00:00I'm here tonight to introduce some very special people, some very special friends of mine.
00:06You know who they are, I know who they are, so let's go fucking crazy!
00:13They came with one intention, to bring straightforward, no-nonsense rock music to the masses.
00:19With grit and determination, they rose from a small rock scene in Australia
00:23to become one of the most successful acts in the world.
00:26Their 1980 record, Back in Black, is the second best-selling album of all time,
00:31and to date, they have sold more than 200 million albums worldwide.
00:35With nearly 40 years in the music business, they are arguably the greatest rock and roll band the world has ever seen.
00:41They are the one, the only, ACDC.
00:56Well, they not only had great catchy songs, but they appeared to be living the rock and roll dream, and I guess were, and probably still are.
01:05To be around them was to be around a bunch of guys who were keeping alive the ethic of working-class, loud, cacophonous rock and roll, and everything to do with it.
01:18We do what we do best, which is, you know, rock and roll.
01:23I've always thought of Malcolm Young as being the sort of heart and soul of the band.
01:27Just this little guy with that big guitar, just being the sort of meat and potatoes guy in the band.
01:33And Angus adding the sort of showbiz and all those wonderful guitar solos.
01:37And then, you know, Bon Scott, and now Brian.
01:41Out front, you know, with those screeching out those ridiculously high vocals.
01:46They're really straight down the line, easy going.
01:49Like, you know, that's what I really like about them.
01:52They haven't really changed at all.
01:54I guess we just keep true to our roots, I suppose.
01:57And we don't try to change, and as we stake a chord.
02:01What do you reckon?
02:02We felt now rock and roll, that's all we did, so.
02:04The whole thing was just perfect, you know.
02:06From the name, to the branding of the name, to the lifestyle, the image, the songs, the notoriety.
02:13They're just legends for all the right reasons.
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