RNRDOLL, listen at 1:16. I agree $28K is excessive. But you know what? If you've got the money, it is your right to spend it however you wish. I was fortunate enough to meet Jimmy Page 15 years ago at Criteria Records in Miami Beach when he was recording an album. He even signed my electric guitar and several photos. I did not have to pay for this experience. But this guy is fortunate enough to have the money, and he got to meet one of his guitar idols. Good for him.
Hi. I'm the guy in the video. The guys in AC/DC are great. They're down-to-Earth good guys that you might meet in a tavern and have a good chat with. Not one ounce of pretentiousness among them, because they got successful the hard old fashioned way - grinding it out on the road.
Actually did meet and have a chat with Malcolm in a pub in Sydney back in 1981 with a bunch of my workmates. Great sense of humour and down to earth bloke. R.I.P Malcolm Young
honestly one of the main reasons I like ac/dc is because they do things like this. they have always been down to earth and never let fame go to their heads. rock on
i think angus is really underrated, i mean to prance around on stage, do his duckwalk, and all these other theatrics while playing, sometimes borderline shredding? come on that takes talent
He paid quite a lot of money to get a guitar lesson but in 1982 I had my dinner with AC/DC and it didn't cost me a penny. They are and still are a bunch of down to earth guys who are just playing some good to honest rock and roll blues.
It was March of 2000, just after S.U.L. was released. I've met them dozens of times since while they're touring. I can just e-mail the tour manager that I'll be going to a show at "X" city and there will be free guest tickets and meet and greet passes at the will-call window. It's beyond what I ever imagined growing up. More importantly, they're all great down to Earth guys. A true "fan's band." There's not an ounce of ego among them.
It'd be cool to meet these guys cos they all seem really down to earth, bet that guy was really excited, its good to see they really love their fans & appreciate their support, I know this was for charity but ACDC really do seem to have a great connection with the fans, they're my favourite band & Angus rocks!
Stuff that a lot of guitarists get wrong when playing their songs (including me). There's a lot of riffs or sounds that are hard for us normal humans to discern, but Angus makes them look EASY! Watching Angus play up close is a lot like watching a pro NBA, golf or tennis game/match up CLOSE. They make the incredible seem easy.
This was probably more of a dream lesson than an actual attempt to learn to play better. Personally I think he was and is one of the best guitarists (especially compared to what some of todays bands consider to be a good guitar piece) but to each his own.
I've been playing the guitar since I was 12, but I bet if I was to sit down next to Angus just to "jam" I'd forget 99% of everything I've learned so far...
Reminds me of a story my guitar teacher told me he used to work at a music store in memphis and a guy came in real cocky rich guy but a white custom gibson les paul and a week later he called back saying the guitar was out of tune and he hadnt touched it he sent a picture of the headstock to the store and my teacher told him he had to tune it and the guy even threatened to sue
Amen Solo Dallas! It went to a charity as well. I think it's a story of achievement. This guy was a busboy, and set a goal, and pushed the envelope to improve his ituation and did so. It's not like the members of AC/DC need his money, so I am confident it went to a good charity. Rock on Wade
I would jump at the chance to spend some time with the guys, one of the best rock n roll bands in history if not THE best. I wish I could do something like this.
cause of my faith, I don't agree with some of there words in there song, BUT iam a guitar player, and I can tell you that angus plays monsters songs, and the reason there music is so good sounding, is because they keep it simple, know that what sounded good then will always sound good, some chords just sound great together, and they always will.
Talk about a total hypocritcical and ironic statement. Worse shit is said in the Bible. Like for example, pedophila, incest, rape, sodomy, etc. But due your "Faith" you don't like some of the words in AC/DC songs. Man, religious nuts make me laugh. 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
@herbology1 Did I not admit that I must have heard it wrong up there? I did. Then you totally flipped shit on me for saying that they dont have time to hang out with a fan. I'd say you kind of over-reacted. I didnt try to make you sound like an idiot in the first post, I just thought you had made a typo or something. I didnt think you were an idiot. And yeah man, I grew up on them too. My whole life was AC/DC. So don't underestimate my knowledge on 'em. I had to use books, but i learned.
I think its also due to the fact that Brian Johnson writes the lyrics now. His songs dont exactly make much sense lyric-wise. The stuff they play in concerts now are songs that were written by the Young brothers and Bon Scott, with a small contribution of Brian. If Angus and Malcolm would take over songwriting again, it'd be a whole other story. Then again, maybe they're too old for the witty things they'd come up with back in the 70's and 80's.
Yeah like the other replies said, They formed in 1973, but didnt officially play their first show till new years eve 1973. So they basically started in 74. But the original singer was Dave Evans. Bon was doing his own thing, he was like, at least 8 years older than Angus. He was the oldest in the band by quite a few years. I do recall that he knew George Young though, and he got to be their driver by knowing him. Then when Evans quit, he volunteered to sing, tried out, and he became singer.
@mallamoozoo When did I ever say Lady GaGa or Britney Spears? My comment was more focused on the 70's, when musicians actually had this thing called talent. AC/DC had talent that lasted, the Angels didnt obviously. Nowadays, it takes a program with autotune and a good looking person to "make it big". That's why the music industry sucks.
@herbology1 Oh I must have heard wrong then. Sorry, it was late. And really, do we need to act like a child and call me names when i had just thought I'd heard something i hadnt? grow up. And well of course he doesnt meet up with the band, They're world famous, they're busy and doing tours. They don't exactly have time to "hang out" Stop being so critical.
