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‘Bon Scott: The Legend of AC/DC’ In Pre-Production

Posted by aliblackdiamond on January 19, 2013
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Rock and roll “history” was made on January 14 as filmmaker J.R. Getches shot the first- ever dramatic portrayal footage of late AC/DC frontman Bon Scott, starring U.S. actor/singer Rob Liotti, in Charleston, South Carolina. This initial scene will serve as a teaser film and prelude to the upcoming trailer now greenlit and in pre-production. “Bon Scott – The Legend of AC/DC” was originally reported upon in August of 2012 and garnered viral worldwide attention.

Russell Cotter of High Voltage Productions Pty. and an Australian said: “The Bon Scott movie has got legs! Rob has worked tirelessly to get the movie off the ground and it has traction.

“More than 30 years after the death of AC/DC‘s legendary frontman, Rob has promoted the legacy of Bon Scott, the man, and has been able to pull together the story, the people, and the logistics of what will soon become a landmark movie. Fans around the world will finally get to see what they have long waited for.”

A confidential meeting was held in mid-November 2012 to solidify commencement of filming and involved key staff as well as key principal role actors. Also noteworthy is the fact that an agreement has been reached with Charleston Sound Studio, LLC in neighboring Mount Pleasant, South Carolina where the trailer’s theme song will be recorded. Owner and chief engineer Jeff Hodges has been tasked with capturing the all-important track. The studio has been utilized by stars such as multi-platinum artist Darius Rucker and noted Nashville producer Frank Rogers.

While there has been much speculation over the casting of roles within the project, radio interviews with the film’s star (both in Australia and the United States) have given indication that some preliminary casting has been accomplished for the trailer. It has been learned that besides the principal role Liotti holds as Bon Scott, the roles of Malcolm Young, Angus Young, Mark Evans, Phil Rudd and Margaret “Silver” Smith have been cast thus far. In preparation for shooting, the film’s star took on a serious physical regimen dropping some 40 lbs. in preparation for the role.

Director J.R. Getches added: “The story of Bon Scott is a classical tragedy. He travelled across the world, made his mark, and then died too young. He was a misfit who found his place in rock music and became immortal pursuing his dream. This is a story worth telling.”

The associate production company High Voltage Productions Pty. is seeking an independent production house and is said to be waiting for the right fit and vision. But they have pledged that the film’s trailer will serve as a vehicle for fundraising and an instrument to give visual perpetuity to the investment interests at-large, as well as the public.

For more information, visit www.thebonscottmovie.com.

Photo credit: J.R. Getches

AC/DC’s Music To Accompany Drones Via Laser Beam Signal

Posted by aliblackdiamond on December 15, 2012
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According to Gizmodo.com, AC/DC‘s music is part of an unnamed drone operation and will serve as a sort of testing mechanism for the drone while it is in flight. The song “Highway To Hell”, which was chosen by one of the drone’s developers, will travel on a laser beam that’s being bounced off a drone. The beam is reflected to a sensor located on the ground, and the music is reconstructed. A laser beam passes through a light modulator, adding digital zeroes and ones to the beam, at which point the light hits a mirror and is reflected back to its original spot while carrying the data.

Yoann Thueux of Innovation Works in Newport, U.K., who picked “Highway To Hell”, said about her selection: “It was on my iPod and I thought it would be a good song to go first because I know it completely by heart. I’d be the first to tell if the technology was not working properly on playback.”

DIO DISCIPLES’ Simon Wright, TRAIL OF MURDER’s Urban Breed, Hello Quo Documentary’s Alan G Parker Guest On Rich Davenport’s Rock Show

Posted by tarjavirmakari on November 22, 2012
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Rich Davenport’s Rock Show this week (Thursday, November 22nd – 9 – 11 PM, repeated Saturday, November 24th – 8 – 10 AM, on Totalrock.com) features three exclusive interviews.

In the first hour, former BLOODBOUND, PYRAMAZE and TAD MOROSE vocalist Urban Breed talks about his new melodic metal band, TRAIL OF MURDER, which features current and former members of Tad Morose and Bloodbound, with two songs from their debut album Shades Of Art, out now on Metal Heaven records.

Also in the first hour, a special edition of the show’s weekly RONNIE JAMES DIO tribute, the Stand Up And Shout feature, with Simon Wright (DIO DISCIPLES, DIO, AC/DC), who calls in for a quick chat about the recent Dio Disciples tour and new compliation album, The Very Beast of Dio Vol 2.

