(1955-03-31) 31 March 1955 (age 69) Glasgow, Scotland
Origin
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Genres
Hard rock
blues rock
rock and roll
Occupation(s)
Musician
songwriter
producer
Instrument(s)
Guitar
Years active
1970 (1970)–present
Labels
EMI
Epic
Atlantic
Albert
Columbia
Member of
AC/DC
Formerly of
Marcus Hook Roll Band
Website
acdc.com
Musical artist
Angus McKinnon Young (born 31 March 1955) is an Australian musician, best known as the co-founder, lead guitarist, songwriter, and the only remaining founding member of the hard rock band AC/DC. He is known for his energetic performances, schoolboy-uniform stage outfits and his own version of Chuck Berry's duckwalk. Young was ranked 38th in the 2023 edition of Rolling Stone's 250 greatest guitarists of all-time list.[1] In 2003, Young and the other members of AC/DC were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
^"The 250 Greatest Guitarists of All Time". Rolling Stone. 13 October 2023. Archived from the original on 14 October 2023. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
Angus McKinnon Young (born 31 March 1955) is an Australian musician, best known as the co-founder, lead guitarist, songwriter, and the only remaining founding...
Rolling Stone named Young as the 38th best guitarist of all time along with his younger brother and fellow AC/DC member Angus. Though Angus was the more visible...
Scotland. Young is the son of Stephen Crawford Young Sr. (1933–1989), who was the eldest brother of Angus, Malcolm, George, and Alex Young. He emigrated...
produced by luthier John Diggins. Since then, Young has collaborated with Gibson to make the AngusYoung SG which features a custom-designed Humbucker...
hard rock band AC/DC from 1974 until his death in 1980. Born in Forfar in Angus, Scotland, Scott spent his early years in Kirriemuir. He moved to Australia...
Young (born AngusYoung; November 19, 1919 – May 19, 2016) was a British-born actor, who TV Guide called "the Charlie Chaplin of television". Young portrayed...
vocalist for Geordie. The album was composed by Johnson and brothers Angus and Malcolm Young, and recorded over seven weeks in the Bahamas from April to May...
Angus Bucks, Angus Bills or AC/DC Dollars are fake, United States one-dollar bills featuring AngusYoung, the lead guitarist from the Australian rock 'n'...
Yngwie Malmsteen, Eddie Van Halen, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Ace Frehley, and AngusYoung. Blues musicians such as Charley Patton used stunts such as playing the...
cars". Rudd married a New Zealander, Lisa O'Brien, in 1983. Guitarist AngusYoung was quoted in the same article as saying "We're a rowdy bunch, but we...
George Young and Harry Vanda. According to the book AC/DC: Maximum Rock & Roll, the band was not enthusiastic about the idea, especially guitarists Angus Young...
by mid-1977 the line-up was Malcolm Young on rhythm guitar and backing vocals alongside his brother AngusYoung on lead guitar, Phil Rudd on drums and...
pencil-drawn picture of AngusYoung hanging from a giant power switch, illustrated by artist Brent Richardson, that Young had sketched out to reflect...
1975 at Albert Studios with Harry Vanda and George Young (elder brother of guitarists Malcolm and Angus) producing. In April 1976, the band went on their...
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