On 18 February, Scott passed out in a car driven by his friend Alistair Kinnear after a night of drinking at The Music Machine in Camden Town , London. According to police, Kinnear left Scott in the car overnight to sleep off the alcohol effects.
After AC/DC’s lead singer Bon Scott died in February 1980, AC/DC chose Brian Johnson (whose vocal talent had previously been praised by Scott) to take over lead vocal duties. Johnson travelled with the band and producer Robert John “Mutt” Lange to Compass Point Studios in The Bahamas to write and…
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Ex- Lone Star John Sloman was brought in, a younger singer who played keyboards and guitar and was, in the words of Box, “an all rounder”. But almost instantly, Lee Kerslake departed, after a row with Bron, whom the drummer accused of favouritism towards Hensley’s material. Several tracks of the…
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“If You Think You Know How to Love Me” was the first single to be released on September 14, 1979. However, it was unsuccessful. Her second single ” Heartbreaker ” was released on October 26, 1979, and became a sleeper hit , eventually climbing to number 23 in the US,…
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The band’s first live performance of “Message in a Bottle” was on the BBC’s television show Rock Goes to College filmed at Hatfield Polytechnic College in Hertfordshire. The instrumental title track ” Reggatta de Blanc ” won the Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance. In February 1980, the single…
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In February 1980, the members began to work on their seventh studio album, Back in Black , with Scott on drums instead of vocals.
The single received a positive review in Sounds and stayed on the British independent charts for two years. It received crucial airplay on BBC Radio 1 and DJ John Peel ‘s evening show. The band recorded a session for Peel’s show, which was broadcast on 3 January 1980. After the…
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Ward left the band in 1980, to be replaced by Paul Gray , formerly of Eddie and the Hot Rods . The Black Album was released later that year, produced by the band themselves apart from one track produced by Hans Zimmer , with three sides of the double album…
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Over the next four years, the band toured non-stop, never taking more than two weeks to record an album. Their album Women and Children First was released in 1980, and further cemented Van Halen’s platinum-selling status to Warner Bros. It yielded two hit singles, ” And the Cradle Will Rock……
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Bauhaus released two more singles, ” Dark Entries ” in January 1980