CRAZY FACTS

• The term "AC/DC" is a slang for bisexuality--something that the Young brothers did not find out till later.
• Bon, Malcolm and Angus all left school when they were fourteen and nine months years old--that is the legal age in which Australian kids can leave school.
• Angus worked as a janitor and typesetter and Malcolm worked as a sewing-machine-maintenance mechanist in a brassiere factory while they played in their respective bands.
• Angus and Malcolm backed Harry Vanda and George Young in their Marcus Hook Roll Band project--it was the first work the Youngs did together.
• People that were confused over what "AC/DC" meant would book them to play at gay-themed events and the band was not going to turn gigs down.
• In 1989, when U.S. troops invaded Panama, they played "Highway To Hell" outside the Vatican Embassy--where Manuel Noriega was hidden--at top volume to draw the general out. Brian's reply: "I guess now we won't get to play for the pope."
• Eddie Kramer wanted AC/DC to cover the Spencer Davis Group hit "Gimme Some Lovin'" for HIGHWAY TO HELL as a surefire way to score a hit in America.
• Angus had, at one point, a costume to which the band refered to "Super Angus." He also used a Zorro outfit and a gorilla suit in other occassions.
• The song "She's Got Balls" was written by Bon about his estranged wife, Irene.
• One of AC/DC's first supporters in England was the magazine New Music Express--a punk rock magazine. (The band despises punk.)
• It was Malcolm who came up with the main riff for "Back In Black"--ironically, after he layed it on tape, he asked Angus whether he thought it was good or bad.
• Bands did not want AC/DC to open for them since they often blew them out of the water. Some of them included Foreigner, Van Halen and Sammy Hagar.
• Many of the conservative Christian groups believed that the lightning bolt between the AC and the DC was a Satanic S.
• During their earlier years, the band made several video singles--among them "It's A Long Way To The Top" and "Jailbreak." "It's A Long Way" featured the band playing in the flatbed of a truck with three bagpipe players while "Jailbreak" was shot in jail.
• Bon used to carry a tape player in which he would record song and lyric ideas. During the Highway to Hell tour, he lost it.
• After leaving AC/DC, Phil Rudd had put a flying business together in New Zealand and continued to play in a private studio.
• Chris Slade had played with Tom Jones and was a member of Jimmy Page's band, The Firm, before joining AC/DC.
• Angus lives in the Netherlands, Malcolm lives in England, Cliff and Brian live in Florida and Phil lives in New Zealand.
• The song "Go Down" was inspired by a groupie of the band's named Ruby Lips.
• AC/DC was one of four acts invited to the mega "Monsters Of Rock" concert in Moscow--the others were Metallica, Black Crowes and Pantera. The concert was a way of thanking the youth of Russia, who stood up and stopped the military coup that took place there.
• Malcolm had originally intented to be the only guitarist in AC/DC. In the other guitar's place, he wanted to have a piano player. He changed his mind at the last moment and took Angus.
• Bon was born and first lived in the Scottish county of Angus.
• The video for "Cover You In Oil" was shot in Cincinnati, Ohio. You can see the Cincinnati Coliseum in the distance.
• Bon's parents still refer to him as Ron.
• When Bon was arrested at age 16, he chose to serve time at a boys' home rather than face his parents, whom he felt he had dissapointed.
• Phil Rudd's full name is Phil neeRudzevecuis.
• The show the band did before leaving for England was the first time Angus ever mooned an audience.
• (Musical magazine) Sounds'readers picked AC/DC as the leader of the "new order" in 1976.
• AC/DC came close to being dropped by Atlantic's U.S. division, but retained its spot thanks to U.K. division manager Phil Carson.
• After the band arrived in London, Bon was hit with a pint mug--by someone with a grudge--as he entered a pub where he had bartended during Fraternity's days. That's why, in the band's first photo sessions, Bon is wearing shades.
• AC/DC's first strongholds in America were Jacksonville, Florida and Columbus, Ohio.
• AC/DC opened the August 18th Wembley show for The Who--at the headliners' request.
• The band prefers to use buses rather than planes when they are on tour.
• When Brian auditioned, he sung "Whole Lotta Rosie."
• Brian acted in local TV programs as a child.
• The first shows Brian did were in Holland and Belgium.
• "Put The Finger On You" was inspired by an old James Cagney film the singer was watching at early morning. In a scene, Cagney turns to Humphrey Bogart and says, "Watch it buster, or I'm going to put the finger on you."
• During the FTATR tour, the band was forced to drop "For Those About To Rock" in New Haven, Conneticut due to the fire regulations in the venue. The police actually had Ian Jeffery (road manager) and the crew handcuffed and had threatened to arrest the band.
• Many Christian conservative groups had come to the decision that AC/DC stood for either "Anti-Christ/Devil's Children" or "Anti-Christ/Devil's Crusade."
• Angus' hobby is to paint landscapes, while Brian's are to work on motorcycles and study military history.
• During Donnington '91, Brian Johnson told Motley Crue's Nikki Sixx that his tattoos looked as if someone had thrown up on his arms.
• At a show in Belfast in '91, Angus' second pair of briefs ripped at the front without him realizing it. He didn't see it until the entire band and audience had been stunned by the sight.
• The video for "Hard As A Rock" was filmed at Bray Studios in Windsor where horror movies used to be filmed--including "The Curse of Frankenstein."