AC/DC English Mkhitar Sebastaci Krtahamalir 8-3 class Middle School

3. AC/DC UNDERWENT SEVERAL LINE-UP CHANGES BEFORE RELEASING
THEIR FIRST ALBUM, HIGH VOLTAGE, IN 1975. MEMBERSHIP
SUBSEQUENTLY STABILIZED AROUND THE YOUNG BROTHERS,
SINGER BON SCOTT, DRUMMER PHIL RUDD, AND BASS PLAYER MARK
EVANS. EVANS WAS REPLACED BY CLIFF WILLIAMS IN 1977 FOR THE
ALBUM POWERAGE. IN FEBRUARY 1980, A FEW MONTHS AFTER
RECORDING THE ALBUM HIGHWAY TO HELL, LEAD SINGER AND CO-
SONGWRITER BON SCOTT. THE GROUP CONSIDERED DISBANDING BUT
STAYED TOGETHER, BRINGING IN BRIAN JOHNSON AS REPLACEMENT
FOR SCOTT. LATER THAT YEAR, THE BAND RELEASED THEIR FIRST ALBUM
WITH JOHNSON, BACK IN BLACK, WHICH THEY DEDICATED TO SCOTT'S
MEMORY. THE ALBUM LAUNCHED THEM TO NEW HEIGHTS OF SUCCESS
AND BECAME ONE OF THE BEST SELLING ALBUMS OF ALL TIME.

4. ON 16 APRIL 2014, IN RESPONSE TO EARLIER REPORTS THAT THE BAND MAY
BE RETIRING DUE TO MALCOLM YOUNG'S ILLNESS, BRIAN JOHNSON
COMMENTED THAT AC/DC WERE NOT RETIRING, STATING "WE ARE
DEFINITELY GETTING TOGETHER IN MAY IN VANCOUVER. WE'RE GOING TO
PICK UP GUITARS, HAVE A PLONK AND SEE IF ANYBODY HAS GOT ANY TUNES
OR IDEAS. IF ANYTHING HAPPENS WE'LL RECORD IT."[ AC/DC SUBSEQUENTLY
ANNOUNCED IN AN OFFICIAL STATEMENT ON THEIR FACEBOOK PAGE IN
APRIL 2014 THAT MALCOLMYOUNG WOULD BE TAKING A BREAK FROM THE
BAND DUE TO HIS ILL HEALTH. IT ENDED: "THE BAND WILL CONTINUE TO
MAKE MUSIC."[ IN JULY 2014, AC/DC ANNOUNCED THAT THEY HAD FINISHED
RECORDING THEIR NEXT ALBUM AND THAT MALCOLM'SNEPHEW, STEVIE
YOUNG, REPLACED MALCOLM IN THE STUDIO. ON 23 SEPTEMBER
2014, ALBERTS MANAGEMENT CONFIRMED THAT MALCOLMHAD OFFICIALLY
DEPARTED FROM THE BAND. MALCOLM'SLAST SHOW WITH THE BAND WAS
ON 28 JUNE 2010 IN BILBAO, SPAIN; HE DIED ON 18 NOVEMBER 2017 AT THE
AGE OF 64.