AC DC's Highway To Hell

Name: AC DC's Highway To Hell
Brand: Allen & Unwin
SKU: 9781441190284
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By Joe Bonomo

Series: 33 1/3

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AC DC's Highway To Hell by Joe Bonomo explores the legendary 1979 album recorded by AC/DC with their late singer Bon Scott. The book delves into the album's status as a wild, chaotic anthem of youth and excess, examining its sound and the lasting impact of Scott's tragic death. Through a blend of interviews, analysis, and personal memoir, Bonomo captures the spirit of adolescent rebellion, the enduring power of rock fandom, and the cultural significance of an album that celebrates reckless fun despite its somber legacy.
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This thoughtful yet accessible book will appeal to fans of AC/DC, rock & roll enthusiasts, and readers interested in music history and cultural analysis.

A brilliant study of the creation, impact, and legacy of one of rock's great albums, and a hymn to the nature of teenage fandom.

A brilliant study of the creation, impact, and legacy of one of rock's great albums, and a hymn to the nature of teenage fandom.

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Released in 1979, AC/DC's Highway To Hell was the infamous last album recorded with singer Bon Scott, who died of alcohol poisoning in London in February of 1980. Officially chalked up to "Death by Misadventure," Scott's demise has forever secured the album's reputation as a partying primer and a bible for lethal behaviour, branding the album with the fun chaos of alcoholic excess and its flip side, early death.

The best songs on Highway To Hell achieve Sonic Platonism, translating rock & roll's transcendent ideals in stomping, dual-guitar and eighth-note bass riffing, a Paleolithic drum bed, and insanely, recklessly odd but fun vocals.

Joe Bonomo strikes a three-chord essay on the power of adolescence, the durability of rock & roll fandom, and the transformative properties of memory. Why does Highway To Hell matter to anyone beyond non-ironic teenagers? Blending interviews, analysis, and memoir with a fan's perspective, Highway To Hell dramatizes and celebrates a timeless album that one critic said makes disaster sound like the best fun in the world.

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Jesse Fink of BooktopiaBlog praises Bonomo's fresh American perspective, highlighting his authentic fan viewpoint growing up in Maryland and discovering this iconic Australian band's landmark album.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781441190284

Publisher: Continuum Publishing Corporation

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 06 May 2010

Country: United States

Imprint: Continuum Publishing Corporation

Illustration: 1 illus

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 121.0mm

Height: 165.0mm

Weight: 138g

Pages: 146

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About the Author

Joe Bonomo teaches in the English Department of Northern Illinois University. He is the author of Sweat: The Story of the Fleshtones, America's Garage Band (Continuum 2007), and Installations (Penguin), a collection of prose poems. His personal essays and prose poems have appeared in numerous literary journals.