Sitting here with my Back In Black T-shirt on
Got a compliment on it at the Orthopedic surgeons office this morning while getting knee injections for my 66 y/o grindy joints

For those about to rock.... we salute you!!

https://youtu.be/8fPf6L0XNvM

Cool story, I'm jealous!

AC/DC was the very first band I got really into. I had every cassette tape when I was in middle/high school, late 80 - early 90's.

Strange coincidence, I stumbled on some old concert tickets stubs this past weekend.

$17.50 for the ticket. I remember those days. (plus the $3.25 CC Fee)

They were my first real concert. Flick of the Switch tour in 1983. It was amazing.

Saw them on the Who Made Who tour at the Nassau Coliseum. Total heroes, those guys. I don't think a day goes by when I play my guitar and don't run through some AC/DC with a cranked Marshall. IIRC, Back in Black is still the second best selling album in history, only behind Michael Jackson's Thriller. Quite a debut album for Brian Johnson, eh?

That’s a really cool experience, they are a fantastic band. My son and I went to see Metallica in Ft. Lauderdale last Thursday and met James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett at the hotel after, so I know the feeling. Still seems unreal.

Brian has an interview show, and he seems like a humble, sweet guy. Not a bone of arrogance about him despite his MASSIVE success.

He wrote Hells Bells on a legal pad in about 10 minutes while in Jamaica watching a thunderstorm roll in. Brian Johnson is a genius.

He was pretty cool as a guest on Top Gear or Grand Tour whatever it was. I think he was a fast driver if I remember correctly

My brother passed away in 1999. My parents became very religious afterwards.

I can’t remember the year, but early 2000’s. My mom calls me, and asks if I have ever heard of a band called “The AC/DC”? (Yes, that’s what she called them).

I responded something like, “HELL YEAH!!! It was the first concert I ever went too!”. AC/DC with Queensryche, maybe 1988? Went with my brother.

My mom than tells me he owns the condo next to theirs, and he’s a really nice guy, Brian Johnson. I still can’t picture my devout Christian mother swilling beers with the lead singer of one of my favorite bands. He was cleaning out his fridge and offered my mom a 6pack (Coors Light I think). My mom asked if I wanted it, I passed because he said it was probably two years old.

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My mom asked if I wanted it, I passed because he said it was probably two years old.

So, pretty much like ALL coors light?

awesome - my favorite band

Far out! Was it in the Tampa FL area? Maybe St Armands or Longboat Key?

My friend Liz lives on Siesta Key and says he lives on Bird Key off the coast of Sarasota in a house on the water with a guitar-shaped swimming pool.

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Far out! Was it in the Tampa FL area? Maybe St Armands or Longboat Key?

My friend Liz lives on Siesta Key and says he lives on Bird Key off the coast of Sarasota in a house on the water with a guitar-shaped swimming pool.

Yes Sarasota. I won’t mention the bar. But I guess it’s no secret he lives there, Bird key is what I was told after I met him. We had actually driven through Bird Key that day. Nice houses. I didn’t see any houses that screamed rock n roll but I didn’t know he lived there at that point so I wasn’t really looking.