R. I. P. Malcolm Young
Posted: Sat Nov 18, 2017 11:53 pmMaybe not the face, or the voice, or even the heart of AC/DC, but definitely their brain, boss and centre - It's Malcolm's band, as their drummer once said.
Having quit playing in the band in '14 because of progressive dementia, he died peacefully in a nursing home in Australia, his second home after his native Scotland. Not a very rock'n'roll way to go, but he seems to have had a gentle end, surrounded by the people he loved.
For all my classic buffery, I love that band and their relentless groove, their street-corner bravado, the way their one recipe almost always works infallibly. I watched a few YouTube videos tonight, and I totally reommend the songs taken from their Live at River Plate gig in 2009. These are ageing guys up there. Brian Johnson is putting up a fight against his failing voice and creaky joints every second, but they totally still had it at that time.
Having quit playing in the band in '14 because of progressive dementia, he died peacefully in a nursing home in Australia, his second home after his native Scotland. Not a very rock'n'roll way to go, but he seems to have had a gentle end, surrounded by the people he loved.
For all my classic buffery, I love that band and their relentless groove, their street-corner bravado, the way their one recipe almost always works infallibly. I watched a few YouTube videos tonight, and I totally reommend the songs taken from their Live at River Plate gig in 2009. These are ageing guys up there. Brian Johnson is putting up a fight against his failing voice and creaky joints every second, but they totally still had it at that time.