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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.
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Bon Scott Memorial Statue Will Be Pleasingly True To Life
4:21PM Clem Bastow | We’re big fans of both Bon Scott and Bon Scott-era AC/DC (as if there were any other) here at Defamer Australia, so when we heard – via, er, The Bon Scott Fan Club email newsletter – that a statue was being planned in his home state of Western Australia, we were a little concerned that it might not capture the man’s true greatness, so to speak.
We are, then, pleased to announce that no such indignity will be suffered by Scott’s memory – or, for that matter, the memory of his pants:
West Australian Bon Scott Fan Club president Doug Thorncroft, who pushed for almost a decade to have a permanent tribute to his Scottish-born hard rock hero, said the statue was just right.
“It’s true Bon in his rock and roll singer stance. He’s giving it all to the crowd, he said.
“He’s got a microphone in his left hand, tilted up and the cable from the amp on the right, and it’s just so Bon.
“His jeans are painted on with his package bulging out.”
And, lo, God said it was good, and it was.
The statue will be fully unveiled this weekend. More » 