They'll be back. The same was said about Def Leopard after their drummer lost an arm.
Malcolm Young is the brains and guts of AC/DC.
(04-15-2014 07:11 PM)Smaug Wrote: [ -> ]Malcolm Young is the brains and guts of AC/DC.
Yes, because the rest of the members are just filler. Malcolm Young is actually the only guy up there singing and playing any instruments. The other guys are just an illusion. They aren't real.
Quote: AC/DC won't continue playing and recording without Malcolm. It can't be done.
While Angus Young is the more famous, and more recognizable, AC/DC is most definitely Malcolm Young's band, he started AC/DC, under the guidance of big brother George Young (ex-Easybeats, and co-producer) and encouraged his younger brother Angus to join him, and take on the world.
Malcolm Young has been the quiet motivator and boss of the band for four decades, co-writing nearly all of AC/DC's classics, and making sure nothing happened to harm or damage the band's reputation, or disappoint the fans who've stuck by them for decades.
His passion for the band and its music, and integrity, were so intense, back in the 1970s he used to have fistfights with his younger brother, Angus, in the studio, when disagreements about a sound or riff couldn't be resolved. Proper punch-ups, teeth were lost, blood was drawn.
So that's it. AC/DC are coming to an end.
Don't underestimate Malcolm's influence and contribution to AC/DC just because on stage he stands in the background and strums chords nonchalantly. To me, he's been the steady glue holding the band together all these years.
(04-15-2014 07:35 PM)oklalittledixie Wrote: [ -> ] (04-15-2014 07:11 PM)Smaug Wrote: [ -> ]Malcolm Young is the brains and guts of AC/DC.
Yes, because the rest of the members are just filler. Malcolm Young is actually the only guy up there singing and playing any instruments. The other guys are just an illusion. They aren't real.
Tough call, that is like RUN DMC w/o JMJ....
Beastie Boys w/o Adam Youch
Guns N Roses w/o the rest of the band
Didn't he write the music for the other band members as well? Not sure if this is true or not. I had a buddy who was very into music and played multiple instruments... he said the reason the drum rhythms/beats (idk what they're called) were so simple is because he's the only one who would come up with music and didn't give a $#it about drums.
(04-15-2014 03:56 PM)DrTorch Wrote: [ -> ] (04-15-2014 03:54 PM)oklalittledixie Wrote: [ -> ]They'll be back. The same was said about Def Leopard after their drummer lost an arm.
Or when Bon Scott died.
They might not have died when Bon Scott passed, but they were never the same.
Bon Scott was very, very good at his craft.
Stadium Rock will never be the same again!!!
(04-15-2014 07:35 PM)oklalittledixie Wrote: [ -> ] (04-15-2014 07:11 PM)Smaug Wrote: [ -> ]Malcolm Young is the brains and guts of AC/DC.
Yes, because the rest of the members are just filler. Malcolm Young is actually the only guy up there singing and playing any instruments. The other guys are just an illusion. They aren't real.
Yeah, that's what I wrote.
Per their facebook page:
Quote:After forty years of life dedicated to AC/DC, guitarist and founding member Malcolm Young is taking a break from the band due to ill health. Malcolm would like to thank the group’s diehard legions of fans worldwide for their never-ending love and support.
In light of this news, AC/DC asks that Malcolm and his family’s privacy be respected during this time. The band will continue to make music.
https://www.facebook.com/acdc/posts/10152370344752930
I hope they can keep playing, and that Young recovers, but damn, these are not young guys.
(04-16-2014 10:27 AM)Smaug Wrote: [ -> ]Per their facebook page:
Quote:After forty years of life dedicated to AC/DC, guitarist and founding member Malcolm Young is taking a break from the band due to ill health. Malcolm would like to thank the group’s diehard legions of fans worldwide for their never-ending love and support.
In light of this news, AC/DC asks that Malcolm and his family’s privacy be respected during this time. The band will continue to make music.
https://www.facebook.com/acdc/posts/10152370344752930
I hope they can keep playing, and that Young recovers, but damn, these are not young guys.
The band has said they will continue.
(04-17-2014 06:42 AM)Smaug Wrote: [ -> ] (04-16-2014 08:36 PM)oklalittledixie Wrote: [ -> ] (04-16-2014 10:27 AM)Smaug Wrote: [ -> ]Per their facebook page:
Quote:After forty years of life dedicated to AC/DC, guitarist and founding member Malcolm Young is taking a break from the band due to ill health. Malcolm would like to thank the group’s diehard legions of fans worldwide for their never-ending love and support.
In light of this news, AC/DC asks that Malcolm and his family’s privacy be respected during this time. The band will continue to make music.
https://www.facebook.com/acdc/posts/10152370344752930
I hope they can keep playing, and that Young recovers, but damn, these are not young guys.
The band has said they will continue.
Yes. I can read.
Smaug. Did you read that they will continue?
(04-17-2014 11:59 AM)oklalittledixie Wrote: [ -> ] (04-17-2014 06:42 AM)Smaug Wrote: [ -> ] (04-16-2014 08:36 PM)oklalittledixie Wrote: [ -> ] (04-16-2014 10:27 AM)Smaug Wrote: [ -> ]Per their facebook page:
Quote:After forty years of life dedicated to AC/DC, guitarist and founding member Malcolm Young is taking a break from the band due to ill health. Malcolm would like to thank the group’s diehard legions of fans worldwide for their never-ending love and support.
In light of this news, AC/DC asks that Malcolm and his family’s privacy be respected during this time. The band will continue to make music.
https://www.facebook.com/acdc/posts/10152370344752930
I hope they can keep playing, and that Young recovers, but damn, these are not young guys.
The band has said they will continue.
Yes. I can read.
Smaug. Did you read that they will continue?
Yes. I'm the one who posted that, remember?
(04-17-2014 12:55 PM)Smaug Wrote: [ -> ] (04-17-2014 11:59 AM)oklalittledixie Wrote: [ -> ] (04-17-2014 06:42 AM)Smaug Wrote: [ -> ] (04-16-2014 08:36 PM)oklalittledixie Wrote: [ -> ] (04-16-2014 10:27 AM)Smaug Wrote: [ -> ]Per their facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/acdc/posts/10152370344752930
I hope they can keep playing, and that Young recovers, but damn, these are not young guys.
The band has said they will continue.
Yes. I can read.
Smaug. Did you read that they will continue?
Yes. I'm the one who posted that, remember?
I'm just messing with you a bit.
