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FIFA 13 | Being AC***
Palermo 2 - 2 AC Milan All Goals & Highlights HD 30.10.2012 SerieA
AC/DC - Thunderstruck (Live at River Plate)
hells bells
Automotive Air Conditioning Leak Repair
How Air Conditioning Work
acdc back in black
TNT AC/DC with lyrics
AC compressor clutch replacement
AC System Basics - EricTheCarGuy
AC/DC - Live At River Plate Trailer
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FIFA 13 | Being AC***
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Had to be said. My Twitter: twitter.com My Facebook: www.facebook.com My Website: www.ksiolajidebt.com
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Palermo 2 - 2 AC Milan All Goals & Highlights HD 30.10.2012 SerieA
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Palermo 2 - 2 AC Milan All Goals & Highlights HD 30.10.2012 SerieA
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AC/DC - Thunderstruck (Live at River Plate)
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Music video by AC/DC performing Thunderstruck. (C) 2011 Leidseplein Presse BV
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hells bells
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hells bells
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Automotive Air Conditioning Leak Repair
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Scotty Kilmer, mechanic for the last 42 years, shows how you can fix leaks in your own car's air conditioning system. Visit Scottykilmer.com for free answers to all your car quesitons.
published: 03 May 2010
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How Air Conditioning Work
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Air conditioning has fundamentally changed how people experience the world. When it's hot outside, walking into an air-conditioned house is like walking into another season. Few pieces of technology have had such a striking effect on people's daily lives. Find out how air conditioners keep us cool. Credits: , HowStuffWorks
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acdc back in black
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acdc back in black
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TNT AC/DC with lyrics
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Lyrics: (Oi, oi, oi, oi, oi, oi, oi, oi, oi, oi, oi, oi, oi, oi, oi) See me ride out of the sunset On your colour TV screen Out for all that I can get If you know what I mean Women to the left of me And women to the right Ain't got no gun Ain't got no knife Don't you start no fight 'Cause I'm TNT, I'm dynamite (TNT) and I'll win the fight (TNT) I'm a power load (TNT) watch me explode I'm dirty, mean and mighty unclean I'm a wanted man Public enemy number one Understand So lock up your daughter Lock up your wife Lock up your back door And run for your life The man is back in town So don't you mess me 'round 'Cause I'm TNT I'm dynamite (TNT) and I'll win the fight (TNT) I'm a power load (TNT) watch me explode TNT, (oi, oi, oi) TNT, (oi, oi, oi) TNT, (oi, oi, oi) TNT, (oi, oi, oi) TNT, (oi, oi, oi) , I'm dynamite (TNT, oi, oi, oi), and I'll win the fight, (TNT, oi, oi, oi), I'm a power load (TNT), watch me explode
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AC compressor clutch replacement
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General procedure to remove and reinstall a/c compressor clutches. For compressor tools and parts visit our website at www.centuryautoair.com.
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AC System Basics - EricTheCarGuy
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This is a kind of video response to a question I got from RadicalComedy about servicing her AC system. Keep in mind that this is a very basic overview of the components and operation of the AC system. In future installments I plan to get more in depth about the operation and function of these parts but for now I think 6 minutes of your time is enough. Visit RadicalComedy's channel www.youtube.com Visit me at EricTheCarGuy.com ericthecarguy.com Visit EricTheCarGuy Forum www.ericthecarguy.com Visit the Fan Page on Facebook: www.facebook.com Stay dirty and cool if you can. ETCG
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AC/DC - Live At River Plate Trailer
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Music video by AC/DC performing Live At River Plate Trailer. (C) 2011 Leidseplein Presse BV
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How To Recharge an AC System - EricTheCarGuy
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Visit me at: www.ericthecarguy.com Finding leaks video: www.youtube.com Basics of AC: www.youtube.com AC Performance Test: www.youtube.com AC pressures: www.aircondition.com AC pressures 2: www.idqusa.com As I said in the video you need to be responsible when dealing with refrigerant, also in some locations it's not legal for you to perform your own AC work so keep that in mind and observe your local laws. --- Click below and Stay Dirty Visit me at EricTheCarGuy.com ericthecarguy.com Visit EricTheCarGuy Forum www.ericthecarguy.com Visit the Fan Page on Facebook: www.facebook.com ---Stay dirty ETCG Due to factors beyond the control of EricTheCarGuy, it cannot guarantee against unauthorized modifications of this information, or improper use of this information. EricTheCarGuy assumes no liability for property damage or injury incurred as a result of any of the information contained in this video. EricTheCarGuy recommends safe practices when working with power tools, automotive lifts, lifting tools, jack stands, electrical equipment, blunt instruments, chemicals, lubricants, or any other tools or equipment seen or implied in this video. Due to factors beyond the control of EricTheCarGuy, no information contained in this video shall create any express or implied warranty or guarantee of any particular result. Any injury, damage or loss that may result from improper use of these tools, equipment, or the information contained in this video is the sole responsibility of the user ...
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AC/DC - Its A Long Way To The Top If Ya Wanna Rock And Roll
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AC/DC - Its A Long Way To The Top If Ya Wanna Rock And Roll Music Video
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AC/DC Shoot to Thrill (with Iron Man 2 footage!)
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Watch the music video for AC/DC's "Shoot To Thrill," complete with exclusive new "Iron Man 2" footage! Get the album here: amzn.to
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AC or Ac may refer to:

