AC/DC's ANGUS YOUNG, BRIAN JOHNSON Talk To Spain's TELEMADRID; Video Available
October 21, 2008Spain's Telemadrid television channel recently conducted an interview with AC/DC guitarist Angus Young and vocalist Brian Johnson. Watch the two-minute report below. (Note: Interviews clips are in English with Spanish subtitles.)
AC/DC's first album in eight years, "Black Ice", arrived on Monday (October 20) exclusively at Wal-Mart stores, Walmart.com and ACDC.com. While the hard-rocking 15-song set doesn't offer anything radically different from the Australian group's 14 previous studio albums, lead guitarist Angus Young told The Pulse of Radio he thinks that's the biggest reason AC/DC has lasted so long. "I think as a band, you spend all your early years defining your own style, you know, and with us, it was always hard-edged rock 'n' roll band," he said. "You want to put on a record and, you know, automatically go, 'Well, that's them. That's AC/DC.'"
Wal-Mart will also be the exclusive retailer for AC/DC Live: Rock Band Track Pack, a special collection of songs for the Rock Band video game.
A world tour in support of "Black Ice" begins with a private "dress rehearsal" show on October 28 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Tickets for the trek are among the hottest of the year, with gigs selling out in record time and second nights being added in several major cities.
Although AC/DC does not sell its songs at digital retailers like iTunes, "Black Ice" leaked online two weeks ago. According to Internet tracking company Big Champagne, it was downloaded 100,000 times a day in the last week alone.
AC/DC has sold more than 200 million albums worldwide and is second only to THE BEATLES as the biggest selling act in the U.S. The band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2003.
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