Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash was photographed backstage at a recent show wearing an AC/DC shirt. Brian Johnson, Phil Rudd, and Cliff Williams are rumored to be back in AC/DC, recording a new album in honor of Malcolm Young, featuring unused song ideas he had written before his death.
Slash told Consequence of Sound about the AC/DC new, “Where do I start? AC/DC is bar none, with the exception of the [Rolling] Stones, the greatest rock ‘n’ roll band ever.
The Stones will always come first for me and then AC/DC. There are no other bands that actually play that brand of really ’50s-influenced straight-up rock ‘n’ roll like AC/DC. I love them for that. I think Phil Rudd is one of the best drummers of all time.
So anytime he was not in the band, I was always disappointed. But it’s great that Cliff [Williams is] going to be back because I remember being backstage with those guys at the end of the last tour and him saying that he was gone and that he was retired. So it’s great that everybody’s back, but it’s especially awesome that Brian [Johnson] is back.”
Axl Rose replaced Brian Johnson in AC/DC in 2016 when he was forced to bow out of the ‘Rock or Bust’ tour due to hearing issues. Cliff Williams announced that he would retire after the tour concluded, with many speculating that he did not want to continue the band without Johnson.
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