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Science[link]

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Admirals Club, the business class lounge of American Airlines

Computing[link]

  • AC (complexity), a hierarchy of complexity classes found in circuit complexity
  • .ac, Internet top-level domain name for Ascension Island
  • .ac (second-level domain), Internet second-level domain used to denote academic institutions in many countries
  • Authorization certificate or attribute certificate, a digital permission to use a service or resource

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  • AC, the name of the ultimate computer at the end of time in Isaac Asimov's The Last Question
  • A.C. Newman, solo stage-name for Canadian musician Carl Newman
  • A.C. Slater, character in the American sitcom Saved by the Bell
  • AC Comics, a comic book publisher established in 1969
  • Adult contemporary music, a genre description used mainly in radio broadcasting
  • After Colony, an alternate timeline in the Gundam metaseries for the universe of Gundam Wing
  • Anal Cunt, an American musical group
  • Armor Class, a combat-related parameter in the Dungeons & Dragons role playing game system

Video games[link]

  • Ace Combat, a series of combat flight simulator games
  • Armored Core, a series featuring the eponymous robotic fighter under the player's control
  • Asheron's Call, a fantasy massively multiplayer online role-playing game
  • Assassin's Creed, a series of historical sci-fi action/adventure games
  • Assault Cube, a free first-person shooter with pseudo-realistic gameplay, optimised for lower-end computers
  • Animal Crossing, a life simulation game made by Nintendo

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Bon Scott

Bon Scott (centre) pictured with guitarist Angus Young (left), performing at the Ulster Hall: August 1979.
Background information
Birth name Ronald Belford Scott
Also known as Bon Scott
Born (1946-07-09)9 July 1946
Forfar, Scotland
Died 19 February 1980(1980-02-19) (aged 33)
London, England
Genres Rock and roll, blues rock, hard rock, heavy metal
Occupations Musician, songwriter
Instruments Vocals, drums, bagpipes, recorder
Years active 1964–1980
Associated acts AC/DC, Fraternity, The Valentines, The Spektors

Ronald Belford "Bon" Scott (9 July 1946 – 19 February 1980) was a Scottish-born Australian rock musician, best known for being the lead singer and lyricist of Australian hard rock band AC/DC from 1974 until his death in 1980.[1] He was born in Forfar and brought up in Kirriemuir, Scotland, before moving to Melbourne, Australia with his family in 1952 at the age of six. The family lived in the suburb of Sunshine for 4 years before moving to Fremantle, Western Australia.

Scott formed his first band, The Spektors, in 1964 and became the band's drummer and occasional lead vocalist. He performed in several other bands including The Valentines and Fraternity before replacing Dave Evans as the lead singer of AC/DC in 1974.

