[QUOTE=rippa32]Yeah true. And all that drinking and smoking probably didn't help.[/QUOTE]

it does if your a guitarist like say slash he playes way better hammered then sober. but seriously proly bad

[QUOTE=rippa32]Malcolm did play all through thunderstruck. But the riff you are thinking of (the one that starts the song) is done by Angus. With one hand. for 5 minutes. and then he still manages to pull off a solo. So even though Malcolm is a great guitarist don't be so quick to knock Angus.[/QUOTE]

if by using one hand you mean picking the first note then just hammering and pulling off the notes, then you are mistaken. he picks every note.

i never knew malcolm wrote alot of the solo's... i'd like to read about that some time. i love angus like someone else said; for his stage presence. ac/dc is the epitamy of rock n' roll.

I'm no fanboy.

[QUOTE=acdc_fan]Hey, no offense, this is just my personal opinion, but brian johnosn voice is one of a kind. alu hear now days is the same old voices. i think the voice of brian johnson is part of how they got so famous.[/QUOTE]

that was bon, my friend...

Ride On, Bon. Your still here to me...

*touches wood

[QUOTE=inner_pyro]One of my favorites i like hells bells and highway to hell[/QUOTE]

You're avatar looks oddly familiar....

[QUOTE=Sir Angus]if by using one hand you mean picking the first note then just hammering and pulling off the notes, then you are mistaken. he picks every note.

i never knew malcolm wrote alot of the solo's... i'd like to read about that some time. i love angus like someone else said; for his stage presence. ac/dc is the epitamy of rock n' roll.

I'm no fanboy.[/QUOTE]

If you have seen Angus live (dvd or for real). You will notice that for thunderstruck and some other solos he sometimes jus doesn't use his right hand.
btw I am not assuming you havn't seen them live.

[QUOTE=Sir Angus]if by using one hand you mean picking the first note then just hammering and pulling off the notes, then you are mistaken. he picks every note.

i never knew malcolm wrote alot of the solo's... i'd like to read about that some time. i love angus like someone else said; for his stage presence. ac/dc is the epitamy of rock n' roll.

I'm no fanboy.[/QUOTE]

Angus doesn't pick every note in the Thunderstruck intro...watch him live, one hand on the guitar one hand in the air...kinda hard to be picking every note when your arm is a foot above the guitar don't ya think.

also, Malcolm does not write most of the solos...Angus does most if not all by feel. He isn't classicly trained. He doesn't really know scales like most people. He just plays what he thinks is right. And both Malcolm and Angus said that.

Lastly, Malcolm is the man who holds down the rhythm...but he by no means writes all the riffs...the brothers Young come up with riffs about 50/50 and even write a lot of the lyrics nowadays...that too is straight from their mouths

oh and one more thing...AC/DC RULES THE F*CKING ROCK WORLD! :thumb:

Off topic, but are you military Mike? Oh and yes, agreed that Angus uses only one hand playing thunderstruck intro, seen it numerous times.

Angus can play Thunderstruck intro with one hand, but when I look at my DVD from Donington(sp?) he uses also his right hand to give extra punch to the riff.

I'm watching AC/DC live from Toronto 2003 right now, and on the thunderstruck intro angus definitely uses 2 hands and picks it for the majority of the song.

Maybe on their previous live shows and in the video clip angus does it one handed, but i think he picks it in the studio version, and he definitely picks it live at toronto 2003.

that being said, if i were to play it live, i'd do the intro and interludes with one hand cuz it looks cool :thumb:

live at donnington has him doin it one handed and thats how i play it too

[QUOTE=Tommy-r]I like the one handed intro to thunderstruck[/QUOTE]

It's not one handed, he does use a pick. Just watch the live video.

All I can say is Bon Scott AC/DC really makes the band. With Bon Scott, they were versatile, expanding, and covered quite a bit of ground.

When Bon died, Brian Johnson somehow brought something new to the band, but every song sounds the same with Brian. I dunno why.

I could post some early AC/DC songs that are pretty wild. Pretty versatile actually. Take a song like The Jack off High Voltage, with their trademark dirge-like T.N.T. Then take the anthemic It's a Long Way to the Top.. Thats some classic rock right there, and they are all very different songs.. Whole Lotta Rosie is blues rock at it's best, with a song like Problem Child showing them on the cusp of something awesome..

