AC/DC to celebrate 40 years of Back In Black with new documentary

AC/DC have been celebrating the 40th anniversary of their seminal, career-defining record Back In Black. To commemorate the occasion, the band have released rare documentary footage relaying the story of the record.

The band have intermittently been unleashing footage that offers fans a rare insight into the making of Back In Black. A recent clip focuses on the production of album favourite ‘You Shook Me All Night Long’. The footage features Angus Young delving into the tracks meaty riffs, whilst Brian Johnson explains the lyrics.

“I’d written the words and I went in to sing it,” he says. “The boys weren’t in, and I was singing, ‘She was a fast machine, she kept her motor clean, she was the best damn woman that I ever seen.’ And Mutt [Lange, producer] said, ‘Brian, there’s too many words in it.'”

Over the past few weeks, the band have been uncharacteristically active on social media — Acca Dacca have remained largely silent throughout 2020 save a memorial post to mark the death of Little Richard.

Earlier this week they shared a photo of a promotional billboard, advertising Brian Johnson’s North American debut with the band, form a tour that took place at Northlands Coliseum in Edmonton, Canada, on July 13 1980.

In other news, AC/DC recently unveiled a series of four jigsaw puzzle immortalising some of their most beloved albums. As another lockdown looms closer, there’s no better way to shake the shackles of boredom than by piecing together tiny bits of cardboard in the hopes of recreating the iconic artwork from High Voltage and Blow Up Your Video to For Those About To Rock and Ballbreaker.

The band has also dropped a bunch of fresh merchandise to celebrate the 40th anniversary of their groundbreaking record, Back In Black. You’ll be able to cop t-shirts, a hoodie, a dad cap, a blanket, a pint glass, a frisbee, and other gorgeous capitalist rock memorabilia from their webstore. 

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