And in part 2, filmmaker Alan G Parker talks about his new STATUS QUO documenrary, Hello Quo, which saw the band’s classic “Frantic Four” lineup meeting up again and playing together for the first time in nearly 30 years, specifically for the filming of the documentary. Alan also selects some vintage 70s Quo tracks.

The show also features classic tracks and killer new cuts from THIN LIZZY, RICK SPRINGFIELD, URIAH HEEP, AC/DC, SVEN LARSSON, ASIA, KILL RITUAL, MOB RULES, THE RIGHTEOUS HILLBILLIES, RORY GALLAGHER and THE LAST VEGAS.

Check out the Rock Show HERE.

 

AC/DC’s ‘Back In Black’ Album Added To ‘Grammy Hall Of Fame’ Collection

Posted by aliblackdiamond on November 22, 2012
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AC/DC‘s classic 1980 LP “Back In Black” is among the newest additions to The Recording Academy‘s legendary Grammy Hall Of Fame collection. This latest round of inducted recordings helps celebrate 40 years of highlighting diversity and recording excellence, and acknowledges both singles and album recordings of all genres at least 25 years old that exhibit qualitative or historical significance. Recordings are reviewed annually by a special member committee comprised of eminent and knowledgeable professionals from all branches of the recording arts, with final approval by The Recording Academy‘s National Board of Trustees. With 27 new titles, the list currently totals 933 and is on display at the Grammy Museum at L.A. LIVE.

“With the Grammy Hall Of Fame celebrating 40 years, it’s especially important to note that these entries continue the tradition of inducting a wide variety of recordings that have inspired and influenced both fans and music makers for generations,” said Neil Portnow, President/CEO of The Recording Academy. “Memorable for being both culturally and historically significant, we are proud to add them to our growing catalog of outstanding recordings that have become part of our musical, social, and cultural history.”

For a complete list of Grammy Hall Of Fame inductees, go to Grammy.org.

On July 25, 1980, AC/DC released “Back In Black” in the U.S., followed by the album’s U.K. release on July 31. It was the band’s first album without lead singer Bon Scott, who had died a few months earlier after passing out and choking on his own vomit following a long night of drinking.

The group quickly decided to press on and hired Brian Johnson from the band GEORDIE to take over on vocals, and they headed to the Bahamas for about six weeks to do the album. AC/DC had made some serious headway in America before Scott‘s death, but no one knew how “Back In Black” would be received. The album took off, and eventually sold over 21 million copies in the U.S.

Johnson told The Pulse of Radio that he didn’t have a clue how successful “Back In Black” would turn out to be. “I’d just melted me brain in there, and I didn’t know if it was good or bad,” he said. “That was the first time I’d been in the Bahamas, anyway, or near America, you know, and you (have to) remember, I was just fascinated by the whole culture and all, and I had no idea what the hell I was doing! And (laughs) lucky, really — I was a bit lucky, I think.”

“Back In Black” included the singles “You Shook Me All Night Long”, which peaked at No. 35 on the Billboard Hot 100, and “Back In Black”, which peaked at No. 37.

Despite its massive success, it never got higher than No. 4 on the album charts. The band’s next album, “For Those About To Rock”, reached No. 1.

“Back In Black” is tied for fifth place with BILLY JOEL‘s “Greatest Hits Vols I & II” on the list of the biggest selling albums in the U.S.

The album was produced by Robert “Mutt” Lange, who went on to produce DEF LEPPARD, FOREIGNER, THE CARS, and BRYAN ADAMS. He married SHANIA TWAIN in 1993 and has produced all her albums since then. The couple has since divorced.

 

AC/DC’s Entire Catalogue Finally Available On iTunes

Posted by aliblackdiamond on November 19, 2012
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After years of holding out, Anglo-Australian hard rockers AC/DC have made their entire catalog available in digitial form through iTunes.

AC/DC‘s selection includes the “Complete Set” for $149.99, “Studio Collection” for $99.99, ringtones, “Live At River Plate”, as well as individual albums.

AC/DC had previously rejected iTunes distribution in an attempt to preserve the concept of the album.

“Since iTunes came into existence, we’ve actually increased our back-catalog sales without being on the site. We were sternly warned by our management team and our record label that the complete opposite would be the case,” guitarist Angus Young said in an interview.

