Are people from ACDC still alive?
The lineup of AC/DC remained stable until April 2014, when Malcolm Young retired due to ill health. Malcolm and George Young both died in late 2017.
Which member of AC DC died recently?
Improbably, though, lead guitarist Angus Young has pulled the band back together. Johnson, Williams, and Rudd are all back in the fold, along with Angus’ nephew Stevie, AC/DC’s replacement for Malcolm, who died in 2017. Last year, the group released Power Up, its 17th trip down the Highway to Hell.
What members of AC DC have passed away?
Matters’ friend Rod Wescombe announced the death on Facebook on Thursday.
- A promotional picture of AC/DC with Paul Matters (back left) and the late Bon Scott front right and Angus Young (middle).
- Malcolm Young (far left), with the band in August 1979, died in 2017 after a battle with dementia.
When was Bon Scott born?
July 9, 1946
Bon Scott/Date of birth
Ronald Belford ‘Bon’ Scott (1946-1980), rock music lyricist and performer, was born on 9 July 1946 at Forfar, Scotland, eldest of three surviving sons of Charles Belford Scott, baker, and his wife Isabella Cunningham, née Mitchell, both Scottish-born.
What happened to Bon Scott of ACDC?
The Tragic Death Of AC/DC’s Bon Scott. On February 19th, 1980, the body of Bon Scott, lead singer of the Australian hard rock band AC/DC, was found in his car having asphyxiated on his own vomit after a night of drinking. Nothing seemed particularly off the night previous.
What happened to Steve Scott of AC/DC?
Or he would, if his career had been allowed to run its course, but Scott died just five years into AC/DC’s existence. In the mid-’70s, AC/DC was a hard-rocking band out of Australia, perhaps the hardest rocking band the world had ever seen.
Was Bon Scott broke when he died?
Scott also died virtually broke, despite AC/DC’s success — even before Back in Black would send them into the big league. “He died with just $30,000. Which was remarkable. Had Bon lived he’d be a millionaire hundreds of time over.” Fink said Australians don’t realise how influential Bon Scott is globally.
Why did AC/DC stop making power ballads?
AC/DC had no interest in power ballads or gothic mood pieces. They did straight-ahead rock songs about bad behavior, bad attitude, partying hard, playing loud, and plenty of sex and AC/DC’s persona was essentially that of AC/DC’s Bon Scott.