AC/DC's Angus Young talks about the guitarists who influenced him when he was starting to play guitar. Malcolm Young guitar god classic rock highway to hell back in black
I so love Angus & Malcom.... of course I love all the heritage guys, but Angus is so important in the big picture. AC/DC are an institution, everyone knows this.
Angus is truly original. His style is unmistakably his own. Not only that, but he plays hooks that are catchy; his solos are memorable. That's really what it takes to be a great guitarist, in my opinion. There's people who can shred circles around him but will never even approach his greatness.
@@morgellon7877 I love Angus, but to say his style is unmistakably his is a bit of a stretch for a lead guitarist in a simple rock band... Yeah, I reckon they played rock as good if not better than any other band there's ever been, but Angus plays mostly 1960s style rock and roll .. It's very simple music played very well ... With Angus, if you shut your eyes at times, it's as if you're listening to Chuck Berry with distortion and an amp turned up to 11..
Just goes to show how much, "THE MAN AND THE GOAT MR. JIMI HENDRIX" has influenced the best of some of the best. I love AC⚡DC and Angus and Malcolm Young. BROTHER'S who could play like there's no tomorrow! I've seen AC⚡DC with BONN SCOTT And Thank You for Brian Johnson! I've seen them at least 7 times Live in Concert. Keep on Rocking! ⚡👍👏 RIP MALCOLM YOUNG 🙏 ENOUGH SAID!!!✌️
Memphis is where I'm at right now for the last 28 years, where did Hendrix play at here in 1970 , I was 7 years old living in Milwaukee in 1970 and I have pictures of me that year too,fun times I remember if I wasn't grounded at the time 😆
I remember when I was a kid I wasn't excited by the music I heard until I heard Purple Haze by The Jimi Hendrix Experience. It totally blew me away & got me into rock music. Jimi definitely was a game changer.
Angus' older brother was George, who was in the Easybeats, a huge 60's band, in Australia at least. So, it was all around him while growing up. Very lucky to have grown up in such a great musical environment.
@@mjcussen7458 And then when the Easybeats folded, Vanda and Young became one the biggest and best writing, recording, production, and sometimes management crew through the 70s, 80s, and 90s, some big name productions in the 00s, influential right up into 2010s.
Malcolm was a great guitarist. Away from Acdc's music into the blues stuff he could really do it. Shame we never really got a chance to hear that side of his playing so much.
On some bootlegs of jam sessions that the band did during recording of an album or stage soundchecks, you could hear a completely different side to Malcolm Young. Very bluesy, and quite the slide guitar player too!
jimi is the greatest! When you get thru the heroes of your age group and learn the solos from metal and learn speed is a skill, you then learn theres some with natural talent. Hendrix is skill and natural talent combined and unmatched.
@@2216sammy Might be the most ignorant thing ever said on you tube, hands down. opinions r like aholes. Let me know when someone actually plays a cd of your music that you gave them. 99.99999999 percent of music that people made is forgot like grains of sand on a beach they get lost forever. Hendrix chopped down mountains with the edge of his hand.
@@thedude-jb7wx . . By your reasoning then, "The Newcastle Song" should be considered the greatest song ever released! CD sales is NO indicator of a guitarist's ability.
@@arthurblackhistoric To my ears hendrix sounds better than everyone. One of us has a cheap set of ears. Play Gypsy eyes on your channel let me know when you made it sound even close, ill give you an honest opinion.
"I can play guitar, a little bit", sweet. Angus has his solid style which is also another very high level. Once we made for fun some AC/DC covers and I had my difficulties with some of his solos. For me Angus is a very cool and really good guitar player 💪🎸👍
14 years old is the magic year. 🎸 I've toured with a few folks. All the guitarists say they started at 14. Kris Kristofferson Chuck Berry Willie Nelson Brad Whitford Waddy Watchel Sleepy la Beef Delbert McClinton Keith Richards Dsvid Cassidy Michael Sweet Robert Kray Steve Miller Elliott Easton Steve Stevens All started at 14. 🎸
@michaelcorreira8125 Hi . David Cassidy was actually one of my influences too . We all know he could Sing , but no One really paid attention to his Guitar Skills . I saw him in Concert a couple of times in Central Park . He was dam good . 🎸
One of the reasons is because at this age we have the strength needed in our hands to hold the notes, bend the strings, make barre chords, coping with the weight and dimensions of the instrument etc. The other reason is the beginning of our sexuality and in the time it was an excellent way to pick chicks.
