Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Happy 64th Birthday Brian Johnson!



Everybody knows that October 5th is Constitution day in Vanuatu, and that Vanuatu is famous for its land divers like the one shown here. But I bet few people knew that today was also AC/DC singer Brian Johnson's birthday. Brian joined AC/DC after original singer Bon Scott died in 1980, and the the band became bigger than ever. This is very rare in rock & roll history. Remember the Crickets after Buddy Holly died? Or how about the Plastic Ono Band after John Lennon died? I don't either. The only other bands I can think of that lost their original singer but retained their level of success or got even bigger were Genesis and Van Halen. And many will argue that those two bands got lamer with their new singers. The same definitely cannot be said for AC/DC. They remained as badass as ever. In an unrelated story, Brian Johnson is a huge fan of musical theater. He has been working on a Helen of Troy musical since 2003. Sounds badass. Anyway, happy birthday Brian.

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