Posted on 11/18/2017 8:42:55 AM PST by Morgana
Australian guitarist and AC/DC co-founder Malcolm Young has died aged 64 after a long battle with dementia.
He died peacefully on Saturday with his family nearby, a statement said.
Young will be remembered for his powerful rhythm guitar riffs that were instrumental in propelling the Sydney heavy rock group to stardom.
Three Young brothers have been part of AC/DC's history, including lead guitarist Angus. Producer George Young died in October.
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Sad. Horrible way to die. Rest In Peace Malcolm.
High school seemed complete with ‘Back in Black’ next to the record player.
A ‘long battle with dementia’ at age 64?
Very early onset. But it does happen that way sometimes.
Anytime after the age of 50, some family genetics are living with full awareness on borrowed time.
Sometimes one’s activities can make that happen more quickly.
Heavy use of recreational drugs, for instance.
Trivia: Name two rock and roll tunes that use bagpipes.
RIP Malcolm
A good one. Leave it to AC/DC to turn bagpipes into a hard rock instrument.
Mull of Kintyre
Scottish Anthem (w electric guitar?)
Sad. Too young. I’m very sorry.
“Mull of Kintyre
Scottish Anthem (w electric guitar?)”
Not even close.
Link please?
Huh.
There’s several lists, in fact
Who knew?
https://music.avclub.com/dream-pipes-16-songs-that-are-actually-improved-by-bag-1798245767
Rod Stewart used bagpipes at the end of asong...can’t recall the title.
Or maybe that was Bonnie Raitt.
Big Country’s “In a Big Country” used guitars to sound like bagpipes.
That list was missing the first: Sky Pilot by the Animals (my personal fave after AC/DC)
I knew about Dropkick Murphys as well but not most of the others.
Sky Pilot by the Animals fgeaturing Eric Burdon...what is the other one? :)
Never a fan of AC/DC. Only thing of interest to me was the elder Young being a founding member of the Easybeats.
Still, sorry to see one pass at such a young age, especially after suffering dementia ahead of that.
I had a neighbor many years ago, probably not much more than 40 if that, who got it. It was spooky how fast it came on and the short period of time he lived once it started. I found out one day when he was creeping around his car very strangely and his hair had gone completely white in what seemed like a matter of weeks.
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