In the July 2004 issue of Classic Rock, Scott was rated as number one in a list of the "100 Greatest Frontmen Of All Time" ahead of Freddie Mercury and Robert Plant.[2] Hit Parader ranked Scott as fifth on their 2006 list of the 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Vocalists of all time.[3]

AC/DC's popularity grew throughout the 1970s, initially in Australia, and then internationally. Their 1979 album Highway to Hell reached the top twenty in the United States, and the band seemed on the verge of a commercial breakthrough. However, on 19 February 1980, Scott died after a night out in London. AC/DC briefly considered disbanding, but the group quickly recruited vocalist Brian Johnson of the British glam rock band Geordie. AC/DC's subsequent album, Back in Black, was released only five months later, and was a tribute to Scott. It went on to become the third best-selling album in history.[1][4]

Contents

Biography[link]

Youth[link]

Ronald Belford Scott was born on 9 July 1946 at the Fyfe Jamieson Maternity Hospital, Forfar, Scotland to Charles Belford ("Chick") and Isabelle ("Isa") Scott, and grew up in Kirriemuir. A younger brother Derek was born in 1949.[1] The Scott family emigrated from Scotland to Australia in 1952 where they initially lived in the Melbourne suburb of Sunshine.[1] It was at Sunshine Primary School that he received his nickname; there was already a classmate with the name Ronald and as he had recently arrived from Bonnie Scotland he was dubbed "Bon" and the name stuck. A second brother, Graeme, was born in 1953. Bon was the oldest of Derek, Graeme, and Valerie. Bon did have an older brother born before him named Sandy Scott, but he died shortly after birth.

In 1956, the family moved to Fremantle, Western Australia and Bon joined the associated Fremantle Scots Pipe Band, learning the drums.[1] Scott attended John Curtin College of the Arts until he dropped out at the age of 15 and spent a short time in Fremantle Prison's assessment centre and nine months at the Riverbank Juvenile Institution relating to charges of giving a false name and address to the police, having escaped legal custody, having unlawful carnal knowledge and stealing twelve gallons of petrol.[1] He attempted to join the Australian Army but was rejected for being deemed as "socially maladjusted."[5]

Early career[link]

Scott's vocals were inspired by his idol, Little Richard.[6] After working as a postman, bartender and truck packer, Scott started his first band, The Spektors, in 1964 as drummer and occasional lead singer.[7] Two years later the Spektors merged with another local band, The Winstons, and formed The Valentines, in which Scott was co-lead singer with Vince Lovegrove. The Valentines recorded several songs written by George Young of The Easybeats including "Every Day I Have to Cry" which made the local top 5.[1] In 1970, after gaining a place on the National Top 30 with their single "Juliette", the Valentines disbanded due to artistic differences after a much-publicised drug scandal.[8]

Scott moved to Adelaide in 1970 and joined the progressive rock band Fraternity. Fraternity released the LPs Livestock and Flaming Galah before touring the UK in 1971, where they changed their name to "Fang". During this time they played support slots for Status Quo and Geordie, whose front man, Brian Johnson, became the lead singer of AC/DC after Scott's death.[1]

In 1973, just after returning to Australia from another tour of the UK, Fraternity went on hiatus. Scott took a day job at the Wallaroo fertiliser plant and began singing with the Mount Lofty Rangers, a loose collective of musicians helmed by Peter Head (né Beagley) from Headband, who explains "Headband and Fraternity were in the same management stable and we both split about the same time so the logical thing was to take members from both bands and create a new one ... the purpose of the band was for songwriters to relate to each other and experiment with songs, so it was a hotbed of creativity".[9] Other ex-Fraternity members also played with the band as did Glen Shorrock pre Little River Band. During this time, Head also helped Scott with his original compositions.

Vince Lovegrove said "Bon would go to Peter's home after a day shovelling shit, and show him musical ideas he had had during his day's work. Bon's knowledge of the guitar was limited, so Peter began teaching him how to bridge chords and construct a song. One of the songs from these sessions was a beautiful ballad called "Clarissa", about a local Adelaide girl. Another was the country-tinged Bin Up in the Hills Too Long, which for me was a sign of things to come with Bon's lyrics; simple, clever, sardonic, tongue-in-cheek ..."[10]

In return, Scott recorded vocals for Head's "Round & Round & Round" and country ballad "Carey Gully".[11] Head released these original recordings in 1996, also teaming up with producer Ted Yanni, another old friend of Scott's, to create an entirely new backing for Round & Round & Round that more accurately reflected the original intentions Head had. Long out of print, and massively bootlegged, this EP finally got an official digital release in June 2010. Unrecorded original compositions of Scott's, "Been Up In The Hills Too Long" and "Clarissa" have been recorded by Head on his Peter Head & The Mount Lofty Rangers album, also released in digital format only in 2010.

