Talk:AC/DC

The name AC/DC had nothing to do with the bisexual connotations that people have given it. The band started at the catholic highschool, Ashfield Boys High School, and the name "Anti-Christ/Devil Child" was solely to piss off the fathers who taught the school. Catholic teenage rebellion at its finest. Nothing to do with Satanism or any other cult crap. This information comes straight from the original Ashfield Boys School AC/DC drummer, (who, incidentally, told Angus that T.N.T. would never be a hit after they first played it at a highschool dance), Gary Baldwin.

--Gary's next door neighbor

Is it just me, or does anyone else think they must have been aware of the bisexual meaning of ACDC ? Why the school boy uniform ? Why the verse in dirty deeds done dirt cheap ?

"You got problems in your life of love
You got a broken heart
(She's) He's double dealin' with your best friend
That's when the teardrops start - fella
Pick up the phone
I'm here alone
Or make a social call
Come right in
Forget about him
We'll have ourselves a ball"

?theresa knott 11:59, 23 Feb 2004 (UTC)

He's supposed to be talking about a woman in that verse, "he's double dealin' with your best friend". I believe when AC/DC started, Angus was still in school. He had shows right after school and didn't have time to change his clothes, so he just played in them. He liked how it looked and stuck with it. --65.33.71.42 23:01, 2 Jan 2005 (UTC)

The lyrics cited above are--at best--unsubstantiated, and are, IMHO, inaccurate. The lyric sleeve that shipped with the LP copy I own (Atlantic catalog:K50323) doesn't include the term "fella"--the line is printed as "That's when the teardrops start -". I've listened to this song over the past two decades and I have always heard the same utterance after the word 'start', that is "wella" (i.e. well ah). This is simply a pick-up to the next line and nothing else.

Actually, if you were going to make your argument using the lyrics to "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" you could have picked the stanza that begins "If ya got a lady but you want her gone..." and ends "For a fee I'll be happy to be, Your back door man". This lyric can be taken many different ways.

Regardless of these arguments I think it's ridiculous to argue--the band has commented on the origin of the name several times, and at no time has any of them mentioned bisexuality.

Tlshd 08:20, 18 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Re: the Clear Channel thing. As stated, this bit is inaccurate. An accurate statement would have little import. See User talk:Mulad for details. Jgm 16:50, 15 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]

I've read what you say on that page. I was following the story at the time for http://rocknerd.org/ - the Snopes page came out saying "FALSE" while the story was actually still unfolding, and their "false" was at the time based solely on a CC press release after the flap, which greatly discredited Snopes' opinion on the matter in my eyes. It's also prominent in the Clear Channel Communications article. As such, I'll be putting back an edited version - David Gerard 17:21, May 15, 2004 (UTC)

Hi, I appreciate that you were documenting it at the time, that counts for a lot. I think the problem with the way it's worded is that it claims CC main office management devised and "sent out" the list which according to all accounts I've read is inaccurate -- a couple of station managers sent out an e-mail which was passed around and modified (unless you are claiming from your research at the time that you know differently; this seems to be the version accepted by all sides). This is much less noteworthy in my opinion, and would require so many weasel words as to become quite weak. Jgm 18:07, 15 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]

First, I heard the bisexual meaning of AC/DC was unintentional.

Why is there no comprehensive list of members on this page. The only reason I came here was to find out the drummer's name. wtf?

Although I know they spent their adult lives in Australia (well, most of it on tour round the world...), I have added the Young brothers and Bon Scott to the List of Scots. I don't think enough Scots are aware of the connection.

Category Deletion

The AC/DC category is up for deletion. The category is unnecessary -- all the elements in the category are in the article. -- TheBlunderbuss 21:56, 23 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Vacuum or Sewing Machine?

according to this article, the AC/DC was written on a sewing machine, while according to List of band name etymologies, it was on a vacuum cleaner. Who knows? Please fix! — MFH: Talk 9 July 2005 03:45 (UTC)

It was on VH1's Biography of AC/DC. It was their sisters sewing machine that had ac/dc on it. In fact according to what Angus and Mal said on this program his first school boy stage suite was made by his sister on this very same sewing machine. The rumor has always been around that the band are satanists. Mal put that rumor to rest clearly. He said, "Me mom would kill me for that!" So I don't think the good ole' boys from down under worship satan. It was very informative and enjoyable. So I hope this may clear up the question.

