AC/DC: BON SCOTT's 'Aftershave' Incident

July 28, 2005

The U.K.'s The Herald reports: "Heavy metal fans, delighted at the news that an exhibition about colourful AC/DC singer Bon Scott is to be established in his birthplace, the sedate Angus town of Kirriemuir, wonder if the memorabilia will include one particular bottle. During one of the band's infamous touring excesses in Texas, Bon consumed an entire bottle of alcohol in a single gulp. It was only then Bon discovered it was aftershave. Showing his native fatalism, Bon, who sadly did drink himself to death, joked that at least his breath didn't smell."

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