're not given proper citation, the articles just tend to look more like teenybopper magazine articles or poorly written junior high book reports(which most of them do as it is) Hope that helps. Take Care! Anger22 03:13, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

Influences/Influenced

Half the bands on that list were well established long before AC/DC came along. Any band that had a career prior to 1976 shouldn't really be on it at all(Scorpions and UFO in particular). As for Rainbow...Ritchie Blackmore's influences are well documented and AC/DC certainly isn't one of them. And Rush were influenced by Cream, The Who, King Crimson + many others...again all well documented...and again, no AC/DC in the list. As for AC/DC being influenced by those particular bands? Angus has stated he could stand Deep Purple or any other band tha played long improvised music because his attention span was too short. It's why he names his influences as being Chuck Berry and B.B. King. The list contained some pretty stupid entries. It's about time someone tried to clean out the junk. If you can find a reference for your POV then fine. But until then, best leave it be. 142.179.103.183 22:05, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

- Good point, but the fact is that many contemporaries of AC/DC's including bands that were older than them were influenced by them. The energy of their live performances especially, made an impact on many Bands who toured with them in their early years.For example, Jounrney is an older band, but they toured with AC/DC, after their arrival on the scene. The vocalist at the time, Steve Perry has gone on record as to how Bon Scott and the band's high energy Rock N Roll galvanized their own act and their style from that time on.There are other bands who would have likewise been afftected. A band cannot be excluded from this list, solely because they were older than AC/DC.61.17.69.201````

Failed GA

This had been nominated on 14th May for GA. The reasons I failed the article are the history section is too long It needs to be broken into subsections. The Article over all ignores Bon Scotts' death, i know its mentioned but only one paragraph. Where he's metioned in the Info box it should have Deceased after his name. The images bouncing from side to side are distracting. Gnangarra 15:27, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

THE CURRENT PAGE SAYS THEY "SOLD OVER 3 ALBUMS, MAKING THEM THE BIGGEST..."

I THINK THIS IS WRONG BUT I'M SCARED TO CHANGE IT BECAUSE OF WIKIFACISTS AND I DON'T KNOW THE ACTUAL NUMBER OF ALBUMS THEY SOLD (THOUGH I'M SURE IT'S OVER 3 BECAUSE I BOUGHT AT LEAST 5).

It said 150 million yesterday...so I put that number back. Anger22 09:40, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

AC/DC were not from Sydney when they arrived in Australia they lived in Elizabeth, South Australia (not far north of Adelaide). They played in and around Adelaide alot before they made it nationally and then internationally. I would imagine people think they're from Sydney because it's usually the only city in Australia that people even think about.A lot of people seem to think its the capital as well.

2 Band Member Charts???

I don't see why there are two band member charts, the color-coded one is fine, the article doesn't need another. I'll take it off unless someone can give me a reason not to.el sand bag 15:59, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

There's definitely no need for two. Bretonbanquet 20:43, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

I agree that two charts is excessive, but I see no need to take out the excellently formatted and colored chart and leave the normal one. 66.253.36.140 07:53, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

Mark Storace

There needs to be a source cited for the idea that Mark Storace was considered for the vocalist's job after Bon Scott's death. I've never heard that he was, and it's in none of the relevant books. Anyway, AC/DC always said they specifically didn't want a Bon Scott soundalike. Bretonbanquet 20:43, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

This interview with Mark Storace confirms it - http://www.classicrockrevisited.com/Interviews04/Marc%20Storace%20of%20Krokus.htm Many Bon Scott era fans, despite the fact of Brian Johnson gelling well with the band and improving on previous success, preferred Storace at the time of Bon's death. For one, he sounded a lot like Bon and secondly, even had a passing resemblance to him.The band, as is well documented, have always maintained that they did not want a Bon soundalike.

Whether or not he was offered the job, it never made it to the music press at the time, because they don't mention him as far as I've seen. Of course, that doesn't mean he wasn't linked with the job, but it would be good to have someone else's word for it other than the man himself. It could be mentioned in the article that many fans thought he would be a good choice. There were a couple of other names mentioned at the time by the press - Alan Friar, Stevie Wright for example, that we could mention as well. Bretonbanquet 20:58, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

Apologies!

Sorry for re-adding the second redundant band box, I tried to re-revert myself but for some reason it wouldn't let me:S HawkerTyphoon 14:49, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

Were you the one who deleted the color-coded one? that one was way more easyer to understand than the one thats left. el sand bag 16:09, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

The "rainbow pride" list was certainly unique and artistic. The one thats there now follows a common format found on many Wikipedia music articles. I have not seen any discussion on them in any of the Wikipedia music project discussion pages so I don't know if the "common" format stems from any kind of consensus? If it does then it should be standard throughout all Wikipedia music articles. 156.34.142.158 16:32, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

When???

when is the new AC/DC album going to be out? i'm waiting to know when it will be out so i can get it. Ac-dcfreak785 20:42 July 9 2006 (UTC)\

#4?

do we really have to include the VH1 #4 bit so high up in the article it really is not such a big honor, perhaps we can replace it with a #1, because honestly making #4 on a VH1 list is not thta big of a deal and i think we can find something to replace it, like maybe something from kerrang magizine - Ishmaelblues

Member charts

Again, there are two band member charts. Do we need the color-coded one? No-Bullet 21:59, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Yes, that chart is much easier to read, space efficent, and very cool. 66.253.36.140 19:20, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

All Music Guide Discography

The Discography at allmusic.com list the released albums in a different chronological order. The list on WP seems to be more complete, but it would be nice if someone could doublecheck, since AMG is usually a reliable source.

That list has "Dirty Deeds" released in 1981, as it was in the States. Everywhere else it was 1976. It also doesn't include the Aussie "High Voltage". The WP list is spot on, as far as I can see. Bretonbanquet 23:08, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

how about this?

i'm thinking we should merge the line-up part of the page to a new page. you know to save room for the page. if you think about, try this link to merge the lineups: current and past group lineups for AC/DC. --Ac-dcfreak785 17:23, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

AC/DC Template

Why AC/DC doesn't have a template in the bottom of the page like many other bands such as Led Zeppelin, The Who, Green Day, Guns n' roses, etc. ? No-Bullet 18:52, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

Probably because nobody felt up to create one. Feel freeto do so andadd it to therelevant pages. Circeus 07:47, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

Wrong license

The band member images are wrongly marked as GFDL. Please correct it. --84.168.236.233 14:30, 6 August 2006 (UTC)