"former mentor, Bruce Howe, and at the end of the session, at dawn, it was obvious that AC/DC had found a new singer. And Bon had found a new band."" Like Scott, Malcolm Young and his younger brother Angus Young of AC/DC were born in Scotland before emigrating to Australia in their childhood with their family. Fraternity later reformed and replaced Scott with Jimmy Barnes. Scott replaced Dave Evans as the lead singer of AC/DC on 24 October 1974, when it became obvious the band and Evans were heading in different directions, with Evans having personal clashes with band members"
"hard rock music the world over. From their humble beginnings, Scottish brothers Angus and Malcolm Young forged a hard-hitting, ball-breaking pub guitar sound, similar to Alex Harvey but tougher. When Bon Scott joined the band to lend his unique vocal talent, the band began their 'long way to the top', shooting to the top of the Australian rock scene in 1974–75 and their song ""It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll)"". The band later achieved international success, especially with the release of their album ""Highway to Hell"". This was to be Bon Scott's last"
"the song ""Highway to Hell"" that Scott co-wrote with Malcolm and Angus Young ranked 254 on ""Rolling Stone""'s The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. In the July 2004 issue of UK magazine ""Classic Rock"", Scott was rated as number one in a list of the ""100 Greatest Frontmen,"" ahead of Freddie Mercury and Robert Plant. The French rock band Trust wrote their hit song ""Ton dernier acte"" (""Your last act"") in memory of Scott in 1980. German hard rock band Kingdom Come wrote and recorded a song titled ""Bon Scott"" for their album, ""Ain't Crying for the Moon"", as"
"Jon Bon Jovi John Francis Bongiovi Jr. (born March 2, 1962), known professionally as Jon Bon Jovi, is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, philanthropist, and actor. Bon Jovi is best known as the founder and frontman of the rock band Bon Jovi, which was formed in 1983. Bon Jovi has released 2 solo albums and 12 studio albums with his band, which to date have sold over 130 million albums worldwide, thus making them one of the world's best-selling music artists. In the 1990s, Bon Jovi started an acting career, starring in various movie roles, including: ""Moonlight and Valentino"" and"
"Bon Jovi Bon Jovi is an American rock band formed in 1983 in Sayreville, New Jersey. It consists of singer Jon Bon Jovi, keyboardist David Bryan, drummer Tico Torres, guitarist Phil X, and bassist Hugh McDonald. Previous bassist Alec John Such was dismissed in 1994, and longtime guitarist and co-songwriter Richie Sambora left in 2013. In 1984 and 1985, Bon Jovi released their first two albums and their debut single ""Runaway"" managed to crack the Top 40. In 1986, the band achieved widespread success and global recognition with their third album, ""Slippery When Wet"", which sold over 20 million copies"
"was played live in A major. A slightly shortened version of the song is also the first track on the internationally released ""High Voltage"" (May 1976). This version appears only on the vinyl release and the 2003 CD reissue. The full version of the song is also on the ""Volts"" CD of the ""Bonfire"" box set, released in 1997. This was a signature song for Bon Scott. Brian Johnson, who replaced Scott as AC/DC's lead vocalist after Scott's death in 1980 until his departure in 2016, did not perform it, out of respect for his predecessor. The song chronicles the"
"by re-issue label Wounded Bird Records in 2004. Long Way to the Top (album) Long Way to the Top is the third release by North Carolina music group, Nantucket. The album is a tribute to AC/DC lead singer Bon Scott, who died in 1980 and features a version of their 1975 classic ""It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'N' Roll)"". This move landed Nantucket a spot with AC/DC on their ""Back in Black"" tour for the entire summer. Other popular songs on the album include ""Time Bomb"", ""Rugburn"" and ""Turn The Radio On"". ""Long Way"
"touring musicians Former touring musicians Bon Jovi Bon Jovi is an American rock band formed in 1983 in Sayreville, New Jersey. It consists of singer Jon Bon Jovi, keyboardist David Bryan, drummer Tico Torres, guitarist Phil X, and bassist Hugh McDonald. Previous bassist Alec John Such was dismissed in 1994, and longtime guitarist and co-songwriter Richie Sambora left in 2013. In 1984 and 1985, Bon Jovi released their first two albums and their debut single ""Runaway"" managed to crack the Top 40. In 1986, the band achieved widespread success and global recognition with their third album, ""Slippery When Wet"", which"