Ac-dc are great, listened to them since the 70's. Have to agree with you about Gary Moore, saw him in Cambridge last year, bloody rude and ignorant. Having seen him a number of times and everytime I have been amazed at his lack of people skills, I won't be bothering again! Great player though.
LOL @ the satan comment. I think the new album rocks, I just don't think it rolls. They've still got something, maybe not all of what they used to have, but still more than enough power to blow any so called modern "rock" bands today out of the water.
chillin with the Young brothers and Brian Johnson? and learning their stuff? and jamming with them? That's almost worth my left nut... Btw nerdy news guy, it's not METAL!! Saying that is a disgrace to AC/DC!!!
Listen to the old stuff. That all sounded different. Brian Johnson is where it sounded all too similar. Although it's still great stuff, I think Bon Scott's era of AC/DC was more original and tasteful.
Wayne's World, you mean. And yes it was actually charity. Back in the 70's theyd jam with anyone, they're just a bunch of guys that like to play. Money's not the thing that drives them, its the music
Angus McKinnon Young (Glasgow, Escocia, Reino Unido, 31 de marzo de 1955) es un músico de origen escocés, y de nacionalidad australiana, conocido por ser uno de los miembros fundadores y el principal guitarrista del grupo AC/DC, aparte de ser el único miembro que ha permanecido en la banda desde su inicio. 68 AÑOS.
well, in the primal and historic sense of the word, they ARE. In the modern days, mid scouped digitized guitar sound of the word i guess they are not. But ACDC inspired pretty much EVERY heavy rock band wether people want to admit it or not. Simple riffs, melodic with a heavy edge, that IS heavy music in essence. Ya can't look at everything so black and white, in the world of music especially, there exists many shades of grey my friend. :)
You'd think the guy that has the money to spend on a 28,000 dollar guitar lesson would also have the money to spend on a real Gibson SG. I'm not positive but I think that light brown SG he's playing is one of those cheapo Gibsons that came out about ten years ago. It's a piece of shit. It's designed for young people, beginners and guys with no money, but it's a ripoff. I knew a guy that has one. I played it and was shocked Gibson could make something so bad.
@20timp Angus started up ACDC him and Bon Scott were friends at school in Sydney and wanted to start up a band. They were played pubs etc in Sydney and Melbourne years before they went over seas. Bon Scott's parents are Scottish. Lol, Australia is pretty much the only place you still get rock bands, Wolf mother and a number of others are Australian, in fact Rock is the main gig in Australia, not dance as in the UK and rap in the USA.
First off you missed the entire point of my comment, kymshane made the ludicrous claim that the UK contributed nothing to the music industry.... which is retarded. Second, umm yeah Brian Johnson and Phil Rudd were raised in the UK . Third, I consider AC/DC an Aussie band and the best in the world but I don't understand you guys knocking the UK... is it some kind of inferiority complex? I know for one thing Canadians could care less.
Very well, I won't talk crap - I'll talk fact. I don't care if they were born in the Himalayas, Mauritania or the fifth moon from Jupiter. The band originated in Australia, in an Australian environment which shaped them to respond to the demands of an Australian music public. It was in Australia that they found the range and scope to develop their own rock identity as a band. I'd suggest they could never have developed in the same way in the UK because the rock scene there was so conservative.
AC/DC was founded in Australia, wrote its earliest classic songs in Australia, developed its act in Australia before tough Aussie audiences that took no prisoners. Bon was as Aussie as any non-Australian could ever be. Whether this makes them an 'Australian band' is arguable, but apart from Brian and the size of their roadshow, little about them has changed since they last lived in Australia. But for the land down under they wouldn't be the AC/DC we know and love today. End of story.
You know what's funny about those people who say "all their songs sound the same"? Half of 'em are BLUES fans....really? Now, I LOVE blues....but you want to tell me that all those blues songs don't sound the same? Besides... i defy anyone to show me a band that has made SO many great songs and HITS using a dozen chords and 3 or 4 keys! Good luck...they are MASTERS at what they do! Especially their early stuff....BRILLIANTLY written! Rock-n-roll on high-octane! Blues with a punk energy!
O.K. it was for charity but how can this guy give guitar lessons when he could do with some himself. Every thing they did sounds the same, he even admits it in this vid "with acdc nothing really changes". He's not exactly a Hendrix or a Page or even Jeff Beck. Right, cue the barrage of hate messages cos' I know i'm gonna get em'.
@swilloughby32 Im sure u can meet them wo money but to get quitar lesson idk. Money went to charity and all it did was selection of highest bidder. Happines can be lifetime good feeling or 5 min happy happy joy joy what u mostly buy.If some1 has life that has 5 min hhjj after another i call it insane :D.
@kymshane hahahaha you sound like John Clease in Life of Brian talking about "what have the Romans ever done for us" "...well apart from Led Zepplin, Pink Floyd, Eric Clapton, Deep Purple, the Rolling Stones, The Who, The Beatles, Black Sabbath....what has the UK ever given to the music industry?" pmsl
@hvrock13 seriously mate, just admit you ripped me for an idiot in your original post and got it wrong. And I owned all their original albums on cassette/vinyl, before cd's were invented and long before you were even born mate, so don't tell me I know fuck all about the band. I grew up with this shit, whilst it was being made, not reading about it in books
"most of all there record and track writing were done in the UK"...... sorry bud but that's dead wrong. Most of there early work was written in recorded at J. Albert and Sons studios and produced by George Young and Harry Vanda in Australia. Highway to Hell was recorded in London England by Mutt Lang but after that most of their records were recorded in North America.