It's great to know that Angus was actually inspired by Hendrix. Jimi inspired lot of our guitar heroes, from Angus to Yngwie (A to Z) influenced by one man: Jimi Hendrix.
Always could hear his Hendrix influence in his long solo’s his sound is different straight through the Amp with humbuckers Gibson sound but his attack and sustained feedback control very similar
And then Angus himself, became the influence and inspiration for many guitarist to come. Thank you Ang and the rest of the AC DC boys for playing all of that simple amazing rock n roll that we fans love. Rock on 🤘 ❤️💯⚡️⚡️⚡️
absolute myths. Malcom: Rest in peace, you are more alive here than ever. Thanks guys, thanks for making us dream. I owe you a lot. I started playing after seeing Angus...I was 8 years old.
Purple Haze and the cranked EL34 tube powered Marshall and HiWatt amps changed the trajectory into 'Hard Rock'. The Who got it. Zeppelin got it. AC/DC definitely got it.
People today, mostly do not get, the different eras, and when these guys we listen today, talk about how they got that shot of energy that inspired them. Not to mention, it was a time when electric guitars and amps were improving or advancing rapidly from the small combo cabs and hollow bodies, to solid bodies, half stacks, different pickups, full stacks, 20W became 45 and 50 watt. Then 100 Watt, and brief flirtations with 100W Laney stacks that burst into flames when Tony Iommi turned them on, (he loved it) this was awesome shit in late 60s pushing toward the70s when you look at it from THEIR prospective. Then look at it through the eyes of the next generation of Teens, along comes Van Halen in 78.
Good on you , Good Sir. Hendrix wasn't a great rock guitarist, He was a Mississippi Delta Blues master. Pentatonics being the foundation of both... Listen to "caption coconut" 😎🇺🇸🙏
Hey, Love this band ! Only the Beatles edge them out as my favorite Rock Band. AC/DC makes me feel like a teenager with that raw, Heart -throbbing beat. Five Star Salute guys !!!🔥💥💯❤️⚡👍
One of my favorite musician of my youth and to present day and I have seen them in concert at the monsters of rock and unfortunately those days are long gone and I feel sorry for todays generation they don't have any real artistic talent just a bunch of con artists.
One really huge achievement is that the brothers find their own individual style. Their playing seems a bit far from Jimi, but I can't really imagine any great guitarist that wasn't doped by Jimi. Very happy to hear that from him. ⚡
Weird the relation of AC/DC and Satan.. I'm coming on like a hurricane My lightning's flashing across the sky You're only young but you're gonna die I won't take no prisoners, won't spare no lives Nobody's putting up a fight I got my bell, I'm gonna take you to hell I'm gonna get ya, Satan get ya Yeah, hell's bells Yeah, hell's bells You got me ringing Hell's bells My temperature's high Hell's bells
It's interesting because in the past Angus has said he wasn't a fan of wah pedals and all the effects which were a major part of Jimi's tone and innovation and Purple Haze without the Octavia wouldn’t be the same. But then, early Hendrix with just a Strat and Marshall was equally impressive.
Malcolm and Angus we salute you.
and we wouldnt have Angus and Malcolm without Hendrix setting the bar so high
I so love Angus & Malcom.... of course I love all the heritage guys, but Angus is so important in the big picture. AC/DC are an institution, everyone knows this.
amigo dont forget about RORY GALLAGHER
Plus their older brother George 😊
And after all these years as a rockstar: a humble man!!
And then . . . when I was 12!!
Yes! Good man!
If a guitarist don't pay tribute to Jimi, there's something wrong ❤ we love Jimi and Angus
I've been a Hendrix fan since 67 when I first borrowed Are you experienced album.. And he's still my favourite guitarist in 2024
Respect from one rock god to another!
From playing brutal sets and slaying it. To this humble chilled out dude off stage. The whole family are absolute legends 🤘🤘🤘
Angus is a great player. Hendrix has influenced millions of guitarists in one way or another.
Including Paul Stanley of KISS
I like Angus's playing. Raw and energized.
Angus is truly original. His style is unmistakably his own. Not only that, but he plays hooks that are catchy; his solos are memorable. That's really what it takes to be a great guitarist, in my opinion. There's people who can shred circles around him but will never even approach his greatness.
@@kenshinoriginal1127 Kiss suck.
@@morgellon7877 I love Angus, but to say his style is unmistakably his is a bit of a stretch for a lead guitarist in a simple rock band...