"The Gaylords and subsequently invited to join the group. Shortly thereafter, McAleese adopted his stage name (a moniker he coined by combining the names Dean Martin and Tennessee Ernie Ford) and The Gaylords were re-christened Dean Ford and the Gaylords. With hopes of achieving more commercial success, Ford and the band relocated to London in 1965. Three years later, Marmalade, with Ford as lead singer, became the first Scottish band to score a #1 hit song on the U.K. pop singles chart.[1], also racking up many prior and additional consecutive quality hits worldwide. In addition to his lead vocals, Ford"
"Faith Band Faith Band is an American rock band from Indianapolis, Indiana. From 1973 to 1979, they released 5 albums: ""Faith"" in 1973, ""Excuse Me, I Just Cut an Album"" in 1977, ""Rock'n Romance"" in 1978, and ""Face to Face"" and ""Vital Signs"" in 1979.[ 1] They gained popularity in the Indianapolis area in 1978 with ""Rock'n Romance"", which contained the song ""Dancin' Shoes"", of which Nigel Olsson's cover of the song would become a Top 20 hit that year. Their lead singer Carl Storie and bassist Mark Cawley formed the duo ""Blinding Tears"" in 1985, and released one album:"
"first time. The brothers Angus and Malcolm Young formed AC/DC in 1973. The band released two albums in Australia before releasing their first international effort, ""High Voltage"" with vocalist Bon Scott, bassist Mark Evans and drummer Phil Rudd. In 1980, less than a year after the release of the successful ""Highway to Hell"", Bon Scott died and was replaced by British singer Brian Johnson, with whom AC/DC released their best-selling album, ""Back in Black"". Their album ""Black Ice"", released in 2008, sold over 8 million copies worldwide and reached #1 in 29 countries. In 41 years of their career, AC/DC"
"Kingdom Come's greatest influences were The Beatles and AC/DC, particularly the Bon Scott era. Danny Stag is on record as having said that his biggest influence was Jimi Hendrix. These claims are backed up by the cover of the Beatles classic ""Across the Universe"" from ""Ain't Crying for the Moon"" and the hard rocking tribute ""Bon Scott"" (in honor of the former AC/DC front-man) from the same album. Years later, Wolf would say that the comparisons were ""unjustified,"" yet ""we took it as a compliment and were excited."" Kingdom Come (band) Kingdom Come is an American/German heavy metal/hard rock band"
"Justin Vernon Justin DeYarmond Edison Vernon (born April 30, 1981) is an American multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, and producer. He is best known as the primary songwriter and frontman of indie folk band Bon Iver. Vernon is also a member of the bands Volcano Choir, Big Red Machine, The Shouting Matches and Gayngs, and was a member of the now-defunct band DeYarmond Edison. Vernon attended Memorial High School in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, where he still resides today. He formed his first band, Mount Vernon, in 1997 after meeting its members at a high school Wisconsin jazz camp. They released their first"
"Bon Scott wrote the title track's lyrics in an office at Albert's with the help of a Bible from a nearby bookstore. The song provides an encapsulated, fictionalized version of the history of rock 'n' roll. Building on a line from the Chuck Berry song ""Roll Over Beethoven"": ""... tell Tchaikovsky the news"", ""Let There Be Rock"" reveals that Tchaikovsky did in fact receive the message and subsequently shared it with the masses, resulting in the rise of rock 'n' roll. Following rock's birth, rock bands appeared everywhere, musicians found fame (while businesses made money off their efforts), and millions"
"Long Way to the Top (album) Long Way to the Top is the third release by North Carolina music group, Nantucket. The album is a tribute to AC/DC lead singer Bon Scott, who died in 1980 and features a version of their 1975 classic ""It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'N' Roll)"". This move landed Nantucket a spot with AC/DC on their ""Back in Black"" tour for the entire summer. Other popular songs on the album include ""Time Bomb"", ""Rugburn"" and ""Turn The Radio On"". ""Long Way to the Top"" was released on compact disc"
"made of koa wood, called the RSSM. Only 100 were made. All of his double-neck acoustics feature a six-string neck on top and a 12-string neck on bottom, opposite of normal. Richie Sambora Richard Stephen ""Richie"" Sambora (born July 11, 1959) is an American rock guitarist, singer, songwriter and producer, best known as the lead guitarist of the rock band Bon Jovi for 30 years. Sambora and lead singer Jon Bon Jovi formed the main songwriting unit for the band. He has also released three solo albums: ""Stranger in This Town"" in 1991, ""Undiscovered Soul"" in 1998, and ""Aftermath of"
