AC⚡️DC: Back In Black | Recording One of The Greatest Rock 'N' Roll Albums Of All Time! 

The last time I saw my mother alive, was at my 7th birthday in 1984. She gave me Back in Black on a cassette tape an told me it was herr favorite band. Needless to say, I friggin love this record!

My first ever bought album was "Powerage" 1978... This is probably one of the most energizing bands the human history has ever known...

There is NO other band like AC/DC in the Rock 'N Roll world and NEVER will there be another one again. They were simply exceptional, very underrated very often and simply amazingly talented, brilliant and innovative.

The first concert I ever went to was Kiss on their “Rock and Roll Over” tour. They had this unknown little band called AC/DC as their opening act! They were MUCH BETTER than Kiss, even without all the special effects and theatrics! They blew me away!!! I’ll never forget forget Angus carrying Bon on his back, going through the audience! Correction: it was Bon carrying Angus on his back!

AC/DC had very humble beginnings in the Sydney scene. No T-shirts, no brand recognition, they just blew people off the stage and rocked harder than everyone else.

AC/DC... the greatest little pub rock band in the world. You can imagine them playing to 10 people in a back street pub, or a million people at a festival... and you would still get the same performance from them. They're simply the best.

Bon was such a fox. So much charisma you felt it through the screen. My favorite band of all time. Both Bon and Brian eras

Richard Ramirez was called Night Prowler, but this was a full 5 years after the song of the same name was recorded. Unless they have some psychic ability the two are unrelated. Ramirez did wear an AC DC hat during some of his crimes, but wasn't wearing it when he was arrested.

I got sad seeing Bon Scott. He was such a great dude and honest rocker! Lost him way to early. He was just reaching his peak when we lost him!

Powerage and Back In Black have always been my favorite AC/DC albums.

As an American teen the riff on "Back in Black" just grabbed me. I knew little about the band & phenomenal frontman/singer Bon Scott (RIH). Brian Johnson is a great frontman

My favourite album is - Let there be Rock. Favourite songs - Shoot to thrill, up to my neck in you, Squealer (Favourite Angus solo), and Ride On - just to name a few 😉

Highway to Hell put them on the map because of the iconic title track but I believe as a whole that the Powerage album is a far superior album and is sadly to this day one of the most underrated albums ever created. I think it is the so to speak Back in Black of the Bon Scott era. It's loaded with gems and sprinkled with semi precious (but still desirable) stones. I've always liked the sound of Brian's voice better (Scott was superior in writing lyrics) but Scott's voice was the perfect fit for the Powerage album and nobody can match him on it. I do believe Scotts fingerprints are on the BIB album but whether it's true or not Johnson was the unparalleled fit to sing that album. Sadly, it's so close to the time that the world will speak of AC/DC in past tense. I really stress the sadly part because I've never idolized any celebrity including any that make up AC/DC but when Malcom died along with myself being 40 and enjoying their music for the past 35 of those years, I would be lying if I said that I didn't feel like a part of my life/me has died as well. Don't let anyone bullshit you. Getting old sucks.

I'm a good judge of the energy & music that rock bands have created & performed in history, intently listening to their sound and amplified vocals & instruments, wether recorded in a studio or live on stage..the bottom line is, in the world of rock bands comparing to each other, since the late 50s.. there is no other band that could find or produce the raunchy, mean, energetic rock sound that ACDC had with 5 band members, lighting the world on fire with their paramount blast of explosive energy. The powerful rythyms & lead guitar sounds of the Young brothers, their thumping base, the scratchy tenor voices of both Bon & Brian in their tenures, and the beat of their drums in tempo & their hellish raunchy lyrics. The Best! There is no other band!

I like how Brian puts everything he has into each song. He seems on the point of collapse dozens of times. Each song.

I was born in 79 and the first album on vinyl my dad gave me was ACDC . Will always love this band.

WELL DONE! Thank you so very much for the Knowledge.

What a great documentary. I played Highway to Hell and Back in Black front to back every day on the drums to get my timing and creativity. I still have my Back in Black album albeit scratches on the black cover. IYKYK hahaha! One of the albums I still listen to front to back.

My daughter has been singing AC/DC songs since she was 4 and is so sad she never got to see them. Also, Angus plays that guitar effortlessly!

Very good documentary,hello from Lima Peu

The fact they came in and made that album just months after losing Bon is crazy but the best medicine for there pain and Brian fit the singer role perfectly and was a solid song writer obviously !!! They've been my favorite band from pre-teen till this day I can't wait to see or hear what's next ..

Did that guy really say that Maiden paved the way for Priest ? That's not the way I remember it. We were all spinning Judas Priest records before Iron Maiden had their first album out.

