From Planet Rock.
Brian Johnson has ‘confirmed’ he is back in the AC/DC fold and is recording a new album with the band.
Rumours that both Brian Johnson and Phil Rudd had rejoined forces with AC/DC exploded last August when photos emerged online that depicted the singer, drummer and engineer Mike Fraser outside Vancouver’s Warehouse Studios where Stevie and Angus Young were also spotted that week.
The rumours were intensified weeks later when JAM Magazine quoted sources who claimed that the new AC/DC album will be dedicated to the memory of Malcolm Young and feature his distinctive rhythm guitar playing lifted from recording sessions several years before ‘Black Ice’.
True to form, AC/DC have remained quiet about their future plans, however, grindcore trio Terrorizer have now claimed that Brian let the cat out of the bag when they bumped into him at an airport this week.
Terrorizer wrote on Monday (28th January): “We ran into Brian Johnson from AC/DC at the airport today after the flight home and we asked him about the rumours of him being on the new AC/DC album and he said ‘yes’ and that he is ‘sick of denying it.’ So that was a cool surprise ending to the tour.”
Brian Johnson performing with AC/DC in February 2016 © Getty
Brian, of course, was replaced by Axl Rose for the final European and North American dates of AC/DC’s Rock or Bust World Tour in 2016 after doctors told him to quit performing live or risk total hearing loss.
Phil Rudd was replaced by Chris Slade in 2015 due to his ongoing legal quagmire and subsequent house arrest.
As recently as February 2018, Brian reflected upon his 36-year tenure with AC/DC, saying: “On stage, it was getting harder and harder to hear the guitars, even hear the keys, and I was basically going on muscle memory.
“And I’m not the kind of guy who likes to cheat. The way I look at it, I had a great run.”
Phil Rudd, meanwhile, has made no secret of the fact he’d like to rejoin AC/DC. “I’d like to be involved with Angus again, maybe on the next album or something,” he told Finland’s Kaaos TV in April 2017.
“But I still have some traveling restrictions, and I’m not sure if I can go to America or not. I’ve got some lawyers doing some work so I can go back to America, but I’m not too sure. So I have some limitations on what I can do, and I’m just making the best of my situation at the moment.”
It’s currently unclear who will play bass on the new AC/DC album after Cliff Williams quit the band in September 2016.
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- AC/DC - High Voltage Live + p/s - UK - 7" vinyl - £15.00, $18.90, €18.15 (New Item) (arrived 17-Dec-2024 18:00)
AC/DC High Voltage (1980 UK solid centre 7" vinyl single featuring a live version, also includes Live Wire, within a card picture sleeve. The flipback style sleeve displays a little edgewear and creaing. Whilst the vinyl has light signs of play and handling, overall an Excellent example HM1)
- AC/DC - Blow Up Your Video - EX - UK - vinyl LP - £12.00, $15.12, €14.52 (New Item) (arrived 16-Dec-2024 09:37)
AC/DC Blow Up Your Video (1988 German pressed UK issue 10-track vinyl LP, the tenth international studio album by the Australian hard rockers produced by Harry Vanda & George Young, the last to feature drummer Simon Wright. Includes the singles Heatseeker and That's The Way I Wanna Rock 'n' Roll, glossy picture sleeve with plain black inner. The sleeve shows some light edgewear with the start of seam split on the top edge and the vinyl displays some light cosmetic paper scuffs - none of which would play WX144)
- AC/DC - Who Made Who - UK - vinyl LP - £25.00, $31.50, €30.25 (New Item) (arrived 12-Dec-2024 16:37)
AC/DC Who Made Who (1986 UK 9-track vinyl LP, as featured on the soundtrack to the Stephen King film 'Maximum Overdrive', pressed in Germany for the whole of Europe, housed in a glossy picture sleeve. The sleeve displays light wear and the vinyl looks barely played WX57)
- AC/DC - PWR/UP - 180gm - Sealed - German - vinyl LP - £29.99, $37.79, €36.29 (Back In Stock) (arrived 12-Dec-2024 18:00)
AC/DC PWR/UP (2020 European 12-track audiophile LP pressed on 180gm Vinyl, complete with picture inner, custom title stickered gatefold picture sleeve. The band's first album since the death of co-founder and rhythm guitarist Malcolm Young in2017. Housed in a gatefold picture sleeve - still sealed in its original shrinkwrap with clear title sticker on the front)
- AC/DC - Rock And Roll Ain't Noise Pollution + Sleeve - EX/VG - UK - 7" vinyl - £12.00, $15.12, €14.52 (New Item) (arrived 12-Dec-2024 18:00)
AC/DC Rock And Roll Ain't Noise Pollution (1980 UK solid centre 7" vinyl single, also including Hells Bells. The flipback style card picture sleeve is Very Good and has some shelfwear scuffing & creasing evident but the vinyl remains in Excellent condition K11630)
- AC/DC - Who Made Who - UK - vinyl LP - £25.00, $31.50, €30.25 (New Item) (arrived 12-Dec-2024 18:00)
AC/DC Who Made Who (1986 UK 9-track vinyl LP, as featured on the soundtrack to the Stephen King film 'Maximum Overdrive', pressed in Germany for the whole of Europe, housed in a glossy picture sleeve. The sleeve displays light wear and the vinyl looks barely played WX57)
- AC/DC - Fly On The Wall - Hype Stickered + Inner - German - vinyl LP - £15.00, $18.90, €18.15 (New Item) (arrived 12-Dec-2024 18:00)
AC/DC Fly On The Wall (1985 German 10-track vinyl LP, the tenth album by the Australian rock legends, including the single Danger, housed in the hype-stickered picture sleeve complete with the illustrated lyric inner. The inner displays a little foxing & the sleeve shows light shelfwear, as well as wear to the top edge whilst the vinyl remains in Excellent condition with minimal play)
- AC/DC - Heatseeker - injection - UK - 7" vinyl - £10.00, $12.60, €12.10 (New Item) (arrived 13-Dec-2024 16:39)
AC/DC Heatseeker (1988 UK injection moulded 7" vinyl single, also including Go Zone, paper picture sleeve. The sleeve reveals little ring wear & the vinyl is in Excellent condition with minimal play A9136)
- AC/DC - Heatseeker - injection - UK - 7" vinyl - £10.00, $12.60, €12.10 (New Item) (arrived 13-Dec-2024 18:00)
AC/DC Heatseeker (1988 UK injection moulded 7" vinyl single, also including Go Zone, paper picture sleeve. The sleeve reveals little ring wear & the vinyl is in Excellent condition with minimal play A9136)
- AC/DC - The Razors Edge - VG - UK - vinyl LP - £30.00, $37.80, €36.30 (New Item) (arrived 16-Dec-2024 09:41)
AC/DC The Razors Edge (1990 UK/German-pressed 12-track vinyl LP, including Thunderstruck, Moneytalks, Are You Ready & Mistress For Christmas, glossy picture sleeve. The sleeve is Very Good with some edgewear and scuffing to the back resulting in paper loss & the vinyl appears Excellent with just minor cosmetic wear not impacting play WX364)
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