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Archive News May 2001
Wednesday 30th May 2001
In a follow up to Easybeats being voted best Australian song of all time , The Herald Sun interviewed former Easybeats singer
Stevie Wright. Also featured is a real audio interview with former AC/DC producer Harry Vanda.
Click here to read the article.
 German Punk Rock Band "Die toten Hosen" from Dusseldorf will open four of the seven AC/DC shows in Germany. According to their home page, they are going to play in Hockenheim, Cologne, Nuremberg and Lausitzring.
Source Daily Dirt
See also a related story at Yahoo Germany
Hollywood's Rockwalk - On the 14th May the Black Crowes joined the likes of AC/DC in the Hollywood Rock Walk. Pictures and videos of AC/DC's induction back in September 2000
can be found at www.rockwalk.com
Scottish Rockers Travis performed a cover version of AC/DC's Back in Black during their concert at the Leeds Town Hall (May 28th) , The show was recorded by Radio 1.
Source NME
Tuesday 29th May 2001
AC/DC's classic track It's a long way to the top if you wanna Rock n Roll was
voted 9th in the Top Ten Australian songs of all time.
The poll was conducted and conpiled in celebration of
75 years of the Australian Performing Rights Association.
Top Ten Australian songs of all time.
1. Friday On My Mind - The Easybeats
2. Eagle Rock - Daddy Cool
3. Beds Are Burning - Midnight Oil
4. Down Under - Men at Work
5. Pub With No Beer - Slim Dusty
6. The Loved One - The Loved Ones
7. Don’t Dream It’s Over - Crowded House
8. Khe Sanh - Cold Chisel
9. It’s A Long Way To The Top - AC/DC
10. Quasimodo’s Dream - The Reels
Source : www.whammo.com.au
"Ex-Georgia Satellite Dan Baird's new live album, features a cover version of Sin City. The album is released on
June 4, 2001, on the Blue Buffalo label (www.blue-buffalo.com).
Source Electric Basement
Monday 28th May 2001
Rock n Roll Fantasy - "My Life and Times with AC/DC, Van Halen, Kiss..."
by Susan Masino is a recently released CD-ROM which includes
over 60 rare rock photos and a 30 minute AC/DC audio (MP3) interview from 1977.
Further details of this release can be found at www.susanmasino.com and also Electric Shock
The CD Rom can also be purchased at Amazon
 Former AC/DC Producer Harry Vanda (pictured left) looks set to collect an award from the
Australian Performing Right Association. The classic Easybeats track "Friday on my mind" is hotly tipped to be voted
as the best Australian song of all time. The Easybeats are known to AC/DC fans as the band that featured George Young (brother of Angus and Malcolm).
Source Sydney Morning Herald
Blairgowrie Scotland - Top tribute band for Blair.
AC/DC tribute band AB/CD is to hit Blairgowrie
at the Gig on Saturday, June 16.
AB/CD have toured for a long time now as
AC/DC impersonators and are recognised as one
of the top tribute bands around, said local heavy
metal expert Jimmy Gazrock Low.
"They play material all through AC/DC's long
history -from their first album High Voltage to
more recent material in the 90s," said Gaz.
"Stand out tracks are Whole Lotta Rosie, Let
There Be Rock, The Jack, Problem Child, and
Hells Bells.
"The guitarist even dresses up as Angus Young I
and copies all his movements on stage. This is
definitely not a night for the faint hearted!
"It should be a memorable night for rock fans."
Tickets are on sale at the Gig'and the
Dreadnought at £6and are expected to be sold
out by June 16.
For phone bookings the numbers are 01250
872507 and 077200 85103.
Thursday 24th May 2001
The Allan Handelman Show - Sunday May 27th is to feature AC/DC.
Allan welcomes back the amazing AC/DC.
This week's show features segments with BON SCOTT recorded by Allan
just before his tragic death.
This did not air as part of the show back on March 27th
Also added will be AC/DC music suggested by listeners.
For more details visit The Allan Handelman radio show
 The official AC/DC web site www.acdcband.com now has a collection of pictures taken during AC/DC's concert at Madison Square Garden New York in May.
 The countdown to Milton Keynes on the 8th June continues but in the mean time why not check out the range of
AC/DC T-shirts, Posters and programs at Push Posters or if you are looking to add that all important Back Catalogue AC/DC Album/Video to your collection then check out
101CD
Monday 21st May 2001
Another review of AC/DC's concert at Madison Square Garden New York 8th May is available online at
www.fmsound.fws1.com
An interesting web site www.rock-n-rollplates.com has 2 AC/DC car number plates for sell.
Friday 18th May 2001
Offspring have covered the AC/DC track Sin City and it is to be one of the bonus tracks
on their new single "Million Miles away" (Release date 18th June).