Sure the music is boring at times in some of their albums, but the simplicity was reliable. You never had to wonder what a new album was going to sound like, and they delivered what the fans wanted. Iron Maiden really was no different. At least AC/DC explored other keys, while Maiden really played the same songs changed around all the time. Not taking anything away from Maiden, but they really fall under the same dilemma in my opinion.

first off...cjborton, i am not military...but my name does mean pfc as in the rank.

secondly...the last time i saw my live at donnington video he played the Thunderstruck with one hand, maybe not the whole thing but most of it.

[QUOTE=pfc_mike]first off...cjborton, i am not military...but my name does mean pfc as in the rank.

secondly...the last time i saw my live at donnington video he played the Thunderstruck with one hand, maybe not the whole thing but most of it.[/QUOTE]

I think I saw his tremolo picking in the beginning of the song. Maybe that's why it's so subtle. :confused:

Apart from Angus, ACDC are not exactly the most talented musicians. But they have their own sound. The second one of their songs comes on, you know who it is. Not many others sound like them, and that to me is important. And their stuff gets you "tappin your foot" and singin along, so it has to have something good.

they got into the biz at just the right time. and stayed

[QUOTE=Vili]Angus can play Thunderstruck intro with one hand, but when I look at my DVD from Donington(sp?) he uses also his right hand to give extra punch to the riff.[/QUOTE]
He plays w/ one hand, he just hammers and pulls off, which aint no picnic to do for a minute 30 seconds

[QUOTE=pfc_mike]Angus doesn't pick every note in the Thunderstruck
intro...watch him live, one hand on the guitar one hand in the air...kinda hard to be picking every note when your arm is a foot above the guitar don't ya think.

also, Malcolm does not write most of the solos...Angus does most if not all by feel. He isn't classicly trained. He doesn't really know scales like most people. He just plays what he thinks is right. And both Malcolm and Angus said that.

Lastly, Malcolm is the man who holds down the rhythm...but he by no means writes all the riffs...the brothers Young come up with riffs about 50/50 and even write a lot of the lyrics nowadays...that too is straight from their mouths

oh and one more thing...AC/DC RULES THE F*CKING ROCK WORLD! :thumb:[/QUOTE]
Angus knows scales, think about all the solos, and Have a Drink On Me's intro.
Malcolm writes a lot of riffs, Back In Black was written by Mal. Angus to this day says the intro lick does not quite sound right to him.
Also Mal and Angus both said that the reason Angus does the solos is because it got in the way of Mal's drinking

so many ac/dc threads floating around..im surprised i haven't posted in this one.

i went through a huge ac/dc phase when i was younger. i could name any song of theirs (i mean ANY) by listening to about five seconds of the solo, i was about twelve.

angus was the reason i started playing guitar, Hells Bells was the first real song i learned.

i can play Thunderstruck pretty easily with one hand, but i'm a guitar teacher so it's quite necessary. Angus usually plays the intro with hammers and pull-offs, and then the rest of the song he will pick it out. it's actually harder to pick, in my opinion, because your picking hand has to go quite fast if you wanna get in all the notes (when hammering and pulling you have the open notes going as well).

ac/dc is a great rock band, and i'm glad you guys are indulging yourselves in their music.

[QUOTE=thickasabrick]so many ac/dc threads floating around..im surprised i haven't posted in this one.

i went through a huge ac/dc phase when i was younger. i could name any song of theirs (i mean ANY) by listening to about five seconds of the solo, i was about twelve.

angus was the reason i started playing guitar, Hells Bells was the first real song i learned.

i can play Thunderstruck pretty easily with one hand, but i'm a guitar teacher so it's quite necessary. Angus usually plays the intro with hammers and pull-offs, and then the rest of the song he will pick it out. it's actually harder to pick, in my opinion, because your picking hand has to go quite fast if you wanna get in all the notes (when hammering and pulling you have the open notes going as well).

ac/dc is a great rock band, and i'm glad you guys are indulging yourselves in their music.[/QUOTE]
I 100% Agree

AC/DC rocks!

