AC/DC: Maximum Rock & Roll: The Ultimate Story of the World's Greatest Rock-and-Roll

[Old Stagehand]

Australia's AC/DC parlayed riff-driven hard rock into a long-running career despite lead singer Bon Scott's untimely death in 1980. Along with madcap guitarist Angus Young, Scott had become a rock icon embodying an ethos of hard-driving performing and living. Such a loss might have ended most bands, but AC/DC found a replacement remarkably similar to Scott in growling voice and stage persona: Brian Johnson. Pretty much the antithesis of fellow Aussie chart toppers, the falsetto-warbling Bee Gees, AC/DC didn't wear sparkly frippery, eschewed disco, and barred saccharine strings from its strident anthems. Its magnum opus, Back in Black, came after Scott's death and cemented its place in the rock pantheon. Further touring and hits rarely deviated from a hard-rock template. Clearly a devotee, Englehart tracks the band's career with aplomb, from scuffling days down under to its present lofty status, yet avoids excessive praise. Replete with discography, a regular omnibus resource on the band and great reading for rock-history buffs.

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