Yeah, I reckon they played rock as good if not better than any other band there's ever been, but Angus plays mostly 1960s style rock and roll .. It's very simple music played very well ...
With Angus, if you shut your eyes at times, it's as if you're listening to Chuck Berry with distortion and an amp turned up to 11..
That’s a pretty good influence there. And his brother Malcom was a great rhythm guitar player.
The best!
Agreed 🎸
The "Riff Maker" himself!
Angus is humble.
Been a rock star for 50 years and still
Just goes to show how much, "THE MAN AND THE GOAT MR. JIMI HENDRIX" has influenced the best of some of the best. I love AC⚡DC and Angus and Malcolm Young. BROTHER'S who could play like there's no tomorrow!
I've seen AC⚡DC with BONN SCOTT And Thank You for Brian Johnson! I've seen them at least 7 times Live in Concert.
Keep on Rocking! ⚡👍👏
RIP MALCOLM YOUNG 🙏
ENOUGH SAID!!!✌️
Eddie Van Halen set the bar higher.
Yes R I P Malcolm
Thank you, Angus for all your music thank you. The 80s were the best living.❤ I miss them dearly
I love Angus Young. His ability to play the guitar,dance & entertain always kept me coming back. ☮
It's fascinating hearing the OG rockers influences because they're from such a different time and Era.
I saw Jimi live in Memphis in 1970. And I agree with Angus .
Jimi is why I started playing in '67. Saw him in '70 in Miami. I saw the God of electric guitar. I have photos of Jimi and Memphis and much much more.
Memphis is where I'm at right now for the last 28 years, where did Hendrix play at here in 1970 , I was 7 years old living in Milwaukee in 1970 and I have pictures of me that year too,fun times I remember if I wasn't grounded at the time 😆
@@Nonconformistwilderbeastman He played at the Mid-South Coliseum.
I remember when I was a kid I wasn't excited by the music I heard until I heard Purple Haze by The Jimi Hendrix Experience. It totally blew me away & got me into rock music. Jimi definitely was a game changer.
His family was super supportive and were all musicians. His older brothers taught him a lot
Angus' older brother was George, who was in the Easybeats, a huge 60's band, in Australia at least. So, it was all around him while growing up. Very lucky to have grown up in such a great musical environment.
@@mjcussen7458 absolutely!! 👍 must have been a fun family
@@mjcussen7458 And then when the Easybeats folded, Vanda and Young became one the biggest and best writing, recording, production, and sometimes management crew through the 70s, 80s, and 90s, some big name productions in the 00s, influential right up into 2010s.
Malcolm was a great guitarist. Away from Acdc's music into the blues stuff he could really do it. Shame we never really got a chance to hear that side of his playing so much.
He was a good singer as well.
On some bootlegs of jam sessions that the band did during recording of an album or stage soundchecks, you could hear a completely different side to Malcolm Young. Very bluesy, and quite the slide guitar player too!
Interesting, enjoy Angus's interview, very talented ❤
They have accomplished greatness in their lives
Where is the rest of this interview??? Awesome...
And what's with the headline saying "Gene Simmons"?
God bless angus
Jimi is why I traded my 1976 Bicentennial Firebird for an Antigua strat.
Anggggy so cool he's pretty Witttty with just Pentatonix & Rocked them to Hell & Back
Beautiful man and yet another great band also inspired by the guys before them and and on down the line we go
Hendrix was an innovator, that's the point...nobody created anything like Jimi
you forgot about Eddie
@@DrMurdercock not forgotten...they are a breed...all unique...making new
@@DrMurdercock Nah
@@mobsiesixsixsix9785 Envious lately ?
@@CanopusJupiter Nope. You?
He's so cool I'm in Seattle by jimis home we love our Hendrix n AC/DC GO ANGUS YOUR STILL GREAT
God i love AC /AC❤❤❤❤❤ ALL OF THEM. HUGE FAN YOU GUYS ARE AWESOME EVEN BON SCOTT
So humble. Even Beavis and Butthead had great respect for this man .
jimi is the greatest! When you get thru the heroes of your age group and learn the solos from metal and learn speed is a skill, you then learn theres some with natural talent. Hendrix is skill and natural talent combined and unmatched.
Nonsense , Hendrix was awful .
