The period around AC/DC's breakthrough 1979 album Highway to Hell was one of the band's most thrilling and fruitful, a time when the scrappy Aussie bar band with big dreams truly made the creative and commercial leap into legit international stardom. Sadly, charismatic, hard-partying singer Bon Scott would pass away less than a year after the album's release, before the band could produce its follow-up, Back in Black, which saw them ascend to even greater heights. But here we take a look back at the happy times when Scott, guitarists Angus and Malcolm Young, bassist Cliff Williams and drummer Phil Rudd were raising hell, taking names and securing their place in the rock & roll pantheon.
AC/DC: See Insane Photos From 'Highway to Hell' Era
No one raised hell like Bon Scott, Angus Young and Co. at the top of their game
Street Sects' Leo Ashline Picks Favorite Tool Song
"There is real fear and vulnerability on display next to the anger"
Polyphia's Clay Gober: 5 Surprising Albums I Love
Avant-garde soul, "good acid trip" music and more
3TEETH's Alexis Mincolla Picks Favorite Tool Song
Industrial frontman reveals which track sends him on "psychic vacation"
Knocked Loose: Hardcore's New Leaders on Why They'll "Never Stop Going In"
"We'll play with anyone ... a rap show, a pop-punk show, whatever."
Street Sects' Leo Ashline Picks Favorite Tool Song
"There is real fear and vulnerability on display next to the anger"
Polyphia's Clay Gober: 5 Surprising Albums I Love
Avant-garde soul, "good acid trip" music and more
3TEETH's Alexis Mincolla Picks Favorite Tool Song
Industrial frontman reveals which track sends him on "psychic vacation"
Knocked Loose: Hardcore's New Leaders on Why They'll "Never Stop Going In"
"We'll play with anyone ... a rap show, a pop-punk show, whatever."