Tuesday, September 15, 2015

AC/DC Singer Brian Johnson Talks Band Retirement


In the past couple of years AC/DC has undergone some heavy hits (primarily the departure of founding rhythm guitarist Malcolm Young due to dementia), but the band managed to pull through and release a new studio album Rock or Bust. However, they have been considering the idea of hanging up the towel and calling it a day.

In an interview with Morning Sun singer Brian Johnson says:

“Y’know, retirement is like anything. A good footballer, a good ice hockey player, they don’t want to retire, but unfortunately sometimes there’s a time when you have to call it quits. So, it’s an ongoing thing with us. We never say no, and we never say never. The thing about the boys in AC/DC you’ve got to remember is we’re constantly surprised and amazed at how we keep the success going. We don’t know what we’re doing. I mean, we literally don’t know what we’re doing, except what we’re doing is we just play 100 percent every night and give it everything we’ve got. If that’s the secret of success, we’ll pass it on. But we never expect the crowds. We never take anything for granted. How can you? Times change. You’ve just got to keep doing what you’re doing, basically, and just hope they come back for more.

It would be a sad and unfortunate day to see the greatest thing to ever come from Down Under to finally retire, but considering the massively successful and impacting career they have had they would earn every last moment of retirement. In all honest also, considering that Malcolm is now out of the picture it just wouldn't be the same if they carried on. Rock or Bust was proof of that.

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