@@2216sammy Might be the most ignorant thing ever said on you tube, hands down. opinions r like aholes. Let me know when someone actually plays a cd of your music that you gave them. 99.99999999 percent of music that people made is forgot like grains of sand on a beach they get lost forever. Hendrix chopped down mountains with the edge of his hand.
@@thedude-jb7wx . . By your reasoning then, "The Newcastle Song" should be considered the greatest song ever released! CD sales is NO indicator of a guitarist's ability.
@@arthurblackhistoric huh??? i mean you two guys lol whoa!? i aint gonna say it, have a nice one.
@@arthurblackhistoric To my ears hendrix sounds better than everyone. One of us has a cheap set of ears. Play Gypsy eyes on your channel let me know when you made it sound even close, ill give you an honest opinion.
Great inspiration!!🤘🤘
Angus Young is very underrated.
Underrated? What you smoking
@@alemgas he is due more credit for his guitar work from his peers
"I can play guitar, a little bit", sweet. Angus has his solid style which is also another very high level. Once we made for fun some AC/DC covers and I had my difficulties with some of his solos. For me Angus is a very cool and really good guitar player 💪🎸👍
He was talking about before the age of 12, when he said, "I could play guitar...".
Greatest generation of Rock Music!
Jimi was the act and any band setting was an after-thought.
Good taste Angus
You are one of the greatest guitar players of all time.
No he's not LOL. Pleaseeee
After Jimi man guitarist just started coming out of the woodwork! 😂😂
14 years old is the magic year. 🎸
I've toured with a few folks. All the guitarists say they started at 14.
Kris Kristofferson
Chuck Berry
Willie Nelson
Brad Whitford
Waddy Watchel
Sleepy la Beef
Delbert McClinton
Keith Richards
Dsvid Cassidy
Michael Sweet
Robert Kray
Steve Miller
Elliott Easton
Steve Stevens
All started at 14. 🎸
@michaelcorreira8125
Hi .
David Cassidy was actually one of my influences too . We all know he could Sing , but no
One really paid attention to his Guitar Skills . I saw him in Concert a couple of times in Central Park . He was dam good . 🎸
Delbert McClinton🎸🎶🎸.
One of the reasons is because at this age we have the strength needed in our hands to hold the notes, bend the strings, make barre chords, coping with the weight and dimensions of the instrument etc. The other reason is the beginning of our sexuality and in the time it was an excellent way to pick chicks.
What a great man and band👍👍👍
Just Awesome !
It's great to know that Angus was actually inspired by Hendrix. Jimi inspired lot of our guitar heroes, from Angus to Yngwie (A to Z) influenced by one man: Jimi Hendrix.
what a fucken legend
AC DC's sound is unique
AC/DC ❤
Always could hear his Hendrix influence in his long solo’s his sound is different straight through the Amp with humbuckers Gibson sound but his attack and sustained feedback control very similar
Yea purple haze blew my mind as well. I had the original 7". Sounded amazing
ANGUS YOUNG Says THIS GUITARIST Made Him Go WOW! ☝️☝️🤟👌
Angus thank you for entertaining us with ACDC and your brother's God bless you and them
Malcolm and Angus, great scots
And then Angus himself, became the influence and inspiration for many guitarist to come. Thank you Ang and the rest of the AC DC boys for playing all of that simple amazing rock n roll that we fans love.
Rock on 🤘 ❤️💯⚡️⚡️⚡️
I love hearing how the great musicians get started.
Respect
I was raised on AC/DC
❤100%
I'm 63, and I have seen over a hundred rock bands at more than forty live shows. AC/DC twice. Hands down the best! Rock on Angus! RIP Mal.
LEGEND Angus is so underrated. His vibrato is epic
Hendrix was one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century - now we have Taylor Swift… we are most definitely de-evolving
And from that you became a forever LEGEND 🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉
Love AC/DC. Scotland's finest 🥳🏴 🤘
I love the honest story’s
Especially when they started
The origins
I'm glad I lived in their time.
I saw their concert at Donington on August 18, 1984. 💥
You are the master and u.s military loves you😮the world
Saw ac/dc back years ago. Ball breaker tour. Amazing , one of the best shows I’ve ever seen…
A very well considered assessment form a well-grounded force of nature. I so wanted to see this man perform...
Angus is up there with the best imo.
