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Brian Johnson “told not to” answer questions about the future of AC/DC, as it's the band's “official line”
By Sam Roche published
The band's frontman was tight-lipped when recently asked by Eddie Trunk about future live shows and a followup to 2020's Power Up

The top 10 air guitar songs of all time
By Guitar World Staff published
From Free Bird’s iconic guitar solo to the legendary licks of Layla, here are the best tracks to “play” when you’re without your axe but fancy an impromptu practice session

Gretsch honors Malcolm Young with all-new, limited-edition “Red Beast” Signature Jet
By Matt Owen published
Based on the rhythm great's original Beast as it appeared during AC/DC's early years, the signature sports three pickups, a Vintage Firebird Red finish and gold hardware

The greatest guitar albums of the ‘70s: Getting the Led out with Sabbath, the Who, Pink Floyd and more
By Jenna Scaramanga published
Punk was a revolution, disco a global phenomenon, but the guitar music of the '70s was dominated by the giants of rock. Here are the decade's top 10 guitar albums, as chosen by you...

Watch Guns N’ Roses cover AC/DC’s Back in Black at recent Spain show
By Matt Parker published
See Slash and company take on their second new AC/DC cover in three days

Watch Guns N’ Roses cover AC/DC and revisit deep cuts for the first time in 30 years at first show of 2022 European tour
By Matt Owen published
Reckless Life and the Appetite for Destruction version of You're Crazy were performed for the first time in three decades, and were accompanied by a cover of AC/DC's Walk All Over You

Metallica, Red Hot Chili Peppers and AC/DC guitar riffs performed on obscure percussion instruments sounds surprisingly brilliant
By Matt Parker published
You didn’t know you needed a cover of AC/DC’s Thunderstruck on the slap-o-phone in your life… until today

AC/DC's Angus Young: "I liked the SGs because they were light. I tried Fenders but they were too heavy and they just didn't have the balls"
By Steven Rosen published
In his first GW interview from 1984, AC/DC's lead guitar dynamo discusses his beloved #1 SG and why you can't beat a Marshall hundred-watt stack

AC/DC's Angus and Malcolm Young: "Most of our early tracks speed up toward the end. After the guitar solo we’d start to take off!"
By Richard Bienstock published
In this classic Guitar World interview from 2003, the brothers Young revisit the albums and songs that made them guitar giants
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