*stands at attention*
198. AC/DC "For Those About To Rock"
If you were in your adolescence in the late seventies and early eighties, you know that it's impossible to overstate the standing of this group. During that time AC/DC were pretty much the gold standard for hard rock. Unlike many of their peers, they never wandered off into swords-and-sorcery fantasy land or guitar wankarama. Nobody will ever mistake Angus Young for Steve Vai, it's true, but Young knew how to properly utilize the proficiency he possessed better than the whole Fretboard Olympics batallion ever did.
This song is AC/DC's representation here because it most perfectly captures the bluesy-bar-band-on-steroids formula that they made work so well. Opening with notes from Angus guitar that sound like an early warning siren, it then erupts with howitzer-level drums and power chords relentlessly marching at you like a Panzer division all topped with Brian Johnson's drill-sergeant-from hell roar, before becoming a complete tornado of sonic shrapnel by song's end. The cannon fire sound effects are a nice touch, but these guys could level cities all by themselves.
If you were in your adolescence in the late seventies and early eighties, you know that it's impossible to overstate the standing of this group. During that time AC/DC were pretty much the gold standard for hard rock. Unlike many of their peers, they never wandered off into swords-and-sorcery fantasy land or guitar wankarama. Nobody will ever mistake Angus Young for Steve Vai, it's true, but Young knew how to properly utilize the proficiency he possessed better than the whole Fretboard Olympics batallion ever did.
This song is AC/DC's representation here because it most perfectly captures the bluesy-bar-band-on-steroids formula that they made work so well. Opening with notes from Angus guitar that sound like an early warning siren, it then erupts with howitzer-level drums and power chords relentlessly marching at you like a Panzer division all topped with Brian Johnson's drill-sergeant-from hell roar, before becoming a complete tornado of sonic shrapnel by song's end. The cannon fire sound effects are a nice touch, but these guys could level cities all by themselves.
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