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“It was an apex moment in the history of live rock’n’roll”: Tom Morello on the night that he teamed up with Bruce Springsteen and Eddie Vedder to perform an AC/DC cover

The trio got together to perform Highway To Hell in Melbourne in 2014, and the Rage Against The Machine was the man who made it happen

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“Bon Scott was a bit of a gangster, and that stuff is very linked with rock music”: Saxon’s Biff Byford on how AC/DC changed his life

The Saxon singer says AC/DC’s debut altered his own band’s DNA and set them on the path to stardom

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Wolfgang Van Halen: 11 albums that changed my life

Mammoth WVH mainmain Wolfgang Van Halen picks 11 albums that have shaped his path so far, from prog metal to Van Halen themselves

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All 57 Bon Scott AC/DC songs ranked in order of greatness

Scott’s AC/DC legacy amounts to six years, six studio albums and 57 tracks. Here we rank every one that the great man recorded with the band, from high-voltage classics to obscure B-sides and everlasting anthems

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"We’ve been a rock band, we’ve been pop stars, and then we became dinosaurs. But if you can live through the dinosaur period you become a legend..." The epic saga of Nazareth

Axl is a huge fan. Robert Plant owes them money. They were almost on that plane with Skynyrd. Nazareth: the full crazy story

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Bon Scott's pre-AC/DC bandmate remembers their wild times: “We nicknamed him Road-Test Ronnie. He tried it all!”

AC/DC's former frontman Bon Scott was also, apparently, a talented marriage counsellor

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The stories of 10 'regular folk' made famous by rock songs

What do Spoonman, Arnold Layne, and an unnamed security guard at Studio 54 have in common? They all inspired classic songs

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A photo of AC/DC's infamous 'Rosie' has appeared online - and your help is needed

46 years after Whole Lotta Rosie was released, AC/DC author Jesse Fink has published a photo of the woman he believes to be the song's original subject

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From Highway to Hell to High Voltage, crowds gather in Fremantle for Bon Scott rock 'n' roll tribute

It all began three years ago with Highway to Hell, now AC/DC classics are being belted out across Fremantle — the former home of the band's late, great frontman Bon Scott — at a High Voltage event.

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Remembering the time Bon Scott made a rival drink his urine. Out of a turkey

When former AC/DC singer Bon Scott ran into Daryl Braithwaite backstage in 1975, the Sherbet singer thought he was being offered some poultry-flavoured champagne. He was wrong.

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Remembering the time Bon Scott made a rival drink his piss. Out of a turkey

When former AC/DC singer Bon Scott ran into Daryl Braithwaite backstage in 1975, the Sherbet singer thought he was being offered some poultry-flavoured champagne. He was wrong.

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How a huge onstage brawl with Deep Purple proved the making of AC/DC

After AC/DC and Deep Purple went head-to-head in 1975, no-one ever messed with Angus & co.’s gear again

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The 30 best Brian Johnson AC/DC songs

AC/DC’s 30 best songs with Brian Johnson, the much-loved frontman who's led the band from theatres to stadiums across the globe

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The Internet has gifted us an AC/DC vs Phantom Of The Opera mash-up and that sound you hear is Bon Scott turning in his grave

Ladies and gentlemen, please take your seats: today's performance of The Phantom Of The Balls will begin shortly

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Paul Stanley of Kiss preparing to shed tear at last ever UK gig in Scotland

Frontman of legendary rock band will shed a tear when they play their final UK date ever at the Glasgow OVO Hydro

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Rangers announce new collaboration with rock band AC/DC as fans react

The football club has released new merchandise inspired by the group's first ever gig in Scotland in 1976.

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Brian Johnson memoir a revealing portrait of AC/DC vocalist

It’s a Cinderella story. Only Johnson, now 75, was a Cinderella at least three times, never giving up on his dream of singing in a rock ‘n’ roll band.

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AC/DC frontman Bon Scott led a high-voltage life. But his friends say the singer's unglamorous death at age 33 was not a surprise

Four decades after Bon Scott was found dead in London, the enigmatic AC/DC star's closest friends and relatives have spoken of his greatest vulnerability.

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Family of Scots rocker Bon Scott tried to stop AC/DC frontman from drinking before tragic death

Speaking on an Australian TV documentary called On The Brink: Bon Scott, brother Derek says Bon “never worried about tomorrow”.

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Lanarkshire band ready to give it all as they prepare to play legendary festival

Bonfest is an internationally renowned festival that is held in memory of original AC/DC singer Bon Scott

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