“I know THE BEATLES have changed but we’re going to carry on like that,” Angus told Sky News. “For us, it’s the best way. We are a band who started off with albums and that’s how we’ve always been. We always were a band that if you heard something [by AC/DC] on the radio, well, that’s only three minutes. Usually the best tracks were on the albums.”

Speaking to The Telegraph in a 2008, Young said, “If we were on iTunes, we know a certain percentage of people would only download two or three songs from the album — and we don’t think that represents us musically.”

“Maybe I’m just being old-fashioned, but this iTunes, God bless ‘em, it’s going to kill music if they’re not careful,” singer Brian Johnson told Reuters. “It’s a…monster, this thing. It just worries me. And I’m sure they’re just doing it all in the interest of making as much… cash as possible. Let’s put it this way, it’s certainly not for the… love, let’s get that out of the way right away.”

AC/DC will release “Live At River Plate” on November 20 as a the three-disc red vinyl or a two-CD set featuring multiple covers and a 24-page booklet. The live record follows last year’s “Live At River Plate” DVD, filmed during their three triumphant Buenos Aires concerts on the “Black Ice” world tour, in December of 2009 in front of nearly 200,000 fans.

AC/DC: Entire ‘Live At River Plate’ Album Available For Streaming

Posted by aliblackdiamond on November 16, 2012
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Source: Blabbermouth.net 

AC/DC will release “Live At River Plate” on November 20 as a the three-disc red vinyl or a two-CD set featuring multiple covers and a 24-page booklet. The live record follows last year’s “Live At River Plate” DVD, filmed during their three triumphant Buenos Aires concerts on the “Black Ice” world tour, in December of 2009 in front of nearly 200,000 fans.

You can now listen to the album online at RollingStone.com.

“Live At River Plate” track listing is as follows:

01. Rock N Roll Train
02. Hell Ain’t A Bad Place To Be
03. Back In Black
04. Big Jack
05. Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
06. Shot Down In Flames
07. Thunderstruck
08. Black Ice
09. The Jack
10. Hells Bells
11. Shoot To Thrill
12. War Machine
13. Dog Eat Dog
14. You Shook Me All Night Long
15. T.N.T.
16. Whole Lotta Rosie
17. Let There Be Rock
18. Highway To Hell
19. For Those About To Rock (We Salute You)

In an interview with Fox411, AC/DC frontman Brian Johnson was asked when fans can expect to see the band back on the road. “We’re going to London in about three weeks; we’re just going to have a sitdown like we usually do,” he explained, befoe adding, “I wouldn’t like to do another [tour] like the last one. The last one was two years. It broke your body in half.”

He continued, “The thing with our band is we never want to go on stage and have people looking at us and saying, ‘Oh you should have seen them ten years ago.’ So we’re going to take it as it come and see what happens. I doubt we’ll be doing a big one. If we could do some festivals, I wouldn’t mind that all. That would be lovely.”

AC/DC guitarist Malcolm Young recently confirmed to Classic Rock magazine that the band is working on the follow-up to 2008′s “Black Ice”. But he said fans may have to wait longer than expected.

“I’ve been doing some jamming on some song ideas but I do that all the time, as do the rest of the band,” he said. “We are still working. But we had a long rest between ‘Stiff Upper Lip’and ‘Black Ice’, so I think we need a couple of years to recuperate and work on it a bit more.”

AC/DC: New Beyond The Thunder Movie Segment Posted

Posted by aliblackdiamond on November 12, 2012
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Source: Bravewords.com 
AC/DC: Beyond The Thunder, a documentary film by Kurt Squiers of Squiers, LLC and Gregg Ferguson of Current Motion, is about the tremendous influence rock band AC/DC has had on our culture around the globe. The two producers / directors dropped their careers in order to make this film, which pays homage to one of the greatest bands of all time in such a way that has less to do with the band members themselves, and more to do with the common bond that ties fans together around the globe.

This compelling new sequence features military war hero, Michael Durant, author of In the Company of Men and sole survivor of the hellacious Black Hawk Down experience in Mogadishu. Michael Durant‘s will to survive miraculously came through the assistance of AC/DC‘s music.