I also salute you humble angus and malcum
Now his the 👑
SAW ACDC WITH BON SCOTT IN 1979 AND WITH BRIAN JOHNSON IN 1980 AWESOME CONCERTS 👌 👏 👍. RIP 🙏 🪦 BON
THOSE CONCERTS WERE IN AMARILLO TX
What a legend!!
absolute myths. Malcom: Rest in peace, you are more alive here than ever. Thanks guys, thanks for making us dream. I owe you a lot. I started playing after seeing Angus...I was 8 years old.
My favorite guitarist's Angus,Hendix
❤❤❤❤❤❤
Purple Haze and the cranked EL34 tube powered Marshall and HiWatt amps changed the trajectory into 'Hard Rock'. The Who got it. Zeppelin got it. AC/DC definitely got it.
Love ya Angus 👍
No doubt Hendrix was amazing and had influenced MANY ! 😊
Ur 1 of the best bro..
The guy witnessed history and became part of it
Awesome ❤
I could jam a little at 2 yrs old. Got to be a bit more of a rocker at 4 yrs. Then, at 12 yrs, I saw Hendrix and it blew me mind. 🤘🏻
Angus became an even bigger legend. What a guitar player! 🤘🏻
Lol he's not a bigger legend than jimi hendrix stop lying to yourself
@@Tyson-zo6smI love both, but the world 🌎 knows acdc now more then jimi ,bigger crowds now
Well, Jimi is dead. That tends to put a damper on the ticket sales.😄
@@RockNewsQuickies I just seen him in Concert like 2 mo ago. Stop lying to yourself.
People today, mostly do not get, the different eras, and when these guys we listen today, talk about how they got that shot of energy that inspired them. Not to mention, it was a time when electric guitars and amps were improving or advancing rapidly from the small combo cabs and hollow bodies, to solid bodies, half stacks, different pickups, full stacks, 20W became 45 and 50 watt. Then 100 Watt, and brief flirtations with 100W Laney stacks that burst into flames when Tony Iommi turned them on, (he loved it) this was awesome shit in late 60s pushing toward the70s when you look at it from THEIR prospective. Then look at it through the eyes of the next generation of Teens, along comes Van Halen in 78.
legend
Good on you , Good Sir.
Hendrix wasn't a great rock guitarist,
He was a Mississippi Delta Blues master.
Pentatonics being the foundation of both...
Listen to "caption coconut"
😎🇺🇸🙏
69 years old and totally tea-total in rock. It’s a rare, rare musician that can say that.
He's always so humble and friendly. No wonder everyone loves him. None of this rock-star infighting bullshlt from Angus.
Hey, Love this band ! Only the Beatles edge them out as my favorite Rock Band. AC/DC makes me feel like a teenager with that raw, Heart -throbbing beat. Five Star Salute guys !!!🔥💥💯❤️⚡👍
THE MAN 🇬🇧
Angus you are an original like hendrix
One of my favorite musician of my youth and to present day and I have seen them in concert at the monsters of rock and unfortunately those days are long gone and I feel sorry for todays generation they don't have any real artistic talent just a bunch of con artists.
Love to see interviews with Angus. Also I’m incredibly biased towards Jimi since I play guitar left handed 😐
One really huge achievement is that the brothers find their own individual style. Their playing seems a bit far from Jimi, but I can't really imagine any great guitarist that wasn't doped by Jimi.
Very happy to hear that from him. ⚡
I can play guitar. Didn't get focused on it till I heard Malcolm and Angus
I'd like to drink a few beers with Angus :D
Cause jimi was and will be the Greatest ever no one can touch his Creativity
Weird the relation of AC/DC and Satan..
I'm coming on like a hurricane
My lightning's flashing across the sky
You're only young but you're gonna die
I won't take no prisoners, won't spare no lives
Nobody's putting up a fight
I got my bell, I'm gonna take you to hell
I'm gonna get ya, Satan get ya
Yeah, hell's bells
Yeah, hell's bells
You got me ringing
Hell's bells
My temperature's high
Hell's bells
It's interesting because in the past Angus has said he wasn't a fan of wah pedals and all the effects which were a major part of Jimi's tone and innovation and Purple Haze without the Octavia wouldn’t be the same. But then, early Hendrix with just a Strat and Marshall was equally impressive.
Geetah❤
Hendrix was otherworldly.
When Hendrix played, it was almost as though the guitar was an extension of his body.
That's because it was!
AC/DC was on Pages Label "Swan Song*.
Somehow I just knew he was gonna say Hendrix. Maybe it was because I'd seen that interview from many years ago where he referenced Jimi at that time.
Angus loves a cuppa tea.