„Meine Frau sagt, sie erkennt ein Riff der Rolling Stones sofort an den klassischen drei Akkorden. Sehr schön, sag’ ich dazu, aber viel zu aufwendig.“
DER SPIEGEL, 47/1997 http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/print/d-8823843.html
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Angus Young
Geburtstag: 31. März 1955
Angus McKinnon Young ist ein schottisch-australischer Leadgitarrist, Songwriter und Mitgründer der australischen Hardrock-Band AC/DC. In der Rolling-Stone-Liste der besten Gitarristen aller Zeiten steht Young auf Platz 24. Auf der Bühne ist er bekannt für seine wilden und energischen Auftritte in einer typisch britischen Schuluniform.
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„We want to appeal to everyone and get rich quick. We want to be millionaires. I've got this plan to buy Tasmania you see…“
Interview with Sounds magazine in June 1976
„I love the music from Nat King Cole, BB King, Albert King… When I think of it, I wouldn't mind being renamed Angus King.“
Interview for the French TV channel M6 at the release of the album Razor's Edge.
„I'm sick and tired of people saying that we put out 11 albums that sound exactly the same. In fact, we've put out 12 albums that sound exactly the same.“
[Pluggin' into AC/DC: Longtime rockers stay current with new 'Stiff Upper Lip', Interview with Jim Farber, New York Daily News, February 27, 2000, http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/entertainment/2000/02/27/2000-02-27_pluggin__into_ac_dc_longtime.html]
„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.“
Interview with NME magazine in October 1976
„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.“
Interview with the Atlanta Gazette in May 1979
„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.“
1983 Interview in West Hollywood, California (Sunset Marquis Hotel)
„If it was happening, I'd call it Heavenly Beast. If it wasn't happening, I usually call it Arsehole.“
When asked if he specifically named his guitar. From Rolling Stone Magazine.
