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A Short Biography of Angus Young

Author Name:

Angus Young

Born As:

Angus McKinnon Young

Other Names:

Born:

31 Mar 1955

Died:

Musician, songwriter and producer

Selected Works:

Studio albums:

High Voltage - Australia - 1975
T.N.T. - 1975
High Voltage - international - 1976
Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap - 1976
Let There Be Rock - 1977
Powerage - 1978
Highway to Hell - 1979
Back in Black - 1980
For Those About to Rock We Salute You - 1981
Flick of the Switch - 1983
Fly on the Wall - 1985
Who Made Who - 1986
Blow Up Your Video - 1988
The Razors Edge - 1990
Ballbreaker - 1995
Stiff Upper Lip - 2000
Black Ice - 2008.

Angus, the youngest of eight children, moved, with his parents  to Sydney in 1963 with his older brothers Malcolm, George and Alex, and sister Margaret.

Lead guitarist of Australian hard rock band AC/DC.
Ranked 96th on Rolling Stone's list the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time.

Can I Sit Next To You Girl", their first single, was later re-recorded with Bon Scott as their vocalist. Bon Scott replace Dave Evans in 1974. Bon died in 1980, age 33 years old.

Scott's family buried him in Fremantle, Western Australia.

Brian Johnson of the British glam rock band Geordie, became the next lead singer.

Brian Johnson's first album with AC/DC, Back in Black, is the band's best selling album and ranks second among the top-selling albums, trailing only Michael Jackson's Thriller, which was released in 1982.

They got the name AC/DC after seeing the letters "AC/DC" on the back of a sewing machine owned by their sister, Margaret.

Angus, at eighteen years old, with his older brother Malcolm at 20, formed AC/DC in 1973 with Angus on lead guitar, Malcolm on rhythm guitar, Colin Burgess on drums, Larry Van Kriedt on bass guitar and Dave Evans on vocals.

The original Boys School Uniform  was from his secondary school, Ashfield Boys High School in Sydney. Angus was 18 years old when he donned the schoolboy outfit, and had long left school.