User: bumpusmills1

Deletion?

The AC/DC section is up for deletion? What happened with that? I sertenly don`t see why we shold delete it... Or?

Album Inconsistency?

I've noticed that a few of the special 2003 digipak remastered albums are listed, but not all of them. I believe all of AC/DC's international studio albums (Simply meaning not the Australian High Voltage and TNT) are now out on digipak, with the exception of Stiff Upper Lip. This leads me to wonder whether it's typical to list remastered releases by bands at all. If this article were to note all the digipaks and then even previous remasters, it would produce a lot of clutter. I suggest that either the digipaks be removed from the studio album list, or all other remasters be added. While I prefer the former, if it turns out that the latter is more appropriate: please do not forget the fresh October 18 2005 issuing of the Ballbreaker digipak. Thanks to whoever gives this attention. - G R Early --64.217.224.239 16:15, 21 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Name

An anon recently added "The first name suggested for the band was "The Razor's Edge" by Cliff Williams, but the rest of the band turned down the name.", which I can't verify but have left in for now. Somebody with more interest in AC/DC please check this. Thanks. Rd232 ^talk 09:54, 16 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

City

In which Scottish city where they born; it just says that they were born in Scotland - but without a city. I would find it very hard to belive that they would all just come from Edinburgh, or Glasgow. --Kilo-Lima 11:36, 19 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Have added Glasgow for Malcolm and Angus and Kirriemuir for Bon. - Gordon Murray 4/12/05

They're not bisexual

They had no idea it was another way of saying bisexual. Hell, I'd never even heard of that until about last year. It's an electricity thing, stands for "Alternate Current/Direct Current". They got it from the back of a vacuum cleaner or a sewing machine, I've heard both stories. As for the schoolboy outfit, Angus and Malcom's sister suggested he wear it on stage, saying "it would give the audience something to look at". Although her suggestion probably did come from the fact that, as a kid, Angus would come home from school and start playing guitar right away without changing out of his school uniform. Also, Angus was 18 when the band was forming in 1973, so he would've been out of school by that time.

Also, Cliff Williams wouldn't have been able to suggest a name for the band in their early years, since he wasn't even in the band until late 1977. And they're not all from Scotland. Angus and Malcolm are from Glasgow (moved to Sydney when Ang was 5, and Mal was 7). Bon Scott was from Scotland, too, but I can't remember what city. Phil Rudd's from Queensland, Australia, I think. Cliff Williams is from England, as is Brian Johnson. And thier ex-bassist Mark Evans is from Australia, too.

One last thing, that first guy was right, they have nothing to do with occult stuff. Angus played in a church as a kid, actually. -- TMFSG, December 2, 2005.

Wait, one more thing. I dont' know if you want to add this, but while it was around, the Soviet Union compiled a list of 12 bands they considered "idealogically harmful", and AC/DC was on it. I think they were #9.

Ballbreaker and Digipaks

I posted here earlier as GR Early about Ballbreaker and the other digipak re-releases of albums. Firstly, I've corrected the date of the Ballbreaker digipak release from November to October 2005. However, I still think the listing of studio albums is sloppy as long as some digipaks are listed but not others. We should really decide whether to show all of them or show none. I would rather not make this edit myself without discussing it.

Also, regarding Cliff Williams suggesting a name for the band, please note that he was not a member of the band until years after it was formed. I have to wonder where you heard this. Decatur 05:48, 6 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Name section

are you completely sure they said "we write songs to make a point and give the listener a picture."? because that seems way out of their style. Malcolm has said before, "[when asked about AC/DC's lyrics] If people wanna hear deep lyrics, they can listen to R.E.M. or whatever. But at the end of the night, they wanna go home and get fucked. And that's where we come in"