The album title does the cover justice…Ĭover Location: A Motel on Sunset Strip, Los Angelus, USA The individuals on this cover are all unknowns with their eyes blacked out so not to be recognised in their sleazy world. Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap has been certified 6x platinum both in Australia and in the US, selling at least six million copies, becoming the third-highest selling album by AC/DC in the US. One of these songs, “Love at First Feel,” would surface on the international Dirty Deeds release. to record several songs with the band at Vineland Studios for a scheduled EP, which was eventually scrapped. According to the book AC/DC: Maximum Rock & Roll, Vanda and Young traveled to the U.K. where “It’s a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock ‘n’ Roll)” was released as a single. In April, the band went on their first tour of the U.K. AC/DC began recording what would become Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap in December 1975 at Albert Studios with Harry Vanda and George Young (older brother of guitarists Malcolm and Angus) producing. All songs were written by Angus Young, Malcolm Young and Bon Scott. It was the band’s third LP released in Australia and in Europe in 1976 but was not released in the US until 1981, more than one year after Bon Scott’s death. The album launched them to new heights of success and became their all-time best-seller. Later that year, the band released the new album, Back in Black, which was made as a tribute to Bon Scott. Ex-Geordie singer Brian Johnson was auditioned and selected to replace Scott. The group considered disbanding, but buoyed by support from Scott’s parents, decided to continue and set about finding a new vocalist. Within months of recording the album Highway to Hell, lead singer and co-songwriter Bon Scott died on 19 February 1980 after a night of heavy alcohol consumption. Membership subsequently stabilised until bassist Mark Evans was replaced by Cliff Williams in 1977 for the album Powerage. AC/DC underwent several line-up changes before releasing their first album, High Voltage, in 1975. A hard rock/blues rock band, they have also been considered a heavy metal band, although they have always dubbed their music simply “rock and roll”. Join Robin LaRose on Monday, September 20th 6 p.m.AC/DC are an Australian hard rock band, formed in Sydney in 1973 by brothers Malcolm and Angus Young. Within the straight up ROCK is a wittiness and satire, and all songs on the album are original, with the music written by Angus & Malcolm Young and the lyrics penned by singer Bon Scott. While it’s the AC/DC we’ve all grown to know (and love) in between the dirty and raunchy themes we truly can appreciate the diversity within the music as well. So much so that the album wasn’t even released in the United States until 1981.ĭespite the nature of the album, the title was derived from a character on the cartoon Beany and Cecil – Dishonest John – who carried a business card that read, “Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap. Their third album with Bon Scott on vocals (prior to his death in 1980) it was controversial and sexual in nature. Storming the gate in 1976, AC/DC’s ‘Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap’ is exactly that – dirty and dangerous.
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