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AC/DC Maximum Rock & Roll
The Ultimate Story of the World's Greatest Rock and Roll Band

by Murray Engleheart with Arnaud Durieux


      Gleaning details from over 1300 interviews with AC/DC band members and conducting an additional seventy-five new interviews, Engleheart and Duriux have compiled a complete and authoritative biography of one of the all-time great rock and roll bands. Their climb to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame is chronicled from the very beginning with emphasis on the band's formative years. Fans will recognize much of their history, but there are lots of anecdotes and trivia that the authors reveal for the first time.

While the band didn't resort to strange sparkling costumes and weird makeup, they changed the sound of hard rock with their riff-driven performances and are gaining new fans even today, especially among modern teens. Their lives of adventure, even though laced with drunken brawls and drug and sex escapades, and their climb to fame makes fascinating reading. Photos that have never been published highlight the text throughout this definitive biography. Bon, Brian, Angus, Malcolm and the other men who have been a part of the band and have been romanticized by the media are shown in black and white and full color.

You have heard the myths surrounding the legendary lead singer Bon Scott's death...now read the real story of how he died alone, in a car parked on the side of a south London street in the freezing cold. You can feel their pain as the band struggled to rebound from this tragedy and find a new front man that would appeal to rock fans. Other myths surrounding Australia's AC/DC are dispelled by the authors to give you a true picture of their amazing career.

Whether or not you are a current fan of this legendary band...if you just love a good story, this book is highly recommended. Read it straight through or browse when you have a few minutes.

The Book

HarperCollins
January 2007
Hardcover
978-0-06-113391-6
Nonfiction/Biography/History
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The Reviewer

Beverly J. Rowe
Reviewed 2007
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