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Brothers Malcolm and Angus Young formed the Australian hard-rock band AC/DC in 1973. At 15, lead guitarist Angus debuted the band’s trademark look by wearing his school uniform onstage. Drummer Phil Rudd, bassist Mark Evans Former and vocalist Bon Scott joined the group in 1974, and they made their U.S. debut with High Voltage in 1976, which was a combination of their first two Australian releases, High Voltage (1974) and TNT (1975). The band’s real breakthrough in the States came with the release of Highway to Hell in 1979. When Scott died of alcohol poisoning in 1980, Brian Johnson took his place and the group recorded Back in Black. Over 10 million copies of the album were sold in the U.S. alone, and AC/DC established themselves as one of the most successful rock bands at that time. The following year, they released Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap in the U.S. (released in Australia in 1975) and For Those About to Rock (We Salute You), which topped the albums chart. After a period of declining album sales in the late ’80s, AC/DC came back with the commercially successful The Razor’s Edge, which earned them a Grammy for Best Hard Rock Band. In 1995 they released the critically acclaimed Ballbreaker and in 2000 they released Stiff Upper Lip, their 15th studio album.

VIDEO: AC/DC: "Back in Black" (Live)

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