@AsatorTOX hey, if you dont like it thats fine. its just that obviously theyre doing something right if theyve sold more albums than the beatles, and every one of their last 16 albums went either gold, platinum, or multi-platinum. so go ahead, dont like it, thats one less douchebag who isnt a fan of acdc. doesnt bother me a bit.
I am not trying to be offensive or argue, just trying to discuss, but what is wrong with progressive rock/ metal? Tool is progressive metal, and they are one of the most talented bands in existance in my opinion. Personally I like a large variety of music, and I think there are some respectable progressive metal bands that are doing good things for music.
yeah yeah, I know all that shit! buh im trying to say that Brian, Angus, Cliff and Malcolm were all clean! most bands were constantly on drugs!! the first thing people think when you say AC/DC is drugs! well its not! and Phil was in 83! his clean now and he had a tough time with Bons death!...my names AC/DC is my life man!......theres nothing i dont know
Popularity has nothing to do with talent. The Jonas Brothers sell millions of records as do alot of other bands that don't have much talent. ACDC fits into that mold. I saw them back in 78 or 79 in NYC sixth row center stage. I saw first hand and Angus was not and is not a great guitarist. Although he was funny. Good no but funny yes.
Very young? Never "scene" anyone play? Where are you getting these assumptions from? Your idea of a great guitarist is different to others, I know he only uses basic chords and stuff, but his live solos and improvisations are unmatched. Besides, if he was mediocre then I guess AC/DC wouldn't have sold more than 200 million albums worldwide.
Can Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Ritchie Blackmore, Gary Moore, Carlos Santana, Albert Lee, Jimmy Page and countless others headbang their way through a perfect solo? Can they collapse on the floor and have spasms without missing a single note? I don't think so. Sure Angus may not have the techniques like Clapton and the others, but he is in a league of his own.
Eddie Van Halen has recommended AC/DC to his son, Wolfgang, who listenes alot to AC/DC these days. If some of you think "tapping" is all Eddie Van Halen can, you are more stupid than I thought. EVH's a great guitarplayer, sure it sometimes gets too fast, too must tapping. But that's just sometimes. You obviously know nothing about a guitar if you say EVH sucks. Angus Young is amazing aswell.
@theawesomeoneg They sounded more "metal" when they had other drummers than phil rudd...he really makes a lot of difference in the whole band sound...same like charlie watts of the stones...imagine they would have a perfect studio drummer and they will sound like any cover band
You say there is nothing Aussie about them? Dude, the Young brothers were raised in Austrailia! Also, in case you did'nt know, because it sounds like you don't, Austrailia is part of the United Kingdom. Hence the Union Jack in the upper left corner of it's flag.
hehehe good comment but not completely right :- :-) Angus was born March 31, 1955 in Glasgow Scotland. and the young family moved in 1963 to Burwood which is a town in Sydney in Australia. plus Bon Scott and Brian Johnson was Scottish too. so actually all of them is from Scotland
@AsatorTOX yes, they use the same chords. and yes the drum beats are almost identical. but thats what makes acdc so good. its that simplicity that gives them their sound, their uniqeness, and their kickassness. their songs may sound the same, but thats what makes it the best rock ever made.
think about this........he paid 28,000 to be the only FAN on the planet to be able to jam with Angus....and to actually learn some cool tricks straight from the man himself......I WOULD HAVE PAID MORE......if I could have done a few recordings with Malcomb.....hes the real deal
it doesn't matter how good the person is, though it does help its how they play, you could play a song thirty different ways, and im exagerating here, but, they are both great guitarists, but what it comes down to is the musicianship, i think both are awesome no contest.
it all depends on how you learned or were taught to hold it, i was taught to by a blues picker who taught me to play sittin down and when you play standing up,its just natural to hold the guitar slanted because your used to it being slanted from bein on your knee, you cant controll it
To each his own, but you can't actually think that he is a brilliant guitar player. Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Ritchie Blackmore, Gary Moore, Carlos Santana, Albert Lee, Jimmy Page and countless others are brilliant. Angus is not close to that caliber.
Angus and Mal wrote the music and Brian the lyrics. Although for years a debate has raged as to whether or not some of Bons lyrics were used. Bon used to carry a note book around with him and whenever something popped into his head he wrote it down. The band has always denied this.
"Nothing Aussie about them", are you insane? The whole family emigrated when Angus was 8 and Malcolm was 10. They were raised in Sydney and Angus still lives there (he spends summers in his wife's hometown in Holland). And no great rock bands from America, are you joking?? Dude you seem to know zilch about this topic.
Well, it's complicated. Bon obviously wrote ideas down while on the road, but the bulk was Brian. One line that was confirmed to have been jotted down by Bon was, "She told me to come, but I was already there." which ended up on You Shook Me All Night Long. Angus has said before that they come up with ideas on the road all the time.
thats week for a band who called em self rockers to let a fan pay for a short guitar lesson or meeting ,for free i always show my fans tricks or have time for a talk or a whyskey sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo what shit on em
if any acdc member of managment sees this or if you love acdc and live in kentucky go to facebook then look at there friend youll find me dallas bowlin i have 2 accounts but the one to go to is the one with highway to hell on it pleaseeeeeeeeeeeee
"unless of course you live in Wades world and become friends with the band" LOL I can do without the sort of 'friends' who charge you $28k to have a jam session with them. ps love accadacca, but the friends comment cracked me up
i'm not saying they don't love what they do, it just seems like a lot of them don't play the guitar with the feel or the emotion that it should be played with, eddie van halen shreds but he plays with pure emotion, i'm talkin bout guys like malmsteen...
