вЂњItвЂ™s a tribute for him like Back in Black was a tribute to Bon Scott. вЂњThis record is pretty much a dedication to Malcolm, my brother,вЂќ Angus recently told Rolling Stone.

Instead, Johnson rejoined the lineup after undergoing treatment, and the band recorded Power Up as a way to honor Malcolm Young. ) When the band had Axl Rose step in for Johnson on a few 2016 tour dates - Johnson had been with AC/DC since 1980 - it seemed that the long-running group might finally consider hanging it up. And their drummer, Phil Rudd, pled guilty in 2015 to charges of вЂњthreatening to killвЂќ and drug possession. Frontman Brian Johnson was suffering from seemingly irreparable hearing loss. Lead guitarist Angus Young lost his brother (and bandmate) Malcolm in 2017 to dementia. After all, they were facing several obstacles. But Power Up shouldnвЂ™t have happened - in fact, it looked like AC/DCвЂ™s previous album, Rock or Bust was going to be the end for a band that got started way back in the early 1970s. For a lot of us, new AC/DC records are a thing we take for granted - they show up with some regularity, and they always contain the exact same strain of power-chord-laden, sex-crazed rock вЂnвЂ™ roll. This Friday, AC/DC release Power Up, their first album in six years.

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