[QUOTE=DBoon's Ghost]All I can say is Bon Scott AC/DC really makes the band. With Bon Scott, they were versatile, expanding, and covered quite a bit of ground.

When Bon died, Brian Johnson somehow brought something new to the band, but every song sounds the same with Brian. I dunno why.

I could post some early AC/DC songs that are pretty wild. Pretty versatile actually. Take a song like The Jack off High Voltage, with their trademark dirge-like T.N.T. Then take the anthemic It's a Long Way to the Top.. Thats some classic rock right there, and they are all very different songs.. Whole Lotta Rosie is blues rock at it's best, with a song like Problem Child showing them on the cusp of something awesome..

Sure the music is boring at times in some of their albums, but the simplicity was reliable. You never had to wonder what a new album was going to sound like, and they delivered what the fans wanted. Iron Maiden really was no different. At least AC/DC explored other keys, while Maiden really played the same songs changed around all the time. Not taking anything away from Maiden, but they really fall under the same dilemma in my opinion.[/QUOTE]


You're an American arn't you? I can tell because the songs you mention arn't on the Australian albums. Problem child is on the Australian Dirty Deeds album. And the rest of the songs (other than whole lotta rosie which is on the let there be rock album) is on the T.N.T abum.

pretty much everything after back in black is black is bleh. Everything predeecing that is pretty good in my book. I especially like or love their older licks. Theres some impressive guitar playing on '74 jailbreak(my fav album even though it only has 5 songs). Soul stripper, and show business showcase some of angus' best works imo.

you dont like back in black

i dont think its their best(razors edge/Jailbreak) but its not bleh more like a hey not to shabby

Does it matter if the band is simple or complicated? As long as the band rocks, it doesn't matter. Honestly I think AC/DC is the best F****** band on this earth. And I'm not one of those people who listen to one song and say "Oh I lve this band" (like guns n' roses fans). I have every CD of theirs, even their australian CD's.

AC/DC rock the best Australian rock band ever, Angus Young is a Great Guitarist and joined the band when he was only 14

AC/DC Are great songwriters not great technical players. Like Oasis or David Bowie

i heard they had a new album coming out

havent they got a new single out too?

AC/DC sucks. :)

[QUOTE=PaintSteveGreen]AC/DC sucks. :)[/QUOTE]

next post please

[QUOTE=SGdudeSG]ac/dc rule....but your just one of those tony hawk four kids arnt you?



(knows this because all noobs like ac/dc, unfortuanly)[/QUOTE]
since when are there noobs in music cause they like a group? jesus christ u stupid ****ing nerd stfu

ok ok next please lets keep our cool

your killin the vibe

lets keep it to ac/dc

To all those Thunderstruck-Blabbing-Idiots (no offense): in the studio version of Thunderstruck, he picks [I]every single note [/I] of the intro. In his early days, he used one hand live. And now in his present days, he picks every note once again. Watch Stiff Upper Lip Live and this will prove it. Also, I read an article with Angus saying he picks every note in the Thunderstruck studio version.

dude, AC/DC rocks the house! They've got the biggest balls of them all!

[QUOTE=PENNYWISE01]To all those Thunderstruck-Blabbing-Idiots (no offense): in the studio version of Thunderstruck, he picks [I]every single note [/I] of the intro. In his early days, he used one hand live. And now in his present days, he picks every note once again. Watch Stiff Upper Lip Live and this will prove it. Also, I read an article with Angus saying he picks every note in the Thunderstruck studio version.[/QUOTE]

thanks man

which do you like better

AC/DC is a little too repetitive for my tastes. Some of their stuff is really catchy, but it doesn't have a long term appeal, like some songs/bands, who just stay with you hours after you hear it for the first time.

[QUOTE=verbitam]AC/DC rock the best Australian rock band ever, Angus Young is a Great Guitarist and joined the band when he was only 14[/QUOTE]

No he didn't. He started the band with malcolm when he was 17. The media changed his age so he seemed younger and therefore he fit the idea of a school uniform better.

yea i heard 17 not 14

but that was when they did music videos on the sides of hills in grey as hell UK.

I never liked them, to me it is just simple boring drunken rock music for idiots.

[QUOTE=PIGS(1 different one)]I never liked them, to me it is just simple boring drunken rock music for idiots.[/QUOTE]

thanks man