The following lists summarise the discography of the Australian hardrock band ACDC. Between 19 ACDC released 17 studio albums 15 available worldwide. Find ACDC bio, music, credits, awards, streaming links on AllMusic One of the defining acts of 70s hard rock. Discography, lineup, biography, interviews, photos. Brian Johnson. Vocals since 1980, Geordie. Steve Young. Guitar 1988 since 2014. ACDC Wikipedia. ACDC are an Australian rock band, formed in Sydney in 1. Malcolm and Angus Young. A hard rockblues rock band,2 they have also been considered a heavy metal band,3456 although they have always dubbed their music simply rock and roll. ACDC underwent several line up changes before releasing their first album, High Voltage, in 1. Membership subsequently stabilised until bassist Mark Evans was replaced by Cliff Williams in 1. Powerage. Within months of recording the album Highway to Hell, lead singer and co songwriter Bon Scott died on 1. February 1. 98. 0 after a night of heavy alcohol consumption. The group considered disbanding, but buoyed by support from Scotts parents, decided to continue and set about finding a new vocalist. Ex Geordie singer Brian Johnson was auditioned and selected to replace Scott. Later that year, the band released the new album, Back in Black, which was made as a tribute to Bon Scott. The album launched them to new heights of success and became their all time best seller. The bands next album, For Those About to Rock We Salute You, was their first album to reach number one in the United States. Drummer Phil Rudd was fired in 1. A II Z drummer Simon Wright, who left to join Dio in 1. The band experienced a resurgence in the early 1. The Razors Edge. Phil Rudd returned in 1. Chris Slade, who was with the band from 1. Ac Dc Discography PirateBallbreaker. Stiff Upper Lip, released in 2. The bands studio album, Black Ice, released in 2. For Those About to Rock, eventually reaching No. The bands line up remained the same until 2. Malcolm Youngs retirement due to early onset dementia and Rudds legal troubles. In 2. 01. 6, Johnson was advised to stop touring on account of worsening hearing loss, and Guns N Roses frontman Axl Rose stepped in as the bands vocalist for the remainder of that years dates. Long term bass player Cliff Williams retired from the band at the end of their 2. Rock Or Bust world tour. ACDC have sold more than 2. United States, adding them to the list of highest certified music artists in the United States and the list of best selling music artists. Ac Dc Discography And Lyrics' title='Ac Dc Discography And Lyrics' />Back in Black has sold an estimated 5. The album has sold 2. US, where it is the sixth highest selling album of all time. ACDC ranked fourth on VH1s list of the 1. Greatest Artists of Hard Rock1. Greatest Heavy Metal Band of All Time by MTV. In 2. 00. 4, ACDC ranked No. Rolling Stonelist of the 1. Greatest Artists of All Time. Producer Rick Rubin, who wrote an essay on the band for the Rolling Stone list, referred to ACDC as the greatest rock and roll band of all time. In 2. 01. 0, ACDC were ranked number 2. VH1 list of the 1. Greatest Artists of All Time. HistoryeditBackground and nameeditBrothers Malcolm, Angus, and George Young were born in Glasgow, Scotland living at 6 Skerryvore Road in the Cranhill area. The big freeze of 1. Best Video Codec For Adobe Premiere Pro more. Scotland with snow eight feet deep. A TV advertisement at the same time offered assisted travel for families for a different life in Australia. Young family left Scotland by aeroplane in late June 1. Before moving into a house at 4 Burleigh Street in the suburb of Burwood they initially stayed at Villawood Migrant Hostel a site later developed as Villawood Immigration Detention Centre in Nissen huts, George Young met and became friends with another migrant, Harry Vanda. George was the first to learn to play the guitar. He became a member of the Easybeats, one of Australias most successful bands of the 1. In 1. 96. 6, they became the first local rock act to have an international hit, with the song Friday on My Mind. Malcolm followed in Georges footsteps by playing with a Newcastle, New South Wales, band called the Velvet Underground not to be confused with the New York based Velvet Underground. Their older brother Alex Young chose to remain in Britain to pursue musical interests. In 1. 96. 