It's a hard instrument to time to guitars, because you're pumping them and they kind of kick in when the bag's full – very difficult to time to guitars." The chanting in " T.N.T." was also George Young's idea, added after he heard Angus ad-libbing the "oi" chant to himself, and suggested he record it. In Murray Engleheart's book AC/DC: Maximum Rock & Roll, former manager Michael Browning states that the bagpipes became the bane of Scott's existence: "I think they probably put more pressure on him than anything I can think of! They invariably never worked. Regardless, Scott – who knew how to play the recorder – learned the instrument and went on to play them on stage with the band for several years. Singer Bon Scott had played in a pipe band in his teens, so George suggested he play bagpipes on the song, not realizing that Scott had been a drummer, not a piper. "It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll)" was edited down from an extended jam by producer George Young (older brother of guitarist Malcolm Young and Angus) and the inclusion of the bagpipes was his idea to add an extra dynamic to the track. … The main thing about it is it gave rock music a real kick in the guts." It was a big fad, just like anything else, a big fad for a while. We honestly thought that the punk and the new wave thing might spoil it a bit for us but it hasn't at all. It's not new wave, it's not punk, it's just people who like our band. … It didn't change the music it changed the fashion, and that's basically all it is." In a 1977 interview with ABC's Countdown, Bon Scott insisted, "We're pulling bigger crowds than they are. In 2010 Malcolm Young concurred, telling Mojo 's Phil Alexander, "Punk rock was just a fashion. We were never ones for getting slumped under a tag or filed under A, B, or C. And they sure got a shock when they started spitting at us and we spat back. We weren't punk, but they'd put us on the same bill as punk bands. Because that was the word they used to describe us – punk band. AC/DC was never really part of the movement, but got misidentified as such by some observers, as guitarist Angus Young recalled to Guitar World 's Alan Di Perna in 1993:Īt that time… we were giving punk music a good name. The band arrived in the UK in the midst of the fledgling punk movement, spearheaded by bands like the Sex Pistols and the Damned. The international release only included two tracks from the Australian High Voltage release – "She's Got Balls" and "Little Lover" – with the rest of the songs taken from T.N.T. The group had already recorded their next single " Jailbreak" (for which they had shot a music video) and had already begun recording their third LP Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap when, in April 1976, they flew out on their first British tour. The group's first two albums, High Voltage and the harder driving T.N.T., had been hits in their native Australia – the single " It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll)" peaked at #5 – and now plans were made for the band to tour England in 1976. And check out Anthrax's rendition of AC/DC's 'T.N.T.In December 1975, Atlantic Records' UK head Phil Carson signed AC/DC to a worldwide deal. You can currently pre-order the disc here. Look for Anthrax's 'Anthems' on March 19. The main cover sleeve has been designed in such a way so fans will be able to see which one of the six "re-imagined" covers is inside. The 'Anthems' EP will first be housed in one of the "re-imagined" digipak covers, and then inserted inside the main CD cover sleeve. In addition to 'Anthems'' cover art, Benante and artist Stephen Thompson have subtly redesigned each track's original album cover art to "Anthrax" it. So the challenge for me was to not go crazy with fills, but to pay tribute to the original recording, and keep it AC/DC."Īnthrax does exactly that, keeping it to the rocking core of the AC/DC classic, but even though Benante says there's not much for him to do, at the end of the track there's the all-out free-for-all for the entire group as the band raises the tempo for the song's explosive finish.Īnthrax's 'Anthems' also features the band's covers of Rush's 'Anthem,' Thin Lizzy's 'Jailbreak,' Boston's 'Smokin'' and Journey's 'Keep on Runnin'' among others. The thing about 'T.N.T.' for me is that there's not a lot of drumming on it. Benante goes on to add, "We recorded the track in Chicago and in Los Angeles the sessions were really easy, felt really good.
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