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Angus McKinnon Young is an Australian guitarist, best known as the co-founder, lead guitarist, songwriter and only constant member of the Australian hard rock band AC/DC. He is known for his energetic performances, schoolboy-uniform stage outfits and his own version of Chuck Berry's duckwalk. Young was ranked 24th in Rolling Stone magazine's 100 greatest guitarists of all-time list.In 2003, Young and the other members of AC/DC were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Wikipedia  

✵ 31. March 1955
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Famous Angus Young Quotes

“We're a rock group. We're noisy, rowdy, sensational and weird.”

Angus Young

Bonfire Box Set

“We want to appeal to everyone and get rich quick. We want to be millionaires. I've got this plan to buy Tasmania you see…”

Angus Young

Interview with Sounds magazine in June 1976

“I'm sick and tired of people saying that we put out 11 albums that sound exactly the same. In fact, we've put out 12 albums that sound exactly the same.”

Angus Young

[Pluggin' into AC/DC: Longtime rockers stay current with new 'Stiff Upper Lip', Interview with Jim Farber, New York Daily News, February 27, 2000, http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/entertainment/2000/02/27/2000-02-27_pluggin__into_ac_dc_longtime.html]

“I love the music from Nat King Cole, BB King, Albert King… When I think of it, I wouldn't mind being renamed Angus King.”

Angus Young

Interview for the French TV channel M6 at the release of the album Razor's Edge.

“Angus Young's frantic over-the-top soloing has sparked many of AC/DC's biggest tunes. But beneath the reckless theatrics and naughty schoolboy images lurks a skilled guitarist.”

Angus Young

Askold Bulk[citation needed]
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“I don't like to play above or below people's heads. Basically, I just like to get up in front of a crowd and rip it up.”

Angus Young

Interview with NME magazine in October 1976

Angus Young Quotes

“The best AC/DC cover I've heard? There was an all-girl cover band in America, the Hell's Belles.”

Angus Young

Blender, 2003

“If it was happening, I'd call it Heavenly Beast. If it wasn't happening, I usually call it Arsehole.”

Angus Young

When asked if he specifically named his guitar. From Rolling Stone Magazine.

“You should hear me on my own. It’s horrendous.
I saw Deep Purple live once and I paid money for it and I thought, Geez, this is ridiculous.”

Angus Young

1983 Interview in West Hollywood, California (Sunset Marquis Hotel)

“It's just rock and roll. A lot of times we get criticized for it. A lot of music papers come out with: 'When are they going to stop playing these three chords?' If you believe you shouldn't play just three chords it's pretty silly on their part. To us, the simpler a song is, the better, 'cause it's more in line with what the person on the street is.”

Angus Young

Interview with the Atlanta Gazette in May 1979

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