AC?DC alternating current/direct current — an alternating current/direct current a rock group generated to Sydney, Australia in November, 1973 brothers Malkolmom and Angusom Youngs.

Together with such groups as Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath and Deep Purple AC?DC are often considered as pioneers of hard fate and a heavy-metal. Musicians classified the music as a rock'n'roll as in its basis the rhythm-and-blues with strongly deformed sounding rhythmic and solo guitars lies.

The collective has passed through some changes of structures before in 1975 the first album of group High Voltage has been published. The group structure remained invariable while bass guitarist Mark Evans (English Mark Evans) hasn't been replaced by Kliffom Williams (English Cliff Williams) in 1977. On February, 19th, 1980, having choked with own emetic weights as a result of the strongest alcoholic intoxication, the vocalist and the author of songs of collective the Check Scott (English Ronald Belford «Bon» Scott) has died. The group had every chance to break up, but soon replacement to Scott has been found in the person of former vocalist Geordie of Bryan Johnson (English Brian Johnson). One year later the group has published the most sold album Back In Black.

The collective has sold over 200 million copies of albums worldwide, including 68 million albums in the USA. The most successful album Back In Black has been sold in number of more 22 million in the USA and more than 42 million behind their limits. As a whole, AC?DC is the most successful and known rock group from Australia.. Hide review