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The Ghost Of Bon Scott Smiles On The ARIA Chart (Well, Some Of It)

9:03AM Clem Bastow | After their first single in approximately 58 years, Rock’n'Roll Train was “leaked” – via excitable fans who offered their finest a cappella versions of the riff, or creating po-mo performance art akin to Borat playing Andy Capp in a teenager’s bedroom – anticipation for AC/DC’s new record (which has spent a similarly long time coming) Black Ice was, it’s safe to say, rating around the “ridiculously” mark on the ‘Just How Anticipated Is This Highly Anticipated Release?’-O-Meter. So high, in fact, that its imminent release – plus a bunch of reissues – has sent AC/DC into the record books as being the first band to have six albums in the ARIA Top 50 albums chart at any one time. Take that, ABBA! Leading the chart charge was the 1975 record, TNT, which leapt into the No. 20 spot. More »

AC/DC Fans “Leak” New Song, Unwittingly Create YouTube Genius

1:18PM Clem Bastow | As mentioned yesterday, the first AC/DC studio album in eight years is due for release in the next few months, so naturally a bunch of songs from the record have leaked (it’s just not a hotly-anticipated release if you can’t listen to crappy 64kbps snippets of the hit single online!) – but what makes this leak different from all the others is that the eager Acca fans have inadvertently created one of the most brilliant pieces of YouTubery since the last brilliant piece of YouTubery we claimed was the best ever. Because the songs themselves haven’t actually been leaked, per se. In short: the fans attended the music video shoot, heard the song, remembered how it went, and then rushed home to their guitars, webcams and, in the case of this champion, their best Brian Johnston dress-ups, and “leaked” the song, second-hand. Are you ready to rock?! More »

News.com.au Have Been Waiting So Long For AC/DC’s New Album They Forgot The Band’s Name

10:21AM Clem Bastow | Briefly in headbanging news, it seems Angus Young has taken time out from drinking milk and painting watercolours in the rolling Dutch meadows to get together with The New Guy and prepare the first AC/DC record in eight years for release. The album, Black Ice, will be out in October – and even though the group are no longer really Australian, it’s good to see that News.com.au can remember how to spell the country’s biggest rock band’s name: More »