"About 11 p.m. on 3 May 1974, at the Old Lion Hotel in North Adelaide, during a rehearsal with the Mount Lofty Rangers, a very drunk, distressed and belligerent Bon Scott had a raging argument with a member of the band. Bon stormed out of the venue, threw a bottle of Jack Daniels on to the ground, then screamed off on his Suzuki 550 motorbike."[10] Scott suffered serious injuries from the ensuing motorcycle accident, spending three days in a coma and a further 18 days in hospital. Vince Lovegrove and his wife, by then running a booking/management agency, gave Scott odd jobs, such as putting up posters and painting the office during his recovery, and shortly after introduced him to AC/DC who were on the lookout for a new lead singer.[8]

"There was a young, dinky little glam band from Sydney that we both loved called AC/DC ... Before another AC/DC visit, George Young phoned me and said the band was looking for a new singer. I immediately told him that the best guy for the job was Bon. George responded by saying Bon's accident would not allow him to perform, and that maybe he was too old. Nevertheless I had a meeting with Malcolm and Angus, and suggested Bon as their new singer. They asked me to bring him out to the Pooraka Hotel that night, and to come backstage after the show. When he watched the band, Bon was impressed, and he immediately wanted to join them, but thought they may be a bit too inexperienced and too young. After the show, backstage, Bon expressed his doubts about them being "able to rock". The two Young brothers told Bon he was "too old to rock". The upshot was that they had a jam session that night in the home of Bon's former mentor, Bruce Howe, and at the end of the session, at dawn, it was obvious that AC/DC had found a new singer. And Bon had found a new band."[10]

Like Scott, Malcolm Young and his younger brother Angus Young of AC/DC were born in Scotland before emigrating to Australia in their childhood with their family.

Fraternity later reformed and replaced Scott with Jimmy Barnes.

With AC/DC[link]

Bon Scott in Grenoble, 10 December 1979.

Scott replaced Dave Evans as the lead singer of AC/DC on 24 October 1974, when it became obvious the band and Evans were heading in different directions, with Evans having personal clashes with band members and management.[12]

With the Young brothers as lead and rhythm guitarists, session drummer Tony Currenti (see AC/DC lineups) and George Young as a temporary bassist, AC/DC released High Voltage, their first LP in Australia in 1974 according to the official Australian AC/DC website. Within a few months Currenti was replaced by Phil Rudd and Mark Evans was hired as a permanent bassist,[citation needed] and AC/DC began recording their second album T.N.T., which was released in Australia in December 1975. The first AC/DC album to gain international distribution however was a compilation of tracks from the first two albums, also entitled High Voltage, which was released in May 1976. Another studio album, Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap was released in the same year, but only in Australia; the international version of the album was released in November 1976 in the UK and in March 1981 in the U.S., with a different track listing.

In the following years, AC/DC gained further success with their albums Let There Be Rock and Powerage. The 1978 release of Powerage marked the debut of bassist Cliff Williams (who had replaced Mark Evans), and with its harder riffs, followed the blueprint set by Let There Be Rock. The album was the last produced by Harry Vanda and George Young with Bon Scott on vocals and is claimed to be AC/DC's most underrated album.[13] Only one single was released for Powerage – "Rock 'n' Roll Damnation" – and gave AC/DC their highest chart position at the time, reaching #24. An appearance at the Apollo Theatre in Glasgow during the Powerage tour was recorded and released as If You Want Blood You've Got It.[14]

The band's sixth album, Highway To Hell, was produced by Robert "Mutt" Lange and was released in 1979. It became AC/DC's first LP to break the U.S. top 100, eventually reaching #17, and it propelled AC/DC into the top ranks of hard rock acts.[15][16]

Death[link]

Bon Scott's grave.
67 Overhill Road, East Dulwich, London, the site of Bon Scott's death

After Highway to Hell, Bon Scott and company began developing a new album that was to eventually become Back in Black, but Scott would not be a part of its success. On 19 February 1980, Scott, 33 at the time, passed out after a night of heavy drinking in a London club called the Music Machine (currently known as the KOKO). He was left to sleep in a Renault 5 owned by an acquaintance named Alistair Kinnear, at 67 Overhill Road in East Dulwich, South London.[17] The following afternoon, Kinnear found Scott lifeless, and alerted the authorities. Scott was rushed to King's College Hospital in Camberwell, where he was pronounced dead on arrival. Pulmonary aspiration of vomit was the cause of Scott's death,[18] and the official cause was listed as "acute alcohol poisoning" and "death by misadventure".[19][20] Scott was cremated and his ashes were interred by his family at Fremantle Cemetery in Fremantle, Western Australia.[21]

