[AC/DC] Angus Young's Lifestyle ★ 2021

it's something you always did and it's it's part it goes with it i guess with the territory doesn't it yes angus young is a famous scottish born australian musician songwriter guitarist film score composer and record producer who's best known as the co-founder songwriter and lead guitarist of the hard rock band ac dc this successful guitarist is famous for his schoolboy uniform stage outfits energetic performances and his version of duck walk of chuck berry rolling stone magazine has ranked him number 24 on its 100 greatest guitarist of all time back in the year 2003 angus along with other members of the hard rock band ac dc were inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame young's considered to be the 14th best-selling artist in the world with more than 200 million records sold worldwide with ac dc angus has won several awards including a grammy award a rock on request award a metal storm award four classic rock roll honor awards and two uk music video awards a lot more comfort and so over the years if you enjoy these videos please remember to hit the like button as it does help us out a lot and comment below who your favorite celebrity is that you'd love to see in an upcoming video his full name is angus mckinnon young but he's also known as the guitar god and a-bomb he was born march 1955 in glasgow scotland making him 65 at the time of this production he stands 5 feet 2 inches tall or 1.575 meters the star sign of angus young is aries and he weighs approximately 65 kilograms or 143 pounds discussing the religious beliefs of young he's catholic in 2012 angus was named best australian guitarist of all time in a poll which was conducted by australian guitar magazine back in 1988 all members of ac dc were inducted into the aria hall of fame while young's band mates were known for being hard partiers angus is actually a teetotaler ac dc singer bon scott was popular for his wild partying and malcolm young was a huge fan of jack daniels however angus does not drink at all he can only ever be seen chugging back a cold glass of chocolate milk or a cup of coffee back in 1970 this guitarist purchased his first gibson sg from a secondhand shop and still owns it angus has said it's still his favorite guitar and he not only loves rock and roll but is a huge fan of jazz young is a fan of louis armstrong and calls him one of the greatest musicians of all time although several guitarists think solos are the most challenging part of the job young says it's the easiest part young says that the most challenging part is to play together with several people the members of ac dc were consumed with grief over bond scott's death the keyboardist keith emerson took young and other members out on his fishing boat to help them through the shock of their friend's sudden death young became great friends with keith unfortunately keith died in 2016. did you know that malcolm never allowed angus to jam with him or even hear him play angus has said that when he would walk in to see malcolm playing malcolm would say get out now it's hard to imagine ac dc without malcolm and angus young unfortunately malcolm passed away in 2017 from dementia then in 2019 angus donated 19 260 dollars to the alzheimer's society of toronto when canadian hockey referee steve mcneil raised funds in honor of malcolm and his mother back in 1979 he started dating a dutch woman ellen von lockham the pair got married six months later and still live together we have a lot of cross generations from we've got people who come from the 70s time 80s time 90s 2000 he was born to william young and margaret young william and his family used to live in crane hill glasgow scotland previously william was a wheelboy in rope works and then worked as a machine operator in the cement business then in 1940 angus's father joined the royal air force and served in world war ii as a flight engine mechanic then william worked as a yard man and margaret was a housewife angus is the youngest child of his parents and he had seven siblings stephen william jr alex john malcolm and george were there's brothers while margaret horsberg was his only sister angus's oldest brother was the father of stevie young who also played with ac dc the family moved to sydney after the big freeze in 1963. angus first started playing on a banjo then started playing guitar he attended ashfield boys high school and dropped out of school when he was 15. this successful guitarist started his music career in the marcus hook roll band angus and malcolm were in this band and their brother george and his music partner harry vanda in 1973 they released an album titled tales of old granddaddy in australia then angus played in a local band known as kentucky which later was called tantrum in 1973 angus and malcolm formed the band ac dc which later became one of the most successful bands on the planet at that time angus was 18 years old malcolm became the rhythm guitarist while angus was the lead guitarist of this band the band also included drummer colin burgess bass guitarist larry von crete and vocalist dave evans acdc released their first single titled can i sit next to you girl which was later re-recorded with bon scott young sister margaret suggested the name ac dc after seeing these letters on her sewing machine's back in 1975 the band released their debut album titled high voltage which was a huge success ac dc became a popular hard rock act in the next few years and the band released albums such as tnt let there be rock [Music] dirty deeds done dirt cheap and powerage tnt reached number two on the aria charts and was certified nine times platinum in australia the album high voltage was released internationally in 1976 and was certified platinum or gold in a number of countries unfortunately bonscott died due to alcohol poisoning in 1980 and ac dc had to record their album titled back in black with vocalist brian johnson this album was the most successful album of this band although the band was losing popularity in the 1980s it again became popular with this album the razer's edge which was released in 1990 this album went five times platinum in canada australia and the united states in 2000 the band released the album stiff upper lip and in 2008 the album called black ice was released in 2014 malcolm left the band and by 2016 brian johnson and phil rudd had also left the band this year the band announced on twitter that they would release the pending album power up with a lineup of angus brian cliff williams phil rudd and stevie young their sons and daughters you've got people bringing their grandchildren you so we've got a whole this whole generations out there angus has primarily accumulated his net worth as a guitarist and a musician back in 1975 ac dc released the album high voltage which earned five-time platinum record in australia angus earned 350 dollars from this album and in 1976 this album helped him make three million dollars the total net worth of angus young is 160 million dollars back in 2007 young along with ellen designed a mansion in a small dutch town alton this three-story mansion features a recording studio multiple guest rooms and a massive backyard angus also owns a house in the kangaroo point area of sydney currently he lives in his house in sutherland shire sydney along with ellen angus and ellen owns several homes in the netherlands the uk and australia a bentley thunder guts angus young likely owns the following cars a ferrari a rolls-royce phantom a cadillac escalade you

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Published: Tue Dec 08 2020