technicality means nothing, most acdc and sabbath riffs are piss easy and yet there some of the best riffs in rock history, plus angus invented his own style, something that cannot be said for most guitarists who are apparently better,
twighead well dude, i fucking like mcr too, but i also fucking like ac/dc... mcr is alternative rock, and ac/dc is hard rock. neither bands are metal dude... and i agree with LtThrBRck, why dont u watch videos from a band u like?
the money didnt go to him , it went to charity. every album they have has went gold, platinum or multiplatinum. back in black for ex, has went plantinum like 20 some times! i think he has more money than he could ever spend. lol but its cool
Yeah fair enough but that was in the studio.Never played for them live. As for Back in Black Bon would call into the studio from time to time to see the boys but didnt hang around that much because angus and mal would tell him they wearnt ready for him.
Malcom and Angus moved to australia at an early age, along with the original singer Bon Scott (im not too sure if they new each other before they moved)and i know that Brian Johnson isnt australian but i dont know weather he is american or italian
@ESPLTDSMITHY Dude, if your going to be a fan, maybe know the band. Bon was a Scot. Get it? The Bonny Scot? Get it? Ever see the tattoo on his arm that says SCOTLAND FOREVER? Maybe you could write the band and apologize...
@cosmicbuddha24 malcom and angus moved away from the UK when they were children they mostly grew up in Australia, learning the Australian Culture Speaking with an Australian Accent and they are in fact an AUSTRALIAN band
Both Angus and Malcolm are scottish, but they were still kids (angus 8 and malcolm 10 years old) when they moved to australia. Cliff is englishman too so the only australian born member is actually Phil Rudd.
i will say this now.............i been following this band for 20 yrs i have every album on tape vinyl cd and evry thing you can imagine as an ac/dc fan but 150 quid for a ticket is a piss take for the fans really.
I guess you must be very young and have never scene anyone who can actually play because Angus CAN'T. He is mediocer at best. Search some of the greats on UA-cam. You will see just how limited Angus's skills are.
He's from England. A place called Newcastle, a famous city in England which is only 25 miles from me. People from there are called 'Geordies' (pronounced Jordys) and thats what Brians first band was called..Geordie
jimi hendrix is first cuz he used feel instead of speed, david gilmour same thing, all the guitarist that use feel in songs instead of speed are on the top of my list, MAB haha he was all speed no feel what soo ever
i'd give them more of a Hard Rock stauts... but DEFINITLY not Metal... Priest, Maiden, Metallica, Megadeth... that's Metal... AC/DC, Aerosmith... that's good ole fashion Hard Rock N Fucking Rol
@Noonrider11 I agree but Back in Black was considered metal in its time. It was the one of the heaviest things out there in 1980 but as I've said, it's hard rock. One of the best albums of all time.
i need a flux capacitor in a delorian and i needa steal that guys 28 grand and buy the guitar lesson myself hes 38 he cant rly do anything im 13 my future isnt set i need teh guitar LEsssan
totally agree with that comment...... it pisses me off wen people say "all their songs sound the same"...... fucking good i want more of the same. lol....... if it aint broken..... why fix it?
Do you just assume every rich guy is spoled or..? He has the money.. screw it, let him. What if he bought a new tv? Would you shout him down for not instead giving a tv to some charity? ...
Dude the man taught kirk hammet , steve vai and paul gilbert named his as a major influence now joe satriani could play all the stuff angus plays but angus could not play some of the stuff joe plays !
yeah, worst that happened, was to the first singer, can't think of his name off the top of my head, but died of alcohol poisoning, or similar. but hey, who doesn't drink, he just got really unlucky
Dude, back then in the 'old days' AC/DC was Hard-Rock. But now with all those 'real' Hard-Rock bands AC/DC souns quite 'less Hard-Rock'. sooo my point is: :P back then AC/DC was Hard-Rock xD
it wasn't formed in '73 they formed their band when angus was about 12 and they played in their basement after school that's where angus's school boy thing came from. nobody knows their stuff anymore.
Hi ADEEOS24 I am a huge AC/DC fan and have been 4 yrs. R U sure Brian's mother was from Italy? Incidentally - who do u think wrote back n' black - angus, mal, bon or angus& mal or angus, mal and brian?
Id give up my left kidney to play guitar with Angus young
"you´re on" says Hannibal Lecter
Same
And that’s how you spend the money.
It’s like going back in time and paying for Mozart for a lesson. Worth it in my opinion.
Wade Sickler loved it!
wow that is lucky, well Im feeling the same they gave me backstage passes to ac/dc, im gonna meet them next Saturday =D
RNRDOLL, listen at 1:16. I agree $28K is excessive. But you know what? If you've got the money, it is your right to spend it however you wish. I was fortunate enough to meet Jimmy Page 15 years ago at Criteria Records in Miami Beach when he was recording an album. He even signed my electric guitar and several photos. I did not have to pay for this experience. But this guy is fortunate enough to have the money, and he got to meet one of his guitar idols. Good for him.
Hi. I'm the guy in the video. The guys in AC/DC are great. They're down-to-Earth good guys that you might meet in a tavern and have a good chat with. Not one ounce of pretentiousness among them, because they got successful the hard old fashioned way - grinding it out on the road.
Actually did meet and have a chat with Malcolm in a pub in Sydney back in 1981 with a bunch of my workmates. Great sense of humour and down to earth bloke. R.I.P Malcolm Young
How must that have been wow!