Source Total Rock
Wednesday 16th May 2001
AC/DC CD Bonanza at 101
AC/DC titles done dirt cheap, now there is no excuse not to Let There Be Rock, buy up quick as these titles come in Mini Vinyl Replica cases and are available for a limited time only!
View the CDS
AC/DC Music in Holden Cars Advert
Holden were granted permission to use the AC/DC track Thunderstruck in its television advert for its
Holden VU Ute.
Due to legal reasons more details relating to the advert can not be shown on this web site, However if you would like any further information on Holden Cars
then visit www.holden.com.au
Please note Holden Ltd have no connection with my AC/DC web site and the information provided is my own opinions.
I would like to thank Holden Ltd to replying to my request for information on the advert, and fully respect their policy of not providing third parties information on their products.
Monday 14th May 2001
AC/DC's concert at Albany on the 9th May was reviewed in the Times Union (www.timesunion.com)
The New York concert at Madison Square Garden was also review in the
New York Post (www.nypost.com)
In a recent list of the top grossing concerts in the USA , AC/DC ere listed at fourth and fifth.
4 - AC/DC, WIDE MOUTH MASON - Fargodome-Fargo, N.D. (April 29).
Total Sales $887,598.
5 - AC/DC, WIDE MOUTH MASON - E Center-West Valley City, Utah.
(April 12). Total Sales $466,650.
Subsequent concerts namely by U2 may supersede this figures , but the figures are quite impressive anyway.
Thursday 10th May 2001
A concert at Bâle, Switzerland on the 6th July.
Info thanks to Rising Power
Safe in New York City !!
Pictures of AC/DC Live in Concert at Madison Square Garden were posted on the Yahoo web site to view the pictures Click here
There is currently an AC/DC Competition at Dot Music.com Enter the Comp
THE Boston gig was reviewed by the Boston Globe
The Albany Times Union recently published an A-Z of AC/DC for the beginner, for more details Click here
The Angus Army web site has some pictures of the tour bus and fans during AC/DC's USA leg of the Stiff Upper Lip tour, also AC/DC fans can check out the Elektra Discussion Board
Tuesday 8th May 2001
The rescheduled date for the cancelled Madison gig is the 11th May and the Detroit concert is now on the 12th May.
The Albany show was also switched from the 7th May to the 9th May.
Wednesday 2nd May 2001
She had slightless eyes, american thighs...
Now you too can have AC/DC Vision thanks to SPEKKLES.COM
These sunglasses are the vital fashion accessary for the hot open air Summer concerts in Europe.
Why not browse the Catalogue of novel sunglasses , there is a wide range of National flags, Music, General sport and soccer sunglasses. View catalogue
Rising Power web site reports that a new CD called "Stiff Upper
Lip Tour Package" (a digipack) will be officially released
on May 29 (France). The record company is said to be very quitet
about this release and we can expect 2 CDs of unreleased live
material!!
Sick Upper Throat !
AC/DC's Detroit concert for the 2nd May and the gig for the 1st May in Madison, Wis were reported to be cancelled, due to
frontman Brian Johnson suffering from throat problems, according to promoters.
The band plans to reschedule the dates.
Source Livedaily
also Wisconsin State Journal (http://wisconsinstatejournal.townnews.com)
If anyone has more details on these two cancelled concerts can you please e-mail the web site so I can confirm that they were both cancelled. E-mail webmaster@crabsodyinblue.com
Vinyl Re-issued albums
Four AC/DC albums are being re-issued on the Simply Vinyl record label in May in the UK.
Highway to Hell (Vinyl) SVLP325 Released 7th May 2001
Available at Amazon UK
Let there be rock (Vinyl) SVLP324 Released 7th May 2001
Available at Amazon UK
Back in Black (Vinyl) SVLP336 Released 28th May 2001
Available at Amazon UK
Let there be rock (Vinyl) SVLP337 Released 28th May 2001
Available at Amazon UK
AC/DShe - An all female AC/DC Tribute band recently played the Paradise Lounge in San Francisco. An online review is available at
www.sfbg.com
Tuesday 1st May 2001
UK Rock magazine "Classic Rock" May 2001 issue features Angus Young on the cover as well as an article by Mick Wall where he asks Angus Young and Ozzy Osbourne on their views
of major rock festivals.
 The band Warrant are to release an album called "Under the influence" in June which will feature
a cover version of the classic AC/DC track Down Payment Blues.
Warrant (www.warrantweb.net)
AC/DC music has apparentenly been used in a TV commercial in Australia and New Zealand for Holden (Cars/trucks)
The track used is a version of Thunderstruck believed to be played by a tribute band.
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