At the end of the seventies, the Australian hard rock band AC / DC was immensely popular in their home country and the group had also gained a foothold in Europe with the album Let There Be Rock. During their spectacular performances, guitarist Angus Young dressed in boarding school uniform and the tall roaring buoy Bon Scott drew all the attention. The shock was great when Bon died of alcohol
… poisoning after a night of sagging in 1980 at the age of 31. The four remaining members found a worthy replacement in the English rocker Brian Johnson. In addition, he was one of the few rock singers that Bon Scott was a fan of when he was still alive. With Johnson, the group recorded Back In Black. His voice is a bit more shrill than Scott's, but otherwise it was a familiar album, that leaned on the staccato riffs and crazy guitar solos of the Young brothers. Back In Black became the album with which the group broke through in the United States. A total of 20 million copies of Back In Black were sold. Even in the 21st century, it is still the best-selling hard rock album in history. (PdK)more