@@gregmcdowell4770 Yes, it was an awesome experience, thanks. I never could have imagined something like that happening when I was young/younger.
honestly one of the main reasons I like ac/dc is because they do things like this. they have always been down to earth and never let fame go to their heads. rock on
i think angus is really underrated, i mean to prance around on stage, do his duckwalk, and all these other theatrics while playing, sometimes borderline shredding? come on that takes talent
He paid quite a lot of money to get a guitar lesson but in 1982 I had my dinner with AC/DC and it didn't cost me a penny. They are and still are a bunch of down to earth guys who are just playing some good to honest rock and roll blues.
You're quite the lucky person :)
+Paul Walters So Paul enlighten us about your dinner antics and Angus Young!
Still have answered! The truth will set you free!
@Jmay Barnett only corn flakes🤣
Still isn't a guitar lesson and you have 0 proof, unlike this guy....you're just a jealous douchebag.
I had dinner with them too. 5 times. Fuck you.
i love how they interacted with the fan and had fun with him. i wish i could of been there playing guitar with them.
It was March of 2000, just after S.U.L. was released. I've met them dozens of times since while they're touring. I can just e-mail the tour manager that I'll be going to a show at "X" city and there will be free guest tickets and meet and greet passes at the will-call window. It's beyond what I ever imagined growing up. More importantly, they're all great down to Earth guys. A true "fan's band." There's not an ounce of ego among them.
He gifted you with an SG too, right?
I feel like if Angus young becomes a guitar teacher he will be a cool and amazing and not fuss with his students unlike other music teachers.
It'd be cool to meet these guys cos they all seem really down to earth, bet that guy was really excited, its good to see they really love their fans & appreciate their support, I know this was for charity but ACDC really do seem to have a great connection with the fans, they're my favourite band & Angus rocks!
This would be awesome to jam with Angus they are all such cool guys on this video I love it!
Stuff that a lot of guitarists get wrong when playing their songs (including me). There's a lot of riffs or sounds that are hard for us normal humans to discern, but Angus makes them look EASY!
Watching Angus play up close is a lot like watching a pro NBA, golf or tennis game/match up CLOSE. They make the incredible seem easy.
No idea if you will ever see this, but. . . how long was the lesson/jam?
This was probably more of a dream lesson than an actual attempt to learn to play better. Personally I think he was and is one of the best guitarists (especially compared to what some of todays bands consider to be a good guitar piece) but to each his own.
I've been playing the guitar since I was 12, but I bet if I was to sit down next to Angus just to "jam" I'd forget 99% of everything I've learned so far...
Reminds me of a story my guitar teacher told me he used to work at a music store in memphis and a guy came in real cocky rich guy but a white custom gibson les paul and a week later he called back saying the guitar was out of tune and he hadnt touched it he sent a picture of the headstock to the store and my teacher told him he had to tune it and the guy even threatened to sue
I hope he’s offering air guitar lessons. I got it down pretty pat, but could always use some pointers.
first, AC/DC isn´t a metal band.
second: AC/DC dont play neoclassical
Third: MYFUckingRomance sucks.
Fourth: AC/DC Rules
But this guy seems like a kiddy over protective kind of guy no offence cuz it's freaken awesome to be playing with the worlds most populare band
Wow I'd absolutely shit myself if I had the opportunity to jam with AC fucking DC
Amen Solo Dallas!
It went to a charity as well. I think it's a story of achievement. This guy was a busboy, and set a goal, and pushed the envelope to improve his ituation and did so. It's not like the members of AC/DC need his money, so I am confident it went to a good charity.
Rock on Wade
To be honest, I don't see why we should compare them, they are all amazing guitarists with their own style and to me that is all that matters.
this guy ended up getting a brand new SG out of it as well. so cool
I would jump at the chance to spend some time with the guys, one of the best rock n roll bands in history if not THE best. I wish I could do something like this.
Thanks Mike! Angus and the guys in the band are great! Just down to Earth guys you would meet in a pub.
i would go bezerk if i had a guitar lesson with Angus! i just want to learn his secrets to the legendary sound he makes.
CNN pfffffffff
"What did you do last night ?"
-Went to the bar, You?
"Jammed with ACDC"
Lucky guy !!!
cause of my faith, I don't agree with some of there words in there song, BUT iam a guitar player, and I can tell you that angus plays monsters songs, and the reason there music is so good sounding, is because they keep it simple, know that what sounded good then will always sound good, some chords just sound great together, and they always will.
Your faith? Whole Lotta Rosie is based on fact: Rosie's size measurements, way worse songs out there.
Talk about a total hypocritcical and ironic statement. Worse shit is said in the Bible. Like for example, pedophila, incest, rape, sodomy, etc. But due your "Faith" you don't like some of the words in AC/DC songs. Man, religious nuts make me laugh. 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
@herbology1 Did I not admit that I must have heard it wrong up there? I did. Then you totally flipped shit on me for saying that they dont have time to hang out with a fan. I'd say you kind of over-reacted. I didnt try to make you sound like an idiot in the first post, I just thought you had made a typo or something. I didnt think you were an idiot. And yeah man, I grew up on them too. My whole life was AC/DC. So don't underestimate my knowledge on 'em. I had to use books, but i learned.
I think its also due to the fact that Brian Johnson writes the lyrics now. His songs dont exactly make much sense lyric-wise. The stuff they play in concerts now are songs that were written by the Young brothers and Bon Scott, with a small contribution of Brian. If Angus and Malcolm would take over songwriting again, it'd be a whole other story. Then again, maybe they're too old for the witty things they'd come up with back in the 70's and 80's.