Inconsistencies in media accounts of Scott's death (incorrect spelling of Alistair Kinnear's first name, among others) have been cited in conspiracy theories, which suggest that Scott died of an alcohol poisoning, or was killed by exhaust fumes redirected into the car, or that Kinnear did not exist.[19] Additionally, Scott was asthmatic, and the temperature was below freezing on the morning of his death.[22]

Shortly after Scott's death, the remaining members of AC/DC briefly considered quitting. However, it was eventually decided that Scott would have wanted them to continue and, after the blessings of Bon's family, the band hired Brian Johnson as the new vocalist. Angus Young stated in an interview with VH1 that Scott's mother, whom all the band members personally knew, heartily approved of the band continuing, and felt that it was the only way to properly remember her son and their bandmate.[citation needed]

Five months after Scott's death, AC/DC finished the work they began with Scott and released Back in Black as a tribute to him with two tracks from the album, "Hells Bells" and "Back in Black", dedicated to his memory. It is now the third best-selling album in history, behind Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon and Michael Jackson's Thriller. The French rock band Trust wrote their hit song "Ton dernier acte" ("Your last act") in memory of Scott in 1980. German hard rock band Kingdom Come wrote and recorded a song titled "Bon Scott" for their album, Ain't Crying for the Moon, as a tribute to the former AC/DC frontman. It is a medium- to fast-paced song, that has a driving guitar riff during the verses that is very much in the style of AC/DC.

His grave site has become a cultural landmark; more than 28 years after Scott's death, the National Trust of Australia decreed his grave important enough to be included on the list of classified heritage places.[21][23] It is reportedly the most visited grave in Australia.[24] On 9 July 2006, the plaque was stolen from the site.[25]

Posthumous events[link]

Statue of Bon Scott, Fremantle, Western Australia.
Bon Scott memorial, Kirriemuir, Scotland.

AC/DC released a box set named Bonfire as a tribute to Scott on 18 November 1997. It contains four albums; a remastered version of Back in Black; a "rarities" album with alternate takes, outtakes, and stray live cuts, Volts; and two live albums, Live from the Atlantic Studios and Let There Be Rock: The Movie.

Live from the Atlantic Studios was recorded on 7 December 1977 at the Atlantic Studios in New York City.

Let There Be Rock: The Movie is a double album which was recorded on 9 December 1979 at the Pavillon de Paris in Paris, and was the soundtrack of the motion picture, AC/DC: Let There Be Rock.[26]

AC/DC was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2003.[27] Members of Scott's family joined the band at the podium to accept the honour in his place.[citation needed]

In 2003 Scott's final studio album with AC/DC, 1979's Highway to Hell ranked 199 on Rolling Stone's The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.

In 2004 the song "Highway to Hell" that Scott co-wrote with Malcolm and Angus Young ranked 254 on Rolling Stone's The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

In the July 2004 issue of UK magazine Classic Rock, Scott was rated as number one in a list of the "100 Greatest Frontmen," ahead of Freddie Mercury and Robert Plant.[2]

On 6 May 2006, the town of Kirriemuir in Scotland held a service and unveiled a Caithness stone slab commemorating the singer.[28] A message was read from long time friend and fellow member of The Valentines, Vince Lovegrove in which he said:

The thing I loved most about Bon Scott, was his almost unique self honesty. What you saw was what you got, he was a real person and as honest as the day is long.
To my mind he was the street poet of my generations and of the generations that followed.[29]

More recently a new street in Kirriemuir has been named after Scott.

A bronze statue of Scott was unveiled at Fremantle Fishing Boat Harbour in Western Australia on 24 February 2008.[30] The statue portrays Scott atop a Marshall amplifier.

