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Angus Young Biography

Angus McKinnon Young (born 31 March 1955) is an Australian guitarist, best known as the co-founder, lead guitarist, songwriter and only remaining original member of the Australian hard rock band AC/DC. He is known for his energetic performances, schoolboy-uniform stage outfits and his own version of Chuck Berry's duckwalk. Young was ranked 24th in Rolling Stone magazine's 100 greatest guitarists of all-time list. With his older brother Malcolm Young's departure from the band in 2014, Angus became the only founding member still with AC/DC.

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Yes, we're still five little people with a noisy attitude.

Attitude, Littles, Noisy, People, Yes

I remember one of the first gigs I played with that amp was at a local church. They wanted someone to fill in with the guitar and my friend say, 'Ah, he can play. ' And so I dragged the amplifier down and started playing and everybody started yelling 'turn it down!'

Dragged, Guitar, Play, Played, Yelling

You should hear me on my own. It's horrendous. I saw Deep Purple live once and I paid money for it and I thought, Geez, this is ridiculous.

Geez, Horrendous, Paid, Purple, Saws, Zeppelins

I don't like to play above or below people's heads. Basically, I just like to get up in front of a crowd and rip it up.

Front, Heads, Like, People, Play, Rip

There are all sorts of cute puppy dogs, but it doesn't stop people from going out and buying Dobermans.

Cute, Dog, Dogs, People, Puppy

The best AC
DC cover I've heard? There was an all-girl cover band in America, the Hell's Belles.

America, Band, Belles, Cover, Girl

I've got the blues in my heart, and the devil in my fingers.

Blues, Devil, Heart, My Heart

I'm sick to death of people saying we've made 11 albums that sounds exactly the same, Infact, we've made 12 albums that sound exactly the same.

Death, Humor, Infact, People, Sick

Oh, we've had our share of hotels bein' smashed and all, but that was a long time ago. You get lousy room service. . . I mean, there's no use throwin' a TV set out the window for the sake of throwin' a TV set out the window. But if you get a lousy picture then you have an excuse

Excuse, Hotels, Long, Mean, Room Service, Use

I honestly believe that you have to be able to play the guitar hard if you want to be able to get the whole spectrum of tones out of it. Since I normally play so hard, when I start picking a bit softer my tone changes completely, and that's really useful sometimes for creating a more laid-back feel.

Believe, Creating, Guitar, Play, Start, Tones

With AC
DC, we've always started with rock, and we've just kept it going. The critic's view is always , 'They just made an album and it's the same as the last one. ' I'll have fifteen of them, anytime.

Albums, Fifteen, Kept, Rocks, Same, Views

Actually, because I'm so small, when I strike an open A chord I get physically thrown to the left, and when I play an open G chord I go right. That's how hard I play, and that's how a lot of my stage act has come about. I just go where the guitar takes me.

Chords, Guitar, Left, Play, Right, Strike

A lot of times you'll hear bands and it's a different sound coming out than what's on stage. Because you can clean it up through a PA and make it sound completely different than what they really sound like.

Band, Different, Make, Sound, Times

It's just rock and roll. A lot of times we get criticized for it. A lot of music papers come out with: 'When are they going to stop playing these three chords?' If you believe you shouldn't play just three chords it's pretty silly on their part. To us, the simpler a song is, the better, 'cause it's more in line with what the person on the street is.

Believe, Come, Person, Playing, Silly, Song

Every guitarist I would cross paths with would tell me that I should have a flashy guitar, whatever the latest fashion model was, and I used to say, 'Why? Mine works, doesn't it? It's a piece of wood and six strings, and it works. '

Fashion, Flashy, Guitar, Latest, Should Have, Tell

My part in AC
DC is just adding the color on top.

Adding, Color, Part, Top

I never bothered with cars. I was probably one of the few kids in school who didn't run around with hot-rod magazines. As I would be at home fiddling with my guitar, they would be fiddling with a car engine.

Engine, Fiddling, Home, Magazines, Running, School

When I'm on stage the savage in me is released. It's like going back to being a cave man. It takes me six hours to come down after a show.

Caves, Come, Hours, Men, Savages, Takes

Once you're on stage you can't go back, even when things go wrong people expect you to stay there and entertain them. When all else fails, you've got to try tap dancing.

Dancing, Fails, People, Stage, Tap, Trying

A lot of people say, 'AC
DC - that's the band with the little guy who runs around in school shorts!'

Guy, People, Running, School