AC/DC Is My All-Time Favorite Band... Highway To Hell Will Always Be My Favorite Album From Them...

great doc! but at 1:03 you have the engineer giving lyrics to Shook Me while discussing Back In Black

Was blessed to see Bon and the boys for my first show in 79. Never did see Angus face as he never stopped rocking all night long. Seeing Bon sing The Jack live is a powerful experience for a 16 yr old. And they were warming us up for UFO. They are true me masters of swinging pocket rock snd roll with tone and teenage angst.

Great doco, thank you

I like them probably more than the next person Angus was the reason i picked up guitar but Zep was the biggest best most versatile rock band to date.

Back in Black was the first cassette tape I ever bought in my life. I have owned a number of Back in Black cassettes along with the LP and then the CD.

Iron man 2 brought it out into the forefront of rock Shoot To Thrill is one of the greatest rock songs ever

I had always thought the song Back In Black was literally about coming home from Bon's funeral dressed in a black suit...and then moving forward as a band.

I still have a Rock and roll Ain't Noise Pollution pin. I have had it since the early 80s. It was stuck in the dash of my Jeep for over 15 years!

The narrator is completely wrong about "Night Prowler". That song was not written about the serial killer, who was apparently an AC/DC fan but his crimes were committed 5 years AFTER Highway To Hell was released. So unless he was the world's first time travelling murderer it would have been impossible for the band to have based that song on his activities. Also, Malcolm Dome has an odd way of interpreting "Shake A Leg". The most common meaning of the phrase in England during that period (especially amongst working class people like Brian) was to "get down and have a good time" or "let loose and have a party". Alternately it was used to mean "hurry up", as in "Shake a leg, we're going to be late". And just by looking at the song's lyrics, Dome's theory about shaking a certain other part of the body makes no sense within the context of the song.

Great video! Best Band EVER!

Excellent enjoyed watching

WOW, i love these backstories--at age 69 in a few months i loved them and saw thein concert!!!!

These Pommies have no idea. Yes it is shaking your leg at the end of a piss, but.... "Shake a leg" in Australia means "Hurry up" In other words "finish what you're doing and let's go" "C'mon, shake a leg"

Rock would be way different with Bon still around.

As an Aussie, growing up to Bon Scott, and the boys, I can answer your question in two words... "HELL YEAH!"

Born in 1960 I grew up with the best rock bands of all time, ac/dc was one of the top bands, back in black is a crunching classic driving song, the words "back in" is to me, a Phoenix rising type feeling, same with Aerosmiths back in the saddle, it's that thought of rising, coming back after being knocked down, right, I'm back in.

Man oh man I would love to hear those songs from Back In Black with Bon’s vocal on them!! Bonus tracks from heaven👍😎

They are the epitome of less is more. 3 chords, the truth and a cloud of dust. Rock and roll royalty

You’ve done very well to make a documentary out of this. The only person connected to the band is their studio engineer for the album. Malcolm Dome was a respected journalist, who at least knew Bon socially. But using an AC/DC tribute band as your main commentators? Genius. They should know what the band had to do, because they play the songs. But they didn’t write them!

Shoot the Thrill is my favourite song, specially the part when the tom-toms middle eighth kicks in, guitar layers, is way to cool, crank that part up you'll see what I mean. It Kills.

I could watch Acca Dacca forever. Such an entertaining band. My heart is with Bon because that is when I became a diehard fan. He was a bloody hero to me in all of his okka rawness. BUT I'm sick of people putting Brian down. You can't change history. If you could, my God I would have taken Bon home that night, been in the pool with Brian Jones, called the police on the arsehole who does not deserve a name, for having a gun and kicked John's murderer in the teensy balls before he could cowardly pull out his gun at the entrance of the Dakota, ... If only I could time travel. Anyway, unfair to compare Bon and Brian. You can't compare. Let's just be grateful we had them both. Can we please?

What song is the riff from at the beginning of this video?

Seen Metallica and WASP in St.Loius at Reflections in I'm thinking 83 or 84 I was 14 changed my whole drumming style then I found Slayer and love all the bands in this biography horns up

I personally have been a huge fan of ACDC from the very beginning all the way down line to today

😅 the picture on the RU-vid ad for this video has Bon Scott on it, not Brian.

That's the tour I saw them on in Dallas Texas Reunion Arena.

Brian gave the best tribute to Bonnie ever. If not for bon that wouldn't be as effective Great stuff an mutt knew bons legend will never die

Love 'em, Smokin' RnR as well as excellent musicianship. As great a live show as there is! That said, so's The Who in their prime! As well as Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Jethro Tull, and Lynyrd Skynyrd! Kick ass RnR as well as top flight musicianship. What I'm saying is it's Apples2Oranges at that level whoever's sound is your preference. I saw and loved em all, but I think The Who's "my" all time favorite, but 1 of the buddy's that attended the show's with me could have a a different opinion, and he wouldn't be wrong either. Hope that makes sense.