"Band of Joy Band of Joy (sometimes known as Robert Plant and the Band of Joy) are a rock band from England. Various line-ups of the group performed from 1965 to 1968 and from 1977 to 1983. Robert Plant revived the band's name in 2010 for a concert tour of North America and Europe. The band is notable for including two musicians, Robert Plant and John Bonham, who went on to join Led Zeppelin; and, to a lesser degree, because the band's one-time roadie was Noddy Holder, who later went on to front the band Slade. Band of Joy was"
"Dominic Scott Dominic Scott (born 15 May 1979) is an Irish guitarist, and the founder of the English rock band Roundstone and a founding member of the pop rock band Keane. Scott attended Tonbridge School in Kent, where he met the other members of the band which would become Keane. In 1995, he asked his friend Tim Rice-Oxley to form a band to play covers from U2, Oasis and The Beatles. They invited Richard Hughes for the drums. The band was called ""The Lotus Eaters"" from 1995 to 1997. In 1997, they changed their name to ""Keane"" and invited Rice-Oxley's"
"concert and disbanded. By 2014, all four of the band's original members had died – lead singer Joey Ramone (1951–2001), bass guitarist Dee Dee Ramone (1951–2002), guitarist Johnny Ramone (1948–2004) and drummer Tommy Ramone (1949–2014). Recognition of the band's importance built over the years, and they are now mentioned in many assessments of all-time great rock music, such as number 26 in the ""Rolling Stone"" magazine list of the ""100 Greatest Artists of All Time"" and number 17 in VH1's ""100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock"". In 2002, the Ramones were ranked the second-greatest band of all time by ""Spin"""
"hardships endured by a rock band on tour, such as being robbed, assaulted, stoned and cheated by a greedy agent. However, the band accepts these hardships as natural on the path to stardom, saying that ""It's a long way to the top/If you wanna rock 'n' roll"". George Young (the older brother of Angus and Malcolm), having heard that Bon Scott was in a pipe band, encouraged the use of bagpipes in the song. Scott obliged despite having never played them before; he had actually been a drummer in the band. Scott used a set of bagpipes to play the"
"the Patriots, and Bon Jovi was the first musical act to hold a concert at the Patriots' home field, Gillette Stadium. Jon Bon Jovi John Francis Bongiovi Jr. (born March 2, 1962), known professionally as Jon Bon Jovi, is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, philanthropist, and actor. Bon Jovi is best known as the founder and frontman of the rock band Bon Jovi, which was formed in 1983. Bon Jovi has released 2 solo albums and 12 studio albums with his band, which to date have sold over 130 million albums worldwide, thus making them one of the world's best-selling"
"performed by Barry Palmer. In 1996, lead singer Rick Driscoll appeared on the 'Identity Parade', on the BBC Television programme ""Never Mind the Buzzcocks"". He is based in Corfu, where he skippers charter yachts. The following is a sortable table of all songs by Kenny: Kenny (band) Kenny were an English pop and glam rock band who had several hit singles in the UK in the mid-1970s, including ""The Bump"" and ""Fancy Pants"". In 1973, Irish showband singer Tony Kenny, former lead singer with The Sands and The Vampires, recorded a single ""Heart of Stone"", written by Bill Martin and"
"Richie Sambora Richard Stephen ""Richie"" Sambora (born July 11, 1959) is an American rock guitarist, singer, songwriter and producer, best known as the lead guitarist of the rock band Bon Jovi for 30 years. Sambora and lead singer Jon Bon Jovi formed the main songwriting unit for the band. He has also released three solo albums: ""Stranger in This Town"" in 1991, ""Undiscovered Soul"" in 1998, and ""Aftermath of the Lowdown"" released in September 2012. In 2018, Sambora was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Bon Jovi, and reunited with his former bandmates"
"was able to focus a certain physical, anarchistic, and spiritual energy into a form which we call rock 'n' roll ... I understood it as something that had to do with my future. When I was a little girl, Santa Claus didn't turn me on. Easter Bunny didn't turn me on. God turned me on. Little Richard turned me on."" The music of Deep Purple and Motörhead was also heavily influenced by Little Richard, as well as that of AC/DC. The latter's early lead vocalist and co-songwriter Bon Scott idolized Little Richard and aspired to sing like him, it's lead"
"album. During the subsequent tour, Scott was discovered in the backseat of a friend's car, having died of alcohol poisoning (choking on vomit). The band found a new singer in English-born Brian Johnson and released their next album, ""Back in Black"", in the early 1980s. The U.S. took notice of the band with some of their finest songs, such as the title track and ""You Shook Me All Night Long"", and the album became one of the best-selling albums by a ""band"" ever, selling over 22 million copies in the U.S. and 42 million copies around the world. AC/DC are"