Yeah like the other replies said, They formed in 1973, but didnt officially play their first show till new years eve 1973. So they basically started in 74. But the original singer was Dave Evans. Bon was doing his own thing, he was like, at least 8 years older than Angus. He was the oldest in the band by quite a few years. I do recall that he knew George Young though, and he got to be their driver by knowing him. Then when Evans quit, he volunteered to sing, tried out, and he became singer.
@mallamoozoo When did I ever say Lady GaGa or Britney Spears? My comment was more focused on the 70's, when musicians actually had this thing called talent. AC/DC had talent that lasted, the Angels didnt obviously. Nowadays, it takes a program with autotune and a good looking person to "make it big". That's why the music industry sucks.
@herbology1 Oh I must have heard wrong then. Sorry, it was late. And really, do we need to act like a child and call me names when i had just thought I'd heard something i hadnt? grow up. And well of course he doesnt meet up with the band, They're world famous, they're busy and doing tours. They don't exactly have time to "hang out" Stop being so critical.
Ac-dc are great, listened to them since the 70's.
Have to agree with you about Gary Moore, saw him in Cambridge last year, bloody rude and ignorant. Having seen him a number of times and everytime I have been amazed at his lack of people skills, I won't be bothering again! Great player though.
LOL @ the satan comment. I think the new album rocks, I just don't think it rolls. They've still got something, maybe not all of what they used to have, but still more than enough power to blow any so called modern "rock" bands today out of the water.
chillin with the Young brothers and Brian Johnson? and learning their stuff? and jamming with them?
That's almost worth my left nut...
Btw nerdy news guy, it's not METAL!! Saying that is a disgrace to AC/DC!!!
Listen to the old stuff. That all sounded different. Brian Johnson is where it sounded all too similar. Although it's still great stuff, I think Bon Scott's era of AC/DC was more original and tasteful.
Wayne's World, you mean. And yes it was actually charity. Back in the 70's theyd jam with anyone, they're just a bunch of guys that like to play. Money's not the thing that drives them, its the music
Angus McKinnon Young (Glasgow, Escocia, Reino Unido, 31 de marzo de 1955) es un músico de origen escocés, y de nacionalidad australiana, conocido por ser uno de los miembros fundadores y el principal guitarrista del grupo AC/DC, aparte de ser el único miembro que ha permanecido en la banda desde su inicio.
68 AÑOS.
Jesus 28 fuckin grand. I wouldn't pay that for ANYBODY
well, in the primal and historic sense of the word, they ARE. In the modern days, mid scouped digitized guitar sound of the word i guess they are not. But ACDC inspired pretty much EVERY heavy rock band wether people want to admit it or not. Simple riffs, melodic with a heavy edge, that IS heavy music in essence. Ya can't look at everything so black and white, in the world of music especially, there exists many shades of grey my friend. :)
You'd think the guy that has the money to spend on a 28,000 dollar guitar lesson would also have the money to spend on a real Gibson SG. I'm not positive but I think that light brown SG he's playing is one of those cheapo Gibsons that came out about ten years ago. It's a piece of shit. It's designed for young people, beginners and guys with no money, but it's a ripoff. I knew a guy that has one. I played it and was shocked Gibson could make something so bad.
@20timp
Angus started up ACDC him and Bon Scott were friends at school in Sydney and wanted to start up a band.
They were played pubs etc in Sydney and Melbourne years before they went over seas.
Bon Scott's parents are Scottish.
Lol, Australia is pretty much the only place you still get rock bands, Wolf mother and a number of others are Australian, in fact Rock is the main gig in Australia, not dance as in the UK and rap in the USA.
First off you missed the entire point of my comment, kymshane made the ludicrous claim that the UK contributed nothing to the music industry.... which is retarded. Second, umm yeah Brian Johnson and Phil Rudd were raised in the UK . Third, I consider AC/DC an Aussie band and the best in the world but I don't understand you guys knocking the UK... is it some kind of inferiority complex? I know for one thing Canadians could care less.
Very well, I won't talk crap - I'll talk fact. I don't care if they were born in the Himalayas, Mauritania or the fifth moon from Jupiter. The band originated in Australia, in an Australian environment which shaped them to respond to the demands of an Australian music public. It was in Australia that they found the range and scope to develop their own rock identity as a band. I'd suggest they could never have developed in the same way in the UK because the rock scene there was so conservative.
AC/DC was founded in Australia, wrote its earliest classic songs in Australia, developed its act in Australia before tough Aussie audiences that took no prisoners. Bon was as Aussie as any non-Australian could ever be. Whether this makes them an 'Australian band' is arguable, but apart from Brian and the size of their roadshow, little about them has changed since they last lived in Australia. But for the land down under they wouldn't be the AC/DC we know and love today. End of story.
You know what's funny about those people who say "all their songs sound the same"? Half of 'em are BLUES fans....really? Now, I LOVE blues....but you want to tell me that all those blues songs don't sound the same? Besides... i defy anyone to show me a band that has made SO many great songs and HITS using a dozen chords and 3 or 4 keys! Good luck...they are MASTERS at what they do! Especially their early stuff....BRILLIANTLY written! Rock-n-roll on high-octane! Blues with a punk energy!
O.K. it was for charity but how can this guy give guitar lessons when he could do with some himself. Every thing they did sounds the same, he even admits it in this vid "with acdc nothing really changes". He's not exactly a Hendrix or a Page or even Jeff Beck. Right, cue the barrage of hate messages cos' I know i'm gonna get em'.
