Scottish - Musician | March 31, 1959 -
I think the '60s was a great time for music, especially for rock and roll. It was the era of The Beatles, of The Stones, and then later on The Who and Zeppelin. But at one point in the '70s, it just kind of became... mellow.
Angus Young
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I've always been someone who thought it didn't matter where you were playing. I always shot for the best you could get. It never bothered me if it was small or it was big.
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If I heard a noise at night, I'd think there was a burglar sneaking around; the first thing I'd do was check on my guitar.
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I found that pedals were too much to fool around with. You'd be halfway through a solo, and the batteries would go dead and conk out. And if you tread on the lead going to the pedal, something would always go wrong. Or some crazy kid would pull the lead out just at the moment when you're about to do your big number on it.
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We just stuck to what we did best. Maybe that's why people plug into us and go 'They never change.' We're reliable. A bit like old shoes.
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When we play live, it's always been a do or die effort. And everything we've ever done has always had that approach.
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The playing is great. The traveling is tough. It's a hard thing.
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The places we'd play were full of bikers, brawlers, and drinkers coming off a day of work looking for a good time, and all these guys would be looking at me like Hannibal Lecter looking at his next victim.
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Yes, we're still five little people with a noisy attitude.
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Soloing was pretty easy for me because it was probably the first thing I've ever done.
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A lot of people say, 'AC/DC - that's the band with the little guy who runs around in school shorts!'
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My part in AC/DC is just adding the color on top.
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