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Thursday 24th October 2002
"WALK ALL OVER YOU" has been used in television adverts in the UK for the digital channel Film 4
Two recent releases that may be of interest to AC/DC are Jackyl's new album Relentless and the Limited edition release of Dio's Killing the Dragon.
Relentless includes the track "Kill the Sunshine" which was co-written by Brian Johnson and the Dio line-up includes Simon Wright on drums.
Jackyl - Relentless - available at cdnow / Amazon USA
Dio - Killing the Dragon (Limited Edition version)- available at cdnow / Amazon USA
Monday 21st October 2002
In Toronto Canada, at a charity event to pay tribute to the former boxer Muhammad Ali and to raise funds for the
fight against Parkinson's Disease, a video of AC/DC performing "Highway to Hell" was broadcasted to the crowd.
Source www.therecord.com
Friday 19th October 2002
Just announced by Emir & Frozen Camels is a mini tour in Eastern Europe.
THE FROZEN CAMELS PROJECT featuring
DANNY SHEPARD & FRIENDS
CLIFF WILLIAMS (AC/DC)
EMIR BUKOVICA (Emir & Frozen Camels)
DARRELL NUTT (Warner/Reprise artist)
will play the following tour dates
Ljubljana (Slovenia) 28 Nov 2002.
Zagreb (Croatia) 29 Nov 2002.
Zenica (BiH) 30 Nov 2002.
Sarajevo (BiH) 01 Dec 2002. http://www.ircsloga.co.ba
Related web links
www.darrellnutt.com/
www.dannyshepard.com/
www.elliott-randall.com/
www.vecernji-list.hr
TNT used in the soundtrack to a computer game.
Activision revealed the soundtrack listing for Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 (Xbox, PS2, GC), will include AC/DC's track "TNT"
Source http://www.gamers.com/news/1257264
A few recent pictures of Chris Slade with Asia are available to view at
http://www.classicrockfestival.com/crftrentonpics/index.html
Saturday 12th October 2002
Brian Johnson and Malcolm Young performed the ceremonial puck drop at the recent Nottingham Panthers v Sheffield Steelers ice hockey match. The guys were
special guests of Nottingham Forrest (Soccer) Legend John McGovern for the evening.
Picture - Copyright Chris Fielding 2002
This picture was kindly donated to this web site thanks to Chris Fielding the official photographer for the Nottingham Panthers.
Picture - Copyright Chris Fielding 2002
Related Links www.thisisnottingham.co.uk
Panthers Lair
www.panthershots.co.uk
As a follow up to previous articles relating to the album San by Emir & Frozen Camels, a recent news article appeared online at
http://cityguide.news-press.com/fe/Clubs/Stories/021012_emir.asp
For AC/DC fans this album is of interest due to the involement of Cliff Williams , but you may be interested to hear the mp3 soundclips that are available at the above link.
Saturday 5th October 2002
Recently a 48 page book featuring old photographs of the town of Kirriemuir has been released. Featured in the book is a picture of Reform Street school , where a young Roland Belford Scott started his education.
More details available at
Amazon UK and also
Stenlake Publishers
"Back in Black" was ranked number 6 in a recent poll run by HMV, Metal Hammer and Classic Rock to rate the greatest rock albums of all-time. (source Ananova)
The top ten were.
1. Appetite For Destruction: Guns N' Roses
2. IV: Led Zeppelin
3. Toxicity: System of A Down
4. Master of Puppets: Metallica
5. Nevermind: Nirvana
6. Back In Black: AC/DC
7. Reign In Blood: Slayer.
8. Physical Graffiti: Led Zeppelin
9. Paranoid - Black Sabbath
10. Korn: Korn
Happy Birthday Brian.
Tuesday 1st October 2002
Thunderstruck the film gets funding.
The Film Finance Corporation Australia (FFC) has agreed to invest in a feature film (Thunderstruck) about the
adventures of a group of friends who make a pact on the greatest night of their lives - the 1991 Sydney concert of rock band AC/DC.
The friends make a promise that if one of them dies before they are forty , they
they will bury his body next to the grave of their idol, singer Bon Scott.
Further details relating to this planned Darren Ashton directed film can be found at
www.ffc.gov.au/
According to a report in the Sydney Morning Herald (www.smh.com.au)
the production company has secured the rights to use the tracks "Thunderstruck" , "TNT" and "It's long way to the Top" in the movie.
"Picking up my woman in my Chevrolet"
In America
Chevrolet cars are planning to an advertising campaign based on rock and pop music which feature
the name of their cars in the lyrics.
According to a report on Autonews.com the company may be
using AC/DC music in adverts to promote their 2003 Monte Carlo car.
Precise details of the campaign is not known at the moment.
 UK Christian T-shirt manufacturers Inyerfaith have a range of Christian T-shirts which include a design which is loosely based on the
AC/DC logo.
The JC/DC logo T-shirts are done in the style of AC/DC and features the slogan "Jesus Christ Demon Crusher"
www.inyerfaith.co.uk/
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