Axl Rose Talks Replacing Brian Johnson In AC/DC: ‘It’s An Unfortunate Situation’

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Axl Rose discussed replacing Brian Johnson in AC/DC in a new interview with BBC 6, his first interview in 5 years.

“I’m happy and excited in one sense, but I think it would be inappropriate to be celebrating, in a certain way, at someone else’s expense,” he said.

“That’s not what I’m here to do. It’s an unfortunate situation.”

“I called the day I read about it in the news, that there was a situation going on with Brian’s hearing,” he said.

“I called a guy who’s their production manager right now… because I knew there was going to be a problem with having dates on sale and dates sold and stuff like that. So if I could help, and if I was able to do it, and they were interested, I’d love to help. And that’s how it started.

“I wasn’t looking at it like, ‘I’m singing for AC/DC.’ I was looking at it like, ‘y’know, if I can, and if they think I’m able to do it.”

Rose also said he didn’t know whether he would be able to sing some of the songs in the set.

“A lot of the Back In Black stuff is really challenging. I’m not here in any way out of any disrespect to Brian. I can’t take anything away from his singing at all,” he said.