Led Zeppelin lost their drummer and had nothing else to give the loyal fans, and just quit. AC/DC looses its lead singer, and gives its loyal fans Back n Black. When faced with adversity a true rock band rises to the occasion. AC/ DC is GOAT!!

AC/DC know who they were in the beginning and have stuck to their roots since then. Their music is the soundtrack of my life - the ultimate rock band anywhere in the multiverse.

Back in Black was with Brian, but he is missing in the thumbnail, I love Bon, but it seems disrespectful to Brian

It's the original ACDC Freo boys only we know that is the magic that was Life in WA Fremantle to this day. When Bon lived it and the Young Boys my Aunty's in the 70s youst to hang out with the boys before they were even heard of and went to other parts of OZ Fremantle WA Perth were Bon final resting place is that were it started Noongars know.Moodich much respect we are proud to know this fact.peace out ACDC fan's but it's the truth as far as my elders told me they was always loud and they wasn't happy about it at the time earlier 70s Who would I've known that they would become the biggest Rocking Roll band of all time in my opinion.👌 True yarn.

Hey regards from Colombia

I really like Brian’s big signature voice.

Shoot to Thrill is the first song I blew a set of speakers playing it.

Dirty deeds done dirt cheap. , one of my all time faves

I have the original Album Back n Black still in the plastic cover

"ask NOT for whom the bell tolls....For it tolls for thee !"

When I was a kid I had no idea there were 2 different singers.

Incredible

1:36:39 " The song(Night prowler) was alledgedly written about the serial killer Richard Ramirez. Known as the night prowler. Whom, when was finally caught, was wearing an AC/DC-T-shirt. Bon allways maintained otherwise." BOLLOCKS!!! It was the other way around. Night prowler was recorded in 1979. Bon died in 1980. "The night STALKER", Richard Ramirez started his killing spree in about 1984, and was caught in August 1985. He was wearing an AC/DC T-shirt though, and there were speculations in papers on wether Ramirez was inspired by the song.

When bon Scott passed away, I thought they were done. I bought back in black to see if I was right. I can still say I'm more of a fan of the bonn era, but man B.I.B was all killer, no filler and one of the best albums ever, bar none.

I love Bon. He was the one I first heard in 1977. But Hells Bells might be their best song.

Highway to hell is the best…hands down,!!! Still waiting to be de-thrown

Can you imagine if Stevie Wright or Barnsy were to front them?? Wow!

Definitely one of the greatest bands of all times...

If you will say it I will bon Scott wrote the lyrics to back in Black there is out there for all to see thank you

There's a big lie towards the end regarding the Night Stalker Richard Ramirez. Those killings happened a few years later in the early '80s, Bon was already gone, he never wrote "Night Prowler" in 1979 about Ramirez or denied it. It's the other way around. Ramirez was inspired by the "Night Prowler" song and left an AC/DC cap at the crime scene. The band (with Brian, not Bon) denied any Satanic message or connection.

The best music often comes at the start, that is where the energy comes from and that is what you are hearing in this album. Strangely their best. I heard Angus thinks so. For me, Back in Black and Dirty Deeds (Australian version), iconic examples of both singers.

Living easy...living free... season ticket on a one way ride... asking nothing...leave me be... taking everything at my stride...

I would say that "Given the Dog a Bone" and probably Money, Honey were NOT Bon Scott lyrics. I do know that the "What Do You Do For Money, Honey" was a George Young title. Bon was far more clever with his lyrics than Brian. Can I see Bon writing "You Shook Me," and "Have a Drink on Me?" Yes. Some of "Rock n Roll Ain't Noise Pollution," including the title? Yes. Some of the other lyrics just doesnt sound like Bon's stuff to me. Plus Brian is very confused about what song he first wrote lyrics and recorded first. In a 2003 documentary, he said it was "Hell's Bells," and yet in other interviews, including a couple on Howard Stern, he says it was "You Shook Me." There has been a lot of conflicting accounts from Brian, Angus, and Malcolm over the years. "Shoot to Thrill" is a confusing mish mash of lyrics to me. It is REALLY about "too many women, too many pills?" as Brian claims, is it another song about sex, like the rest of the lyrics suggest, or is it about a western, like Angus says about that breakdown after the solo? I'd say more of a double entendre about sex AND a "gunfight" with the girl "pull(ing) the trigger" (wink). Of all of these guys speaking here, I believe Malcolm Dome above anyone else, especially since HE ACTUALLY SAW some of the lyrics Bon was working on for what became "BiB."

