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In a time when the everyday is considered both mind-numbingly static and constantly galloping out of control, it is to feel a sense of reassuring stability that can be held onto in the chaos, the sandstorm of unremitting fear that frames the known unknown in which the strength of constancy is but a small but powerful pleasure, that AC/DC return and offer a reminder of permanence that the Rock lover didn’t know they were to be graced with.
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Empires pass, they have to for the next stage of evolution and growth to begin, some spectacularly, some with a whimper and some…well some just turn to stone and meld into the background and always acknowledged and remembered with fondness for what they delivered in their lifetimes. Empires pass, and so do legends and for AC/DC, the time to perhaps gather dust is upon one of the greatest Rock bands to ever grace a stage and tear seven bells of Hell out of a studio.
Any serious rock fan has to only mention AC/DC’s name in any conversation to get sage old head nodding in approval and younger fans salivating as they prepare to hear more tales of one of the hardest rock acts to grace the genre in 40 years. From their 1975 debut High Voltage (Australia, 1976 elsewhere) through to the superb Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap, the career defining Back In Black and finally the 1988 Blow Up Your Video, fans knew what to expect and they devoured each album in their droves.