AC DC is the most underrated major band ever

Does anyone here think the Allmans are rock and roll?

agip wrote:

Does anyone here think the Allmans are rock and roll?

sure that's part of it

a big part

fgfg wrote:

agip wrote:

Does anyone here think the Allmans are rock and roll?

sure that's part of it

a big part

well I can't go with that - it may be great, but it's not rock and roll.

I'll define rock and roll as coming down the pipe from Chuck Berry - guitar riffs, a beat, rebellious tone in some way.

Allmans...outside that tradition. Much closer to jazz in spirit.

Good post! But it is a little more complicated than that. I was there back in the seventies when AC/DC first came out and they were SO GOOD that very few people realized how good they were! The radio stations HATED AC/DC because a million callers would be yelling about AC/DC but the station did not want to play them because many other listeners would shut off the radio! In other words people either loved them or hated them and they did not have any "power ballads" to soften the sound. the same stations would play Queen or Zeppelin or Floyd (also good bands) but not AC/DC. Of course now you here AC/DC on advertisments and it is maybe the ONLY band from this era that we will still hear in a THOUSAND YEARS!

maybe the ONLY band from this era that we will still hear in a THOUSAND YEARS![/quote]

I'm a jazz guy

and i agree

fgfg wrote:

Oteil quit a year ago

and derek trucks is a friggin god he could stand on stage with hendrix and have something to add

santana said said GOD had a hand in Truck's playing

BB King said Trucks was the best he ever heard and BB's been around

Skydog was great but he died at 24 and never had a electronic tuner

I didn't know Oteil moved on. Whose playing with them now?

Derek's a great player. I saw him come onstage with ABB when he was 12 years old, and even way back then he already had that same mojo that makes him great now.

If you're suggesting ask dying was outta tune, I think you're confusing him with Dickey .... There's a lotta stuff Dickey played where he's out.

Santana says that kinda stuff about everyone ..... Which is cool ... but he does bandy that kind of comment around a lot.

Both Derek and Warren are moving on and ABB are closing up shop soon, is what I heard.

Wtfunny wrote:

Both Derek and Warren are moving on and ABB are closing up shop soon, is what I heard.

Yes, absolutely true. They are playing through the end of the year.

Dickey got kicked out because he couldn't find the one drunk.

he's great thought

Three ABB books out this year

dwayne daughter's [good reviews]

"cross to bear" and just feburary "No one gets out alive"

one of the best wrote:

So I am a child of arena rock and roll - went to high school in 1983-1986, gorged on Journey, Foreigner and the like.

I never took AC DC seriously until yesterday when I listened to a full length live show:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwwRtXqM5IE

these guys are the real thing - true rock and roll, not stupid metal (yeah I have biases)

I always associated them with dirty deeds and other sort of novelty songs. But they are close to Rolling Stones quality live- and great, great songwriting and riffs.

Love to see the argentinians go absolutely nuts too - looks like a great place to see a show.

here is another underrated band,

This might be the first time an AC/DC discussion has devolved into a tribute to the Allman Brothers.

Back on subject, look, there is really no point debating. If you like straight-ahead, loud, non-serious rock 'n' roll with great riffs and solos and an outlandish stage show (which is pretty much what true rock 'n' roll is), there is no disputing that AC/DC are somewhere on the very pointy part of the pyramid that is composed of all the rock 'n' roll bands that ever existed ranked in ascending order. They make no apologies and I don't think they care if they're not taken seriously (and really, how seriously do you think they expect to be taken?:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=868Daj-ys40

)

We might concede to the OP that, yes, they have maybe not been taken too seriously by some of the more erudite critics of popular music, but that doesn't really mean much. Among people who are drawn to raw, raucous, rock 'n' roll, they are legends. And eventually, the critics have started to concede that AC/DC deserves respect. In that way they are a bit like the writer Stephen King - he's not trying to be the kind of writer that college kids study, or that is mentioned alongside Dostoyevsky, but after years and years of just utterly dominating his genre and pumping out consistently good product, the critics have worn down and gradually started showing him more and more respect.

Agreed .. AC/DC kick a$$. Everytime I hear Back in Black, I still turn it up. Regardless how simple it might be, regardless what costume Angus might wear, it rocks. Hard.

nice post

Angus Young represents the Scots term "wee nyaff" perfectly.

His skinny, runty knock kneed little frame and drooling mouth just makes me want to kick him.

Your guys' posts have about as much relevance to the thread title as somebody posting a description of the anatomy of a Japanese spider crab.

bad times for the band - apparently rhythm guitarist malcolm young is very sick and taking a break from the band. The band will continue making music.

CNN) -- AC/DC rhythm guitarist Malcolm Young is ill and is "taking a break," the band posted on its website Wednesday.

But the hugely popular group will continue, AC/DC said in the statement.

"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," the statement said.

"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."

Young, 61, formed the group in 1973 in Sydney, Australia, with his brother Angus. The statement did not reveal what his illness was, though rumors have swirled since an e-mail was sent to a Perth, Australia, radio station earlier this week.