Angus Young
Angus Young
Angus McKinnon Youngis an Australian guitarist of Scottish background, best known as the co-founder, lead guitarist, songwriter and sole constant member of the Australian hard rock band AC/DC. Born in Glasgow, Scotland, he moved to Australia with his family at the age of eight. Known for his energetic performances, schoolboy-uniform stage outfits and his own version of Chuck Berry's duckwalk, Young was ranked 24th in Rolling Stone magazine's 100 greatest guitarist of all time list...
NationalityScottish
ProfessionGuitarist
Date of Birth31 March 1955
CityCranhill, Scotland
When I'm on stage the savage in me is released. It's like going back to being a cave man. It takes me six hours to come down after a show.
Oh, we've had our share of hotels bein' smashed and all, but that was a long time ago. You get lousy room service... I mean, there's no use throwin' a TV set out the window for the sake of throwin' a TV set out the window. But if you get a lousy picture then you have an excuse
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...
I just go where the guitar takes me.
I've got the blues in my heart, and the devil in my fingers.
I'm sick to death of people saying we've made 11 albums that sounds exactly the same, Infact, we've made 12 albums that sound exactly the same.
We're a rock group. we're noisy, rowdy, sensational and weird.
A lot of people say, 'AC/DC - that's the band with the little guy who runs around in school shorts!'
Style, I didn't think we had any! I just plug in and hit the thing really hard. That's my style...or lack of one!