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30th Anniversary. In the early months of 1980, AC/DC was riding high on the success of their latest album, 1979’s Highway To Hell.

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The album, AC/DC’s first to break into the US Top 100 as it surged to #17, propelled them into their largest tour to date, crossing North America and Europe as they played to larger and larger audiences. After a few weeks off following the final show of their Highway To Hell tour on January 27 in Southampton, UK, AC/DC began work on their follow-up album. Songs were beginning to take shape when Angus received a call that would bring everything to a screeching halt: lead singer Bon Scott had been found dead on February 19, 1980 after a night of drinking. He was only 33. The band was thrown into shock as panicked calls were placed back and forth between band members in search of information. On March 1, Bon’s ashes were buried in Freemantle Cemetery’s Memorial Garden, just outside of Perth. With Bon gone, the future of AC/DC was uncertain. "I'm a rolling thunder, pourin’ rain. AC/DC.

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L'album suivant, For Those About to Rock We Salute You, a aussi beaucoup de succès et est le premier de leurs albums à atteindre la première place des ventes aux États-Unis. La popularité d'AC/DC commence à diminuer en 1983, date à laquelle Phil Rudd quitte le groupe pour fonder à Sydney sa société de transport en hélicoptère. Le batteur du groupe est alors Simon Wright jusqu'en 1989, puis Chris Slade, jusqu'au retour de Phil Rudd en 1994. C'est à partir de 1986 que la popularité du groupe remonte. Le dernier album du groupe en date, Black Ice, sorti le , est leur plus grand succès dans les charts depuis For Those About to Rock, atteignant la première place dans de nombreux pays[4].

AC/DC est classé 4e dans les 100 Greatest Hard Rock Artists de VH1[12] (bien que ce classement soit censé classer seulement des artistes de hard rock, il comprend des artistes de plusieurs genres de rock). Histoire du groupe[modifier | modifier le code] AC/DC Live - Girls got Rhythm. AC/DC Live - Whole Lotta Rosie. AC/DC Live - She's Got The Jack. AC/DC - Shot Down in Flames. AC⚡/DC Live - Sin City. AC/DC Live - Angus Young. AC/DC Live - Highway To Hell. AC/DC Live - Hells Bells. AC/DC Live - Let There Be Rock. AC/DC Live - You Shook Me All Night Long. AC/DC Live - Stiff Upper Lipp. Live At River Plate Premiere.