13. AC DCHighway To Hell
My first concert! I rode my bike to the city, because I lived in the suburbs and I tried to meet Angus Young outside the tour bus, asking the security guy, [imitates younger self] "Can I meet Angus Young?" "No, he’s not here!" "Hey dude! What the fuck?! Don’t talk to me like that, I bought a ticket!" Also, it was my first experience of how loud – it was the loudest shit I’ve ever heard! And in the suburbs, they were a dangerous band. It was like, "Oh fuck, the devil", it kind of made Kiss look tame, and it just powers. And when Angus Young solos, it’s just magic.
I saw them on that tour when Bon Scott had died; he’d just died and Brian Johnson had just taken over, and I was totally sceptical, and then it was like, "Oh, he’s fucking good!" And actually, when Kim left the band, and we’re going, "Aw shit, we’re fucked", and we’re talking about what we’re going to do, and then we’re like, "Fucking AC/DC replaced the fucking lead singer! We can do this! [sombrely] We shall overcome!" And we thought about replacing Kim with a dude, and then we went, "What?! They replaced Bon Scott with a guy that sounds exactly like Bon Scott! Let’s not break the plate! We’re not broken, we’re not broken at all. Give me a fucking break." So I was totally adamant [laughs]!
Song two [‘Girls Got Rhythm’], it’s like: "SEX!" It’s about "SEX!" It’s not like Foreigner, where it’s obvious but it’s fucking stupid – come on, you can do better than that! It’s like, "I want to have sex with you, what’s the problem?" I think it’s the ultimate way to get attention: "Come on, we’re not here to meet up, let’s cut to the chase. I’m not going to waste your time, don’t waste my time! Let’s fuck, come on, I don’t have time for this!" [laughs]
