AC/DC Blamed For Recession

2008-10-27 by Meatplow | 24 Comments
Prestigious British newspaper The Guardian has published an article pointing the finger at veteran Australian rock group AC/DC for the countries looming financial recession, the success of the groups latest album Black Ice running parallels with the dismal economic state of the country each time they have returned to the charts over the past three decades.

Quote:
Originally Posted by The Guardian
"Britain is on the verge of recession - right on cue, AC/DC, who have featured in UK charts at every downturn for the last 35 years, return,"
The last time AC/DC made No. 1 in Britain, the country was on the brink of recession. Back In Black, the album that marked their commercial breakthrough and went on to become the worldwide second biggest-selling of all time (behind Michael Jackson's Thriller), was released in 1980, just as inflation had reached 20 per cent and unemployment inched towards 2 million.

During the 1980s financial boom, although they continued to enjoy success in Australia and the US, AC/DC's popularity in Britain waned. The album that marked the band's return to glory in Britain was The Razors Edge, released in 1990 - just as the country headed towards its most recent recession.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/entertainment/music/poms-see-red-as-acdc-goes-back-in-the-black/2008/10/27/1224955947640.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2008/oct/27/acdc-music-recession

Tagged: AC/DC

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johnnyblaze
October 28th 2008
3433 Comments


Huh? ive never seen so much ac/dc merch as now

iarescientists
October 28th 2008
5866 Comments


awesome

masscows
October 28th 2008
2230 Comments


saw this earlier

anyone who takes this seriously is retarded

snerefedsav
October 28th 2008
968 Comments


or maybe it only happens when they make a shitty album. they should probably just call it quits.

in all seriousness, though, that's a bullshit claim, though i guess it's still funny to think about it.

xNintendoCorex
October 28th 2008
1269 Comments


lol

VeryPleasantNeighbor
October 28th 2008
272 Comments


lol...facts are facts, people...

syoung
October 28th 2008
5 Comments


correlation does not imply causation

Meatplow
October 28th 2008
5523 Comments


I didn't even think of it.

I've been working all day gimme a break. I edited it in.

ToWhatEnd
October 28th 2008
3173 Comments


Hahahaha! This is phenomenal.

natey
October 28th 2008
4195 Comments


Excellent reasoning

NortherlyNanook
October 28th 2008
1286 Comments


it's obviously true. anyone who doesn't think so is a shoop

thunderzstruck
October 28th 2008
148 Comments


Uh I don't think this article is meant to be taken seriously so I don't know why everyone is yelling about it

NortherlyNanook
October 28th 2008
1286 Comments


uh, i think like only two people in this thread may have taken it seriously.

Aaron
October 28th 2008
690 Comments


Metaplox, didn't I tell you about this?

Meatplow
October 28th 2008
5523 Comments


shhhh i want people to think i'm a story scout and didn't just steal it out of the aussie community thread

Aaron
October 28th 2008
690 Comments


Okay. Shh everyone.

DethThrasher
October 28th 2008
458 Comments


I blame them too

Pebster49
October 28th 2008
3041 Comments


I guess money hates one of most overated bands ever...

John Galt
October 28th 2008
41 Comments


hey, i take this very seriously. If they release another album anytime soon, it will be the end of civilization as we know it.

I've been telling people for years that rock and roll songs about rock and roll had no point and could only cause harm to society, but no one listened till it was too late.

beans
October 28th 2008
2328 Comments


:lol:

Spamue1G
October 28th 2008
1291 Comments


Hehe. Poor old AC/DC. Chances are, the majority of the people blaming them are the same people who got pissed off at Bon Scott for dressing up as Satan.
Still funny as hell, though.

DemonicRubberDucky
October 28th 2008
17 Comments


AC/DC vs. Dethklok, hah.

AP07373
October 28th 2008
493 Comments


hah and people say the media in America is bad.

bastard
October 28th 2008
3432 Comments


this is just too silly



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