@swilloughby32 Im sure u can meet them wo money but to get quitar lesson idk. Money went to charity and all it did was selection of highest bidder. Happines can be lifetime good feeling or 5 min happy happy joy joy what u mostly buy.If some1 has life that has 5 min hhjj after another i call it insane :D.
@kymshane hahahaha you sound like John Clease in Life of Brian talking about "what have the Romans ever done for us"
"...well apart from Led Zepplin, Pink Floyd, Eric Clapton, Deep Purple, the Rolling Stones, The Who, The Beatles, Black Sabbath....what has the UK ever given to the music industry?" pmsl
@hvrock13 seriously mate, just admit you ripped me for an idiot in your original post and got it wrong. And I owned all their original albums on cassette/vinyl, before cd's were invented and long before you were even born mate, so don't tell me I know fuck all about the band. I grew up with this shit, whilst it was being made, not reading about it in books
"most of all there record and track writing were done in the UK"...... sorry bud but that's dead wrong. Most of there early work was written in recorded at J. Albert and Sons studios and produced by George Young and Harry Vanda in Australia. Highway to Hell was recorded in London England by Mutt Lang but after that most of their records were recorded in North America.
@AsatorTOX hey, if you dont like it thats fine. its just that obviously theyre doing something right if theyve sold more albums than the beatles, and every one of their last 16 albums went either gold, platinum, or multi-platinum. so go ahead, dont like it, thats one less douchebag who isnt a fan of acdc. doesnt bother me a bit.
I am not trying to be offensive or argue, just trying to discuss, but what is wrong with progressive rock/ metal? Tool is progressive metal, and they are one of the most talented bands in existance in my opinion. Personally I like a large variety of music, and I think there are some respectable progressive metal bands that are doing good things for music.
yeah yeah, I know all that shit! buh im trying to say that Brian, Angus, Cliff and Malcolm were all clean! most bands were constantly on drugs!! the first thing people think when you say AC/DC is drugs! well its not! and Phil was in 83! his clean now and he had a tough time with Bons death!...my names AC/DC is my life man!......theres nothing i dont know
Popularity has nothing to do with talent. The Jonas Brothers sell millions of records as do alot of other bands that don't have much talent. ACDC fits into that mold. I saw them back in 78 or 79 in NYC sixth row center stage. I saw first hand and Angus was not and is not a great guitarist. Although he was funny. Good no but funny yes.
Very young? Never "scene" anyone play? Where are you getting these assumptions from?
Your idea of a great guitarist is different to others, I know he only uses basic chords and stuff, but his live solos and improvisations are unmatched.
Besides, if he was mediocre then I guess AC/DC wouldn't have sold more than 200 million albums worldwide.
Can Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Ritchie Blackmore, Gary Moore, Carlos Santana, Albert Lee, Jimmy Page and countless others headbang their way through a perfect solo? Can they collapse on the floor and have spasms without missing a single note? I don't think so.
Sure Angus may not have the techniques like Clapton and the others, but he is in a league of his own.
Eddie Van Halen has recommended AC/DC to his son, Wolfgang, who listenes alot to AC/DC these days. If some of you think "tapping" is all Eddie Van Halen can, you are more stupid than I thought. EVH's a great guitarplayer, sure it sometimes gets too fast, too must tapping. But that's just sometimes. You obviously know nothing about a guitar if you say EVH sucks. Angus Young is amazing aswell.
@theawesomeoneg They sounded more "metal" when they had other drummers than phil rudd...he really makes a lot of difference in the whole band sound...same like charlie watts of the stones...imagine they would have a perfect studio drummer and they will sound like any cover band
You say there is nothing Aussie about them? Dude, the Young brothers were raised in Austrailia! Also, in case you did'nt know, because it sounds like you don't, Austrailia is part of the United Kingdom. Hence the Union Jack in the upper left corner of it's flag.
hehehe good comment but not completely right :-
:-) Angus was born March 31, 1955 in Glasgow Scotland. and the young family moved in 1963 to Burwood which is a town in Sydney in Australia. plus Bon Scott and Brian Johnson was Scottish too. so actually all of them is from Scotland
@AsatorTOX yes, they use the same chords. and yes the drum beats are almost identical. but thats what makes acdc so good. its that simplicity that gives them their sound, their uniqeness, and their kickassness. their songs may sound the same, but thats what makes it the best rock ever made.
think about this........he paid 28,000 to be the only FAN on the planet to be able to jam with Angus....and to actually learn some cool tricks straight from the man himself......I WOULD HAVE PAID MORE......if I could have done a few recordings with Malcomb.....hes the real deal
it doesn't matter how good the person is, though it does help its how they play, you could play a song thirty different ways, and im exagerating here, but, they are both great guitarists, but what it comes down to is the musicianship, i think both are awesome no contest.
it all depends on how you learned or were taught to hold it, i was taught to by a blues picker who taught me to play sittin down and when you play standing up,its just natural to hold the guitar slanted because your used to it being slanted from bein on your knee, you cant controll it
To each his own, but you can't actually think that he is a brilliant guitar player.
Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Ritchie Blackmore, Gary Moore, Carlos Santana, Albert Lee, Jimmy Page and countless others are brilliant. Angus is not close to that caliber.
Angus and Mal wrote the music and Brian the lyrics. Although for years a debate has raged as to whether or not some of Bons lyrics were used. Bon used to carry a note book around with him and whenever something popped into his head he wrote it down. The band has always denied this.
"Nothing Aussie about them", are you insane? The whole family emigrated when Angus was 8 and Malcolm was 10. They were raised in Sydney and Angus still lives there (he spends summers in his wife's hometown in Holland). And no great rock bands from America, are you joking?? Dude you seem to know zilch about this topic.
