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Category: Biography
Author: Jeff Apter
Publisher: Sydney: Allen and Unwin 2021. 296 pp.
ISBN 9781760877910 (pbk)
Reviewed by: David Mayocchi
“It was a very very long way to the top for AC/DC singer Bon Scott, and ended just before the summit.”
As vocalist with Australian hard rock band AC/DC, Bon Scott played a critical role in the band’s journey from suburban hotels to international stadiums. Unfortunately, Scott did not live to see that success, dying alone from acute alcohol poisoning in a Renault 5 in London in 1980. He was 33. Misadventure would be an accurate description of Scott’s life and death.
Bad Boy Boogie is a celebration of Scott’s life, providing fans with the story of his unlikely success. Its author, Jeff Apter, has written more than 20 music biographies, including a recent dive into the world of AC/DC alumni George Young (Friday on My Mind 2020), Malcolm Young (Malcolm Young 2019) and Angus Young (High Voltage 2018). Apter is a master at reassembling a musician’s life from the pieces left behind, bringing coherence to stories that often exist
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Bon Scott
Australian singer (1946–1980)
Musical artist
Ronald Belford "Bon" Scott (9 July 1946 – 19 February 1980) was an Australian singer who was the second lead vocalist and lyricist of the hard rock band AC/DC from 1974 until his death in 1980.[1] In the July 2004 issue of Classic Rock, Scott was ranked number one in a list of the "100 Greatest Frontmen of All Time".[2]Hit Parader ranked Scott as fifth on their 2006 list of the 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Vocalists of all time.[3]
Born in Forfar in Angus, Scotland, Scott spent his early years in Kirriemuir. He moved to Australia with his family in 1952 at the age of six, living in Melbourne for four years before settling in Fremantle, Western Australia.[1] Scott formed his first band, the Spektors, in 1964 and became the band's drummer and occasional lead vocalist. He performed in several other bands, including the Valentines and Fraternity, before replacing original AC/DC lead singer Dave Evans in 1974.[1]
With AC/DC Scott performed on the band's first seven
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Ronald Belford "Bon" Scott lived from 9 July 1946 to 19 February 1980. He was a rock musician, best known for being the lead singer and lyricist of Australian hard rock band AC/DC. The wider picture in Scotland at the time is set out in our Historical Timeline. Bon Scott was born in Forfar in Angus and lived as a child in nearby Kirriemuir. In 1952 his parents, Charles and Isabelle Scott, emigrated to Australia with 6 year old Bon and his younger brother Derek and settled in the Melbourne suburb of Sunshine. Three years later the moved to Fremantle in Western Australia. Bon left school at the age of 15 and after some minor trouble with the law was rejected by the Australian Army before taking a series of casual jobs.
Scott formed his first group, The Spektors, in 1964 and became the band's drummer and occasional lead vocalist. He performed in several other bands including The Valentines and Fraternity before replacing Dave Evans as the lead singer of AC/DC in 1974.
AC/DC's popularity grew throughout the
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