Ac /dc will always be forever

AC/DC? I like 'em both. I had Powerage on green vinyl and put it on ebay. It went gold. I was raised by Mothers though

Even though both eras of AC/DC sound pretty much the same, they are pretty different at the same time. The first few albums are a bit different but all have that signature sound the band started with, and for that I admire them a lot!

I wonder if they ever played the whole BNB album in 1 concert ?

Oh the Truth is There's so much to this Album that's being missed !! It's so much bigger , Truth needs to prevail over the misinformation !!

Hells Bells gave AC/DC kudos with the metal community along with their frenetic live shows and often got them misrepresented as a heavy metal band.

My two fav songs off back in black are given the dog a bone and have a drink on me and in my opinion,these two songs could easily have been written by Bon...they are totally Bons style I believe...I often wonder how many of the songs off back in black that Bon actually did have a hand in writing..but it doesnt matter really,I think Bon would be smiling to know how far the boys along with Brian took the band...and I believe Bon would have said they couldnt have picked a better guy to take his place as Brian is a great guy as was Bon...

How it's even a question of Bon's involvement in BIB is baffling. The drop-off in quality after BIB is staggering. They never came close to reaching the heights they did with Bon. You get one album recorded within a couple of months of his death then nothing. Sure the odd song here and there but the band was effectively over as a compelling and top of the line songwriting trio.

There wasn't an AC/DC studio album with 10 tracks until Highway To Hell. Not sure why he said "there were always 10 songs on an AC/DC album."

This is pretty cool. But there is so much overthinking in the story of this record from the talking heads of this..especially the explanation of the lyrics, which is totally ridiculous. Here is what I remember: we were bummed when Bon Scott died, and was amazed at Brian Johnson and the Back In Black album when it came out. It ruled. It was all anyone talked about. A few months later, they became huge. That is what I remember as a old dude looking back. It’s still an amazing album to this very day. Hasn’t dated at all.

I had a Collie Dog, when she heard this song it was on...

I read somewhere that Marc Storace was actually offered the gig, but turned it down for fear of always being compared to Bonn. I don’t know how true this is..but if so, it seems like a bad call. Although Krokus was great, AC/DC are generational.

The Bon era was better but Brians amazing too

Can't play lead with heavy gauge strings....ever heard of SRV?🤘🎸

Too many Women & Too may pills is actually a Bon Scott line after I told Bon keep it in the Hospital... Hence it was actually UCLA PICU where we wrote 30 + Songs before my Surgery , also where You Shook Me all Night Long title came from a nurse shaking me awake from a surgery... R/Steve Ghostwriter of ACDC GHOST FOR GOOD REASION !!

Angus said they wrote the entire "Highway to Hell" album over the course of a weekend.

Bon Scott has Highway to Hell and Brian Johnson has Hell's Bells their both equally famous and great songs and no one can argue that one in my view .

I really like this series, but I really think this is over the top way of selling Brian Johnson as the writer of Back in Black which did the opposite for this huge AC/DC fan. There has always been doubt for me whether Johnson really did write the lyrics and now this oversell puts even more doubt into by breaking down all the sexual innuendos which was Bon to a tee and not Brian prior nor after this. If Brian did contribute to this album, it was with Bon's notebook with versus just needing tidying up.

Back in Black was actually Titled & Written by a 14 year old, after a swing accident in a creek, Back in Black I hit the sack..... Virtually all songs where Written by him & Bon. Straight Truth. I know because I'm that kid. R/Steve Ghostwriter of ACDC Ghost for good reason.

Has anyone ever identified this random fan in Cleveland that recommended Brian as a replacement singer.

Pre ac/dc Johnson sounds like Fogerty.

There is allot more Bon Scott in Back in Black than ACDC admits Too !! Seriously, I'll have to cover it in The Book, I'm writing.... get ready 4 it..

Why is "Given" (the Dog a Bone) mispelled on the album as "Given" and not as "Givin" as it should be if it is a shortened way of writing "Giving", which is the correct word. Is it a way of telling grammar Nazis to "GO TO HELL!!"?? Why not take that thought a few steps further and misspell multiple words just to ensure that point is more obvious? I don't have the album handy at all or I'd look and see if there ARE more misspelled words because I have everything on hard drives and I don't want to dig out my original album to check and see if there ARE other misspellings. I just saw it in this video. I ain't no grammar Nazi, I'm just curious.

Ramirez was inspired by Night Prowler, not the other way around. Ramirez didn't start murdering until the 80s.

Back in Black with Bon in the Thumbnail...

Best AC/DC songs Hells Bells Cold Hearted Man She's Got Balls Down Payment Blues Touch Too Much Soulstripper Ain't Got a Hold On Me COD Jailbreak Whole Lotta Rosie Sin City Who Made Who Live Wire