A Screen Australia-backed film depicting Scott's life from 1974 until his death in 1980 was announced on 28 July 2011. The film will be directed by Eddie Martin and will be produced by Lizzie Atkins.[31]


Notes[link]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "Bon Scott Story". Crabsody in Blue. http://www.crabsodyinblue.com/bonscottstory.htm. Retrieved 7 August 2008. 
  2. ^ a b "The 100 Greatest Frontmen". Classic Rock (July 2004).
  3. ^ Heavy Metal's All-Time Top 100 Vocalists Retrieved 12 May 2011
  4. ^ "Record Breakers and Trivia : Albums". Everyhit.com. http://www.everyhit.co.uk/recordalb.html. Retrieved 11 November 2008. 
  5. ^ (Walker 1994, p. 39)
  6. ^ AC/DC Guitarist Angus Young Remembers Bon Scott – "When I Think Back In Hindsight, He Was A Guy That I Always Knew Was Full Of Life"
  7. ^ (Walker 1994, p. 32)
  8. ^ a b Ankeny, Jason. "Bon Scott Biography". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p36405/biography. Retrieved 7 August 2008. 
  9. ^ Smith, Michael 'A Little Bit Of Head Music' Drum Media, 28 Jan 1997
  10. ^ a b c AC/DC's Vince Lovegrove recalls how he took on Bon Scott The Advertiser, 21 November 2008, at AdelaideNow
  11. ^ Coupe, Stuart, Bon Comes Round Again. In Press Magazine, 16 October 1996
  12. ^ (Stenning 2005, p. 34)
  13. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "AC/DC – Powerage". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r81. Retrieved 7 August 2008. 
  14. ^ Christopher, Michael (30 June 2003). "Epic Records AC/DC Re-issues: Second Wave". PopMatters. http://www.popmatters.com/music/reviews/a/acdc-reissues2.shtml. Retrieved 7 August 2008. 
  15. ^ "Timeline". AC/DC official website. http://www.acdcrocks.com/us/music/releases/albums/highway_to_hell/. Retrieved 7 May 2010. 
  16. ^ Engleheart, Murray (18 November 1997). AC/DC – Bonfire. 
  17. ^ Weather report.
  18. ^ "Scott [had] choked on his own vomit [in his sleep]." Back in Black 1980,2003 CD booklet.
  19. ^ a b Jinman, Richard (19 February 2005). "25 years on, AC/DC fans recall how wild rocker met his end". The Guardian. UK. http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2005/feb/19/arts.artsnews. Retrieved 7 August 2008. 
  20. ^ Scott's death certificate.
  21. ^ a b "Bon's Highway leads to the National Trust". Metropolitan Cemeteries Board. 15 February 2006. http://www.mcb.wa.gov.au/MCBNews/mediaRel.html. Retrieved 7 August 2008. 
  22. ^ Stevenson, Jane (22 November 1997). "AC/DC lights a Bonfire in tribute". Canoe JAM! music. http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/A/Acdc/1997/11/22/742716.html. Retrieved 7 August 2007. 
  23. ^ Laurie, Tiffany (15 February 2006). "Grave News is Great News for Scott fans". The West Australian. 
  24. ^ "AC/DC agnostic celebrates the ultimate live wire". Sydney Morning Herald. 14 May 2008. http://www.smh.com.au/news/arts/acdc-agnostic-celebrates-the-ultimate-live-wire/2008/05/13/1210444428317.html. Retrieved 14 May 2008. 
  25. ^ "Bon's grave robbed". News Limited. 10 July 2006. http://entertainment.news.com.au/story/0,10221,19752285-10431,00.html. Retrieved 7 October 2006. [dead link]
  26. ^ "Boxsets". AC/DC discography. http://www.acdc-discography.com/CDBoxSets.html. Retrieved 7 August 2008. 
  27. ^ "AC/DC". Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. http://www.rockhall.com/inductee/ac-dc. Retrieved 7 August 2008. 
  28. ^ "Town's tribute to AC/DC front man". BBC News. 7 May 2006. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/tayside_and_central/4976606.stm. Retrieved 7 August 2008. 
  29. ^ "Kirriemuir salutes rock star legend". The Courier. 8 May 2006. http://www.thecourier.co.uk/output/2006/05/08/newsstory8312327t0.asp. Retrieved 7 August 2008. 
  30. ^ "Bon Scott statue to be unveiled in Perth". news.com.au. 22 February 2008. http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=87008. Retrieved 22 February 2011. 
  31. ^ "AC/DC Bon Scott Film To Be Funded By Australian Government". RTT News. 29 July 2011. http://www.rttnews.com/Content/EntertainmentNews.aspx?Section=2&Id=1677096&SM=1. Retrieved 29 July 2011. 

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