Well, it's complicated. Bon obviously wrote ideas down while on the road, but the bulk was Brian. One line that was confirmed to have been jotted down by Bon was, "She told me to come, but I was already there." which ended up on You Shook Me All Night Long. Angus has said before that they come up with ideas on the road all the time.
thats week for a band who called em self rockers to let a fan pay for a short guitar lesson or meeting ,for free i always show my fans tricks or have time for a talk or a whyskey sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo what shit on em
if any acdc member of managment sees this or if you love acdc and live in kentucky go to facebook then look at there friend youll find me dallas bowlin i have 2 accounts but the one to go to is the one with highway to hell on it pleaseeeeeeeeeeeee
"unless of course you live in Wades world and become friends with the band" LOL I can do without the sort of 'friends' who charge you $28k to have a jam session with them.
ps love accadacca, but the friends comment cracked me up
i'm not saying they don't love what they do, it just seems like a lot of them don't play the guitar with the feel or the emotion that it should be played with, eddie van halen shreds but he plays with pure emotion, i'm talkin bout guys like malmsteen...
technicality means nothing, most acdc and sabbath riffs are piss easy and yet there some of the best riffs in rock history,
plus angus invented his own style, something that cannot be said for most guitarists who are apparently better,
twighead
well dude, i fucking like mcr too, but i also fucking like ac/dc... mcr is alternative rock, and ac/dc is hard rock. neither bands are metal dude... and i agree with LtThrBRck, why dont u watch videos from a band u like?
the money didnt go to him , it went to charity.
every album they have has went gold, platinum or multiplatinum.
back in black for ex, has went plantinum like 20 some times! i think he has more money than he could ever spend. lol
but its cool
Yeah fair enough but that was in the studio.Never played for them live. As for Back in Black Bon would call into the studio from time to time to see the boys but didnt hang around that much because angus and mal would tell him they wearnt ready for him.
Malcom and Angus moved to australia at an early age, along with the original singer Bon Scott (im not too sure if they new each other before they moved)and i know that Brian Johnson isnt australian but i dont know weather he is american or italian
Nowadays they're not even really hard rock, they're classic rock. I think the vocals make it a little bit heavier tho
@ESPLTDSMITHY Dude, if your going to be a fan, maybe know the band. Bon was a Scot. Get it? The Bonny Scot? Get it? Ever see the tattoo on his arm that says SCOTLAND FOREVER? Maybe you could write the band and apologize...
@cosmicbuddha24 malcom and angus moved away from the UK when they were children they mostly grew up in Australia, learning the Australian Culture Speaking with an Australian Accent and they are in fact an AUSTRALIAN band
Both Angus and Malcolm are scottish, but they were still kids (angus 8 and malcolm 10 years old) when they moved to australia.
Cliff is englishman too so the only australian born member is actually Phil Rudd.
i will say this now.............i been following this band for 20 yrs i have every album on tape vinyl cd and evry thing you can imagine as an ac/dc fan but 150 quid for a ticket is a piss take for the fans really.
I guess you must be very young and have never scene anyone who can actually play because Angus CAN'T. He is mediocer at best.
Search some of the greats on UA-cam. You will see just how limited Angus's skills are.
He's from England. A place called Newcastle, a famous city in England which is only 25 miles from me. People from there are called 'Geordies' (pronounced Jordys) and thats what Brians first band was called..Geordie
jimi hendrix is first cuz he used feel instead of speed, david gilmour same thing, all the guitarist that use feel in songs instead of speed are on the top of my list, MAB haha he was all speed no feel what soo ever
i'd give them more of a Hard Rock stauts... but DEFINITLY not Metal... Priest, Maiden, Metallica, Megadeth... that's Metal... AC/DC, Aerosmith... that's good ole fashion Hard Rock N Fucking Rol
@Noonrider11 I agree but Back in Black was considered metal in its time. It was the one of the heaviest things out there in 1980 but as I've said, it's hard rock. One of the best albums of all time.
i need a flux capacitor in a delorian and i needa steal that guys 28 grand and buy the guitar lesson myself hes 38 he cant rly do anything im 13 my future isnt set i need teh guitar LEsssan
totally agree with that comment...... it pisses me off wen people say "all their songs sound the same"...... fucking good i want more of the same. lol....... if it aint broken..... why fix it?
Do you just assume every rich guy is spoled or..?
He has the money.. screw it, let him. What if he bought a new tv? Would you shout him down for not instead giving a tv to some charity? ...
Dude the man taught kirk hammet , steve vai and paul gilbert named his as a major influence now joe satriani could play all the stuff angus plays but angus could not play some of the stuff joe plays !
yeah, worst that happened, was to the first singer, can't think of his name off the top of my head, but died of alcohol poisoning, or similar. but hey, who doesn't drink, he just got really unlucky
Dude, back then in the 'old days' AC/DC was Hard-Rock. But now with all those 'real' Hard-Rock bands AC/DC souns quite 'less Hard-Rock'.
sooo my point is: :P back then AC/DC was Hard-Rock xD
it wasn't formed in '73 they formed their band when angus was about 12 and they played in their basement after school that's where angus's school boy thing came from. nobody knows their stuff anymore.
Hi ADEEOS24
I am a huge AC/DC fan and have been 4 yrs. R U sure Brian's mother was from Italy?
Incidentally - who do u think wrote back n' black - angus, mal, bon or angus& mal or angus, mal and brian?