formed in the Australian pop music scene

AC/DC were formed in the Australian pop music scene of the early to mid-1970s, which is described as the third wave of rock music in Australia . Many local 1960s artists – e.g., the Easybeats and the Masters Apprentices , had attempted to gain international recognition but achieved limited commercial success overseas and disbanded after returning to Australia. Newer artists and veterans of the 1960s beat boom developed a variety of genres, which included a harder blues rock style dubbed pub rock . Popular Australian bands – e.g., Sherbet and Skyhooks , played mainstream pop or adopted a glam rock approach.