Australian heavy-metal band AC/DC features knockers-clad guitarist Angus Young, who became as famous for mooning the audience regularly as for his gritty blues-based lead guitar, songs about sex, drinking, and damnation. Their raucous image, constant touring, and raw juvenile yet amusing lyrics in songs like "Big Balls", and "The Jack" helped them one of the top hard-rock bands of the Eighties and Nineties. The group has remained a top concert draw, and its albums consistantly go platinum despite its never having had a Top Twenty single in the US.

    The group had gained solid reputation in their homeland early on, but wasn't until 1979 with the platinum Highway To Hell (#17, 1979) that they became a presence on the American Charts.

    Within months of AC/DC's American success, vocalist Scott died from chocking on his own vomit after an all-night drinking binge. Two months later he was replaced by ex-Geordie vocalist Brian Johnson, and less than four months after that, Back In Black began a year-long run on the US chart peakin at #4 (1980), selling over 10 million copies, and featuring the double-entendre-ridden You Shook Me All Night Long. Dirty  Deeds Done Dirt Cheap, a 1981 reissue of a 1976 Australian LP, went to #3 in the US followed by For Those About To Rock We Salut You, the groups first and, only US #1 LP. in late 1981.

      The reletavely disappointing showings of the gold albums Flick Of The Siwtch (#15, 1983) and Fly On The Wall (# 32,1983) gave way to the muliplatinum Who Made Who (the soundtrack ro Maximum Overdrive) and The Razors Edge (#2 1990). The latter contains the group's closest thing to a hit single, Moneytalks (#23, 1991). In January 1991, three fans were crushed to death at an AC/DC show in Salt Lake City ,Utah. In the late 1992 the group paid the families of the three teenagers an undisclosed sum, following an out-of-court settlement. Other parties to the settlement included the convention center, the concert's promoter and the company in charge of security.