LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-MARCH 31, 2020…HAPPY 75TH BIRTHDAY TO AC/DC’S ANGUS YOUNG. ANGUS IS THE GROUP’S LEAD GUITARIST, MAIN SONGWRITER, AND THE ONLY ORIGINAL MEMBER OF AC/DC REMAINING IN THE LINEUP.
HERE’S SOME ANGUS TRIVIA:
-JUST LIKE HIS OLDER BROTHER MALCOLM, ANGUS DROPPED OUT OF SCHOOL WHEN HE WAS 14 YEARS AND 9 MONTHS OLD (WHICH WAS THE EARLIEST AGE HE WAS LEGALLY ALLOWED TO DO SO).
-HIS FIRST JOB OUT OF SCHOOL WAS A PRINTER FOR A SOFT PORN MAGAZINE
-ANGUS STARTED PLAYING GUITAR AT THE AGE 11, PLAYING AROUND WITH MALCOLM’S COLLECTION BEFORE HIS MOTHER BOUGHT HIM A CHEAP ACOUSTIC
-HE IS SELF TAUGHT, AND NEVER TOOK GUITAR LESSONS
-ANGUS IS 5’2”
-WHEN PLAYING WITH HIS PRE-AC/DC BAND THINGS WERE GOING BAD AND ANGUS TRIPPED WHILE WALKING ACROSS THE FLOOR, AND COVERED IT UP BY RUNNING AROUND AND FLOPPING ALL OVER WHILE PLAYING THE SOLO. IT WAS THE ONLY APPLAUSE THE GROUP GOT ALL NIGHT. HE INCORPORATED IT INTO HIS ACT
-HIS PATENTED DUCK WALK WAS DEVELOPED AS A HANDY ATTENTION GETTING DEVICE WHILE PLAYING FOR DRUNKEN BARROOM CROWDS.
-ANGUS FORMED AC/DC WITH HIS OLDER BROTHER MALCOLM IN 1973.
HERE’S A VERY YOUNG ANGUS, WITH AC/DC’S OFFICIAL VERSION OF ‘LET THERE BE ROCK’
HERE’S EARLY ANGUS WITH AC/DC PERFORMING BAD BOY BOOGIE IN WHAT LOOKS TO BE A BAR.