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Campaign targets AC/DC's Thunderstruck for UK Christmas Number One

Fans have launched a campaign to get AC/DC classic Thunderstruck to the top of the UK singles chart this Christmas

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AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd selling off rare memorabilia in honour of friend who is dying of cancer

Phil Rudd is selling equipment and memorabilia from throughout AC/DC's long career

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Gibson refreshes the SG with six bold new finishes as Angus Young’s favourite double-cut joins the Custom Color range

The SG Standard and its '61 counterpart are now available in Classic White, TV Yellow, Silver Mist, Translucent Teal, Pelham Blue Burst and Cardinal Red Burst

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That time Black Sabbath were inducted into the UK Music Hall Of Fame and Ozzy mooned the audience because he didn't think they were rocking hard enough

How Bill Ward's final performance with Black Sabbath was overshadowed by Ozzy Osbourne's buttocks

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Hell's Bells, beer and an unexpected trombone: this rare footage of AC/DC backstage in 1983 is an absolute delight

Witness the quiet calm before the AC/DC storm

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"That kind of bare-bones grit they had in the early days was replaced with this driving sonic overload": Why I ❤️ AC/DC's Back In Black, by Kiss's Paul Stanley

Kiss legend Paul Stanley has a theory about what makes great bands great

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Governor of Nevada wants AC/DC for Super Bowl LVIII halftime show

Could AC/DC bring some much-needed rock to the Super Bowl in 2024? They have a political heavyweight in their corner.

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30 guitarists on the guitar heroes who changed their life

Slash, Angus Young, Paul Stanley, Billy Gibbons reveal the guitarists who made them want to play in the first place

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“I was p**sed off and I proceeded to stomp”: the time Blue Oyster Cult declared war on AC/DC at an 80s music festival

How a long-standing grudge between Blue Oyster Cult and AC/DC boiled over at the legendary Monsters Of Rock festival

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Eddie Van Halen, Jimi Hendrix and Jimmy Page are some of guitar’s greatest trailblazers – learn their styles and level up your playing with this rock guitar deep-dive

The styles of Slash, Eric Clapton, Ritchie Blackmore and a suite of other rock gods are placed under the microscope for this comprehensive lesson – tabs and audio included

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"It's like two different people, like watching a movie": AC/DC's Angus Young reveals what it's like to be Angus Young onstage

Rare audio from an interview conducted with AC/DC's Angus Young on the Flick Of The Switch tour in 1983 has surfaced online

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The 10 filthiest rock’n’roll riffs ever

Rock’n’roll is best when it’s powered by down and dirty riffs – and here are 10 of the filthiest, according to LA firebrands Dirty Honey

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“The greatest album of all time? AC/DC’s Back In Black”: this is the soundtrack to Buckcherry singer Josh Todd’s life

Josh Todd’s record collection consists of AC/DC, AC/DC, AC/DC and AC/DC. Oh, and One Direction

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All 57 Bon Scott AC/DC songs ranked in order of greatness

Scott’s AC/DC legacy amounts to six years, six studio albums and 57 tracks. Here we rank every one that the great man recorded with the band, from high-voltage classics to obscure B-sides and everlasting anthems

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Sam Fender’s old guitar teacher joined him onstage to play AC/DC hits with Brian Johnson – and absolutely nailed Angus Young’s solos

“I wouldn’t have been able to do any of this if it wasn’t for your tutelage,” Fender wrote to his old tutor, who channeled prime Young on an Epiphone SG

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Samantha Fish: “I play other guitars, but I always go back to the SG because it fights me just enough. I need something to push back a little bit and she does”

The blues-rock ace on what draws her to both Gibson and Fender, why all guitar players should learn drums, and how she ended up using an elementary school PA system for her tones on her new album with Jesse Dayton, Death Wish Blues

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Kirk Hammett and Robert Trujillo offer their track-by-track guide to Metallica’s super-heavy smash-hit new album, 72 Seasons

Fast stuff, bouncy stuff, thrashing riffs, evil tones, power grooves and ‘total noise’ solos included

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25 great blues-rock guitar licks lesson

Play in the style of Clapton, SRV, Hendrix, Gilmour, the three Kings, John Mayer and more with our tab and audio lessons

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Metallica’s Kirk Hammett: “With 72 Seasons, I improvised 20, 30 solos, gave them all to Lars and Greg Fidelman, and went, ‘You guys edit them!’”

Kirk Hammett and Robert Trujillo draw back the curtain on the metal album of the year: the gear shakeups, the Angus Young and Ritchie Blackmore-inspired guitar approach, and the response to critics of Kirk’s improvisational soloing approach

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Joe Bonamassa plays AC/DC’s Back in Black like you’ve never heard it before in this soulful rhythm ’n’ blues reimagining

The blues-rock ace has teamed up with funk band Scary Pockets and vocalist Joanna Jones to offer a new take on Angus Young’s iconic riff and solo

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Watch Joe Bonamassa sit in with Scary Pockets and Joanna Jones for a funkified cover of Back In Black

Bonamassa ditches the pick and picks up the SG for a laid-back version of AC/DC's hard-rock anthem, but sadly does not perform in school uniform

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How a huge onstage brawl with Deep Purple proved the making of AC/DC

After AC/DC and Deep Purple went head-to-head in 1975, no-one ever messed with Angus & co.’s gear again

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What happened when AC/DC played an intimate show for 3000 lucky fans in Berlin

In 2003, AC/DC were scheduled to perform for 450,000 fans in Toronto, but warmed up with an intimate show on the other side of the Atlantic - and our man was there to tell the story

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Kirk Hammett reveals the secret weapon behind his guitar tone: “I can’t believe I’m telling you about it!”

The elusive piece of gear has sonic ties to Eddie Van Halen, AC/DC and Pink Floyd, and featured throughout new Metallica album 72 Seasons

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The 30 best Brian Johnson AC/DC songs

AC/DC’s 30 best songs with Brian Johnson, the much-loved frontman who's led the band from theatres to stadiums across the globe

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