A previously released sequence, featured in ADWEEK, includes Anomaly’s Mike Byrne, Gary Koepke, CEO of Modernista!, and David Baldwin, Founder of Baldwin&. The clip reveals never-before-seen footage from Beyond The Thunder about how advertising agencies utilize AC/DC’s iconic music to give brands their :30 second spot even bigger balls.

Despite lack of response from AC/DC‘s management, Beyond The Thunder has won for its promotional trailer at the 30th Annual Telly Awards. Beyond The Thunder was also previewed in London during the Classic Rock Magazine awards in front of THE WHO, THE STONES, BLACK SABBATH, AEROSMITH, ZZ TOP, LED ZEPPELIN, among others as Kurt Squiers accepted the fan award for Black Ice for Album Of The Year.

An early cut of Beyond The Thunder has been screened at the Heavy Metal Film Festival in Los Angeles, Melbourne Arts Centre, Brisbane Gallery of Modern Art and the AC/DC endorsed, exclusive exhibition entitled AC/DC Australia’s Family Jewels in Melbourne, Sydney, throughout Australia, Scotland’s Kelvingrove Gallery, and Seattle’s Experience Music Project Museum.

Squiers, LLC and Current Motion continue to seek a partnership and permission with AC/DC‘s management for a world-wide commercial release.

To find out more head to this location.

 

STEVE VAI Guests On 2CELLOS Cover Of AC/DC’s ‘Highway To Hell’; Video Available

Posted by tarjavirmakari on October 24, 2012
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Source: Bravewords.com

Croatian cellists Luka Sulic and Stjepan Hauser, known as 2CELLOS are back with a new music video and a brand new album.

The music video for their first single is a powerful and intense rendition of AC/DC’s ‘Highway To Hell’ featuring guitar great Steve Vai. “Our fans love this song at our live shows and we really wanted to add it to the album,” says Stjepan. “It was very exciting to work with an amazing musician such as Steve and we really want to show the people that the cello can rock as hard as the guitar!” says Luka.

The new album, entitled IN2ITION (pronounced Intuition) is produced by the legendary Bob Ezrin (PINK FLOYD, ALICE COOPER, KISS), and is set for international release on January 14, 2013 through Sony Masterworks.

Check out the 2CELLOS cover of ‘Highway To Hell’ with Steve Vai below:

‘Treasures Of AC/DC’ Book Due Next Week

Posted by aliblackdiamond on September 26, 2012
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Carlton Publishing has set an October 1 release date for the “Treasures Of AC/DC” book by Chris Ingham and Jerry Ewing.

The official book description: “AC/DC are the undisputed kings of hard rock. They have streets named after them in Australia and Spain, they were inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in 2003, and ‘Back In Black’ is the best-selling album of all time by a band. This book tells their story that spans five decades of the best rock ‘n’ roll. The book tells the story of the band and all members including the Young brothers and, of course, the late Bon Scott, and looks at every album the band has released, from 1974′s groundbreaking ‘High Voltage’ to 2008′s hugely popular ‘Black Ice’. It also covers the major tours and more. All of it is accompanied by superb photography and rare items of removable facsimile memorabilia. Experience the most successful hard rock band ever with this box set.

“Jerry Ewing grew up in Sydney, Australia in the 1970s where the AC/DC bug bit him at an early age. Unhappily hauled half way round the world to the grey drizzle of England, he sought solace in the burgeoning sounds of the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal and the fact that AC/DC were now a big enough phenomenon that they too played concerts there. Somehow a degree in management science led to him working on Metal Forces magazine, from which point he’s never looked back. He has since worked on Metal Hammer, launched both Classic Rock and Classic Rock Presents Prog magazines, and has also worked for Maxim, Vox, Stuff and Bizarre magazines as well as presenting many different radio shows over the years and writing an increasing amount of books on music and football.”

 

AC/DC: Bon Scott To Be Honored With Statue In Scottish Birthplace

Posted by tarjavirmakari on September 15, 2012
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According to Dailyrecord.co.uk, AC/DC legend Bon Scott is to be honoured with a statue in his Scottish birthplace.

The rock idol, who died aged just 34 in 1980, was born in Kirriemuir, Angus, before moving to Australia with his family when he was six.

Now Kirriemuir community group DD8 Music, who are behind the annual Bon Scott music festival in the town, have asked sculptor John McKenna to design a statue as a lasting tribute.

John said: “It’s early days, but it’s a great honour. Bon Scott was an icon from my teenage years.”

Source: Bravewords.com