"The 1980s also saw the birth of the grunge genre, with the arrival of such bands as Soundgarden, Green River, Melvins, Screaming Trees, Malfunkshun, Skin Yard, The U-Men, Blood Circus, Nirvana, Tad, Mudhoney, Mother Love Bone and Alice in Chains (who formed in 1987, but did not release their first album until three years later). Several notable music artists died of unnatural causes in the 1980s. Bon Scott, at the time lead singer of rock band AC/DC, died of acute alcohol poisoning on February 19, 1980. English drummer John Bonham of the rock band Led Zeppelin also died that year"
"Scott Weiland Scott Richard Weiland (; né Kline, October 27, 1967 – December 3, 2015) was an American musician, singer and songwriter. During a career spanning three decades, Weiland was best known as the lead singer of the band Stone Temple Pilots from 1989 to 2002 and 2008 to 2013. He was also a member of supergroup Velvet Revolver from 2003 to 2008 and recorded one album with another supergroup, Art of Anarchy. He also established himself as a solo artist, releasing three studio albums, two cover albums, and collaborations with several other musicians throughout his career. Derided by critics"
"and political themes. His lyrics frequently allude to a religious connection or meaning, evident in songs such as ""Gloria"" from the band's album ""October"" and ""I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For"" from ""The Joshua Tree"". During the band's early years, Bono was known for his rebellious tone which turned to political anger and rage during the band's ""War"", ""The Joshua Tree"" and ""Rattle and Hum"" eras. Following the Enniskillen bombing that left 11 dead and 63 injured on 8 November 1987, the Provisional IRA paramilitaries threatened to kidnap Bono. IRA supporters also attacked a vehicle carrying the band"
"Jorge Salán Jorge Salán (born April 4, 1982) is a Spanish rock lead guitarist, singer, producer and songwriter. He is most well known for being the lead guitar for the metal rock solo singer Jeff Scott Soto (leading voice of Journey, Yngwie Malmsteen) and the Jeff Scott Soto Band (now SOTO) from 2009 till today, the lead guitar on Robin Beck's European Tour 2013, and for having collaborated with a long list of legendary rock musicians such as Fiona Flanagan or bass guitar player Bob Daisley. Jorge Salán is a rock guitarist both by critics and audiences as one of"
"The Rolling Stones The Rolling Stones are an English rock band formed in London in 1962. The first stable line-up consisted of Brian Jones (guitar, harmonica), Mick Jagger (lead vocals), Keith Richards (guitar, backing vocals), Bill Wyman (bass), Charlie Watts (drums), and Ian Stewart (piano). Stewart was removed from the official line-up in 1963 but continued as a touring member until his death in 1985. Brian Jones was the original leader of the group. The band's primary songwriters, Jagger and Richards, assumed leadership after Andrew Loog Oldham became the group's manager. Their musical focus shifted from covering blues songs to"
"fast picking, string bends, and hammer-ons. Being one of AC/DC's most popular songs, ""Let There Be Rock"" has been included on four of the band's six official live albums: ""If You Want Blood You've Got It"" (sung by Bon Scott, 1978), """" (sung by Scott's replacement Brian Johnson, 1992), """" (Scott, 1979), released in 1997 as part of the ""Bonfire"" box set, ""Stiff Upper Lip Tour Edition"" (Johnson, 2001), recorded from Plaza De Toros in Madrid from 1996, and ""Live At River Plate"" (Johnson, 2012), with the last recorded during AC/DC's Black Ice World Tour at River Plate Stadium in"
"Bono Paul David Hewson, KBE OL (born 10 May 1960), known by his stage name Bono (), is an Irish singer-songwriter, musician, venture capitalist, businessman, and philanthropist. He is best known as the lead vocalist and primary lyricist of rock band U2. Bono was born and raised in Dublin, Ireland. He attended Mount Temple Comprehensive School where he met his future wife, Alison Stewart, as well as schoolmates with whom he founded U2 in 1976. Bono soon established himself as a passionate frontman for the band through his expressive vocal style and grandiose gestures and songwriting. His lyrics are known"
"E Street Band The E Street Band is an American rock band, and has been musician Bruce Springsteen's primary backing band since 1972. The band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2014. The band members have also performed and recorded (both individually and as a band) with a wide range of other artists including Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones, Meat Loaf, Neil Young, Lou Reed, Bonnie Tyler, Air Supply, Dire Straits, David Bowie, Peter Gabriel, Stevie Nicks, Tom Morello, Sting, Ian Hunter, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Ray Davies, Ronnie Spector, Gary U.S. Bonds, Darlene Love,"