Angus Young
Overview
 
Angus McKinnon Young is a Scottish-born Australian musician, and the lead guitarist, songwriter, and co-founder of the rock and roll
Rock and roll
Rock and roll is a genre of popular music that originated and evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s, primarily from a combination of African American blues, country, jazz, and gospel music...

 band AC/DC
AC/DC
AC/DC are an Australian rock band, formed in 1973 by brothers Malcolm and Angus Young. Commonly classified as hard rock, they are considered pioneers of heavy metal, though they themselves have always classified their music as simply "rock and roll"...

. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum is a museum located on the shore of Lake Erie in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, United States. It is dedicated to archiving the history of some of the best-known and most influential artists, producers, engineers and others who have, in some major way,...

 along with other members of AC/DC in 2003 and is known for his energetic performances, schoolboy-uniform stage outfits, and his popularization of Chuck Berry's
Chuck Berry
Charles Edward Anderson "Chuck" Berry is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter, and one of the pioneers of rock and roll music. With songs such as "Maybellene" , "Roll Over Beethoven" , "Rock and Roll Music" and "Johnny B...

 duckwalk
Duckwalk
The duckwalk is a stage an element of guitar showmanship popularized by Chuck Berry.While the origins of the duckwalk have been traced as far back as T-Bone Walker who already during the 1930s performed dance moves while playing his guitar, it was Chuck Berry who made the duckwalk popular and who...

. In 2003, Rolling Stone magazine ranked Angus Young at # 96 in their list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time.
Quotations

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

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

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.

Interview with NME magazine in October 1976

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...

Interview with Sounds magazine in June 1976

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.

Interview with the Atlanta Gazette in May 1979

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

Bonfire Box Set

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.’

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

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

Blender, 2003

 
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