7, Alexander formed and played bass in the London based band Grapefruitinitially called The Grapefruitwith three former members of Tony Rivers and the Castaways, John Perry, Geoff Swettenham, and Pete Swettenham. The bands logo was designed in 1. Gerard Huerta. It first appeared on the international version of Let There Be Rock. Malcolm and Angus Young developed the idea for the bands name after their sister, Margaret Young, saw the initials ACDC on a sewing machine. ACDC is an abbreviation meaning alternating currentdirect current electricity. The brothers felt that this name symbolised the bands raw energy, power driven performances of their music. ACDC is pronounced one letter at a time, though the band are colloquially known as Acca Dacca in Australia. The ACDC band name is stylised with a high voltage sign separating the AC and DC and has been used on all studio albums, with the exception of the international version of Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap. Early yearseditIn November 1. Malcolm and Angus Young formed ACDC and recruited bassist Larry Van Kriedt, vocalist Dave Evans, and Colin Burgess, ex Masters Apprentices drummer. Pushing hard for the bands success were Australias legendary roadie Ray Arnold and his partner Alan Kissack. Gene Pierson booked the band to play at Bondi Lifesaver on New Years Eve, 1. By this time, Angus Young had adopted his characteristic school uniform stage outfit. The idea was his sister Margarets. Angus had tried other costumes Spider Man, Zorro, a gorilla, and a parody of Superman, named Super Ang. In its early days, most members of the band dressed in some form of glam or satin outfit. On stage, Evans was occasionally replaced by the bands first manager, Dennis Laughlin, who was the original lead singer with Sherbet prior to Daryl Braithwaite. Evans did not get along with Laughlin, which also contributed to the bands ill feeling toward Evans. By the middle of 1. Lou Reed. Some time in 1. Michael Chugg, veteran Melbourne promoter Michael Browning booked the band to play at his club the Hard Rock. Browning had previously managed Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs, unsuccessfully trying to break them into the UK market. He did not like their glam rock image and felt that Evans was the wrong singer for the band, but was impressed by the Young brothers guitar playing. Shortly afterwards, he received a call from the band Laughlin had quit as manager, and they were stuck in Adelaide with no money. Browning agreed to bail them out and booked them for another gig at the Hard Rock. Following the gig, they agreed to take him on as their new manager, with the co operation of their older brother George and Harry Vanda. The Young brothers decided to abandon the glam rock image which had already been adopted by Melbourne band The Skyhooks and pursue a harder blues rock sound. To this end they agreed that Evans was not a suitable frontman for the group. Around this time, they also moved their base to Melbourne, where they frequently played at the Hard Rock. Bon Scott era 1. Beginnings 1. In September 1. 97. Ronald Belford Bon Scott, an experienced vocalist and friend of George Young, replaced Dave Evans3. Autoinstallante Cccam Servers'>Autoinstallante Cccam Servers. Vince Lovegrove recommended him to George Young. Scotts appointment coincided with him working as a chauffeur for the band at the time until an audition promoted him to lead singer. Like the Young brothers, Scott was born in Scotland and emigrated to Australia in his childhood. ACDC Albums songs, discography, biography, and listening guideThe real thunder from down under and I aint talkin bout Australia. Whether it be Bon Scott or Brian Johnson, the wicked jagged shards of Angus Youngs tenacious riffs have been buoyed for year after year by the shrieking yelping vocals and bone crushing rhythms of these mates engaged in the grandest unearthly delights and bringin home the real meaning of bad to the boneas suggested by kabouterPoll adjudicator Svetlana. Monsoon. ALL TIME TOP FIVE 1 Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap from Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap. Hells Bells from Back in Black. Whole Lotta Rosie from If You Want Blood, Youve Got It. Back In Black from Back in Black. Highway To Hell from Highway to Hell. RECOMMENDED ALBUM BACK IN BLACKRECOMMENDED COMPILATION NA. Why do I like ACDC Well, its sort of a combination of the raw guitar, attitude and straight forwardness of their lyrics. A band that could write songs with lyrics about sex, violence, and, well, rock. The band has written classic upon classic and many great albums throughout the 7. We salute you ACDC and R. I. P. Bon Scott. Your fans will always have a drink on you. What do you get when you take Chuck Berry via Keith Richards riffs, add a dash of blues and boozy swagger, crank it to eleven and top it off with a whirling dervish in a schoolboy outfitThe greatest REAL rock and roll band of all time, thats what. Curtis. LoewPretty much every ACDC record perpetuates the same basic story of big riffs, shouting, and testosterone overload. The fact theyve been able to keep the same basic drunken shout along style going for thirty odd years should give you some idea of just how good at it they are. RIFF RAFF jshopa, hraorfan, Tezcatlipoca, ivank. Soul Man, Curtis. Loew, Rusty. James, metalbrain, jimmmypage, ecjam. Rocket. 88, goatlipss, metalgirl, Radio. Free. Lee, tmurf, Talk. Boxist, Drummer. 19. Xplorer, sallamanka, Aner. FOU2. RAGE, grinders, berjo, Svetlana. Monsoon. LINK POLL 1. October 2. 00. 7.