A new Bon Scott bio has been criticised for its shocking claims

Former AC/DC frontman Bon Scott’s death has long been considered a rather significant event in the world of music, and as one would expect, there has long been discussion about the exact circumstances of his death. Now, a new book about the band has made some rather explosive claims in regards to the rock legend’s death which have been met with criticism from the rocker’s friends.

Back in March, we reported how Bon: The Last Highway was set to be released soon. Penned by Jesse Fink, who had previously also written The Youngs: The Brothers Who Built AC/DC, the new book was set to be, as its press release stated, an “original, forensic, unflinching, and masterful biography” of Bon Scott. However, some individuals are a little peeved at some of the claims it makes.

Bon Scott tragically died in England during the early hours of February 19th, 1980 of, what is officially noted on his official death certificate, “acute alcohol poisoning”. However author Jesse Fink believes that something much harder was at play.

Speaking to 3AW’s Ross Stevenson and John Burns this morning, Fink was asked rather directly how Bon Scott passed, before stating, “I believe he snorted heroin.”

“From the moment his body was discovered to when the coronial inquest was wrapped up, it was all done within 72 hours,” he explained. “There was not much of a police investigation. Had there been a decent police investigation they would have spoken to the witnesses that I spoke to, and what they saw was Bon looking stoned on what they believed to be heroin.”

Fink claims that his sources come from two people who were supposed to have been with Bon Scott at the time of his death, with one claiming that Bon Scott had snorted heroin in the hours before his death.

Of course, AC/DC have always maintained that Bon Scott never used drugs like heroin, and have always agreed with the official coronial findings that his death was the result of excessive drinking.

“When he got to London the in thing was snorting smack, that was flooding London at the time, and it was brown heroin and very strong,” Fink is quoted as saying by news.com.au. “All the characters linked to Bon in the last 24 hours of his life were allegedly associated with heroin. Heroin was a recurring theme in his death.”

“He was a prodigious drinker. The idea that seven double whiskeys would put him in the ground seems a strange notion.”

Another of Fink’s claims include the fact that Bon Scott was looking to leave the band in the weeks leading up to his death, due to his fear that the rock and roll lifestyle was going to end up harming him in a rather big way.

As Noise11 notes, the outrageous claims made by Fink are currently unsubstantiated, and that according to friends of Scott’s, both the drug use and the ideas of leaving the band are “rubbish”, as Bon was looking forward to the band’s new record, showing no intention of leaving.

If you’re keen on reading Jesse Fink’s book and finding more about what he claims happened in Scott’s final hours, check out its website here.