Ronald Belford Scott was born the 9th July 1946 , son of Charles (Chick) and Isobelle (Isa) Scott. It was the Angus town of Kirriemuir in Scotland that Bon would spend te first six years of his life. Kirriemuir is also famous for being the birth place of J M Barrie of Peter Pan fame.

Bon's father Chick was the son of a baker , and it was this job that Chick would take up when he joined the army at the start of the second world war. During his time in the army Chick was stationed at Kirkcaldy in Fife Scotland for a while. It was in Kirkcaldy that Chick would meet and fall in love with Isobel Cunningham (Bon's mum) before later marring in 1941.
It was in 1952 that the Scott family emigrated to Australia with Bon aged just 6. The Scott family first stayed with Isa's sister in the Melbourne suburb of Sunshine. It was at the local school Sunshine primary that Bon would be enrolled.

In 1956 Bon's brother Graeme was diagnosed with having asthma , following recommondations of the doctor the Scott family up-rooted for the hot dry climate of the West of Australia. It was the port town of Fremantle near Perth in Western Australia that they moved to.

In Fremantle Bon was introduced to musicby joining his father in the Fremantle pipe band. It was in the band that Bon first learnt to play the drums. Bon's time in the pipe band helps to explain the use of bagpipes in the track It's a long way to the top and that he started out in the pop/rock playing drums for the Spektors. In 1963 Bon moved into the house of Olive and Jim Henderson just around the corner from his mate Terry. At this time Bon and Terry were often getting in trouble with the local police , A real live problem child you might say.

When at the age of 16 the following article appeared in the West Australian newspaper on the 13th March.
A 16 year old youth pleaded guilty in the Fremantle Children's Court yesterday to charges of having given a false name and address to the police, having escaped legal custodary, having unlawful carnal knowledge and having stolen 12 gallons of petrol.
Bon was sentenced to be put into care of the Child Welfare Department until he was 18.
This episode in his life never left Bon especially as he missed the chance to spend time with his grandparents who had travelled from Scotland to visit the family. Close friends to Bon would say that later in life Bon was so determined to be sucessful in an attempt to make things up to his parents for what had happened.
After leaving prison Bon met up with Wyn Milson and John Collins and Brian Gannon and the Spektors was born with Bon on drums. Bon honed his drumming technique on his drum set that he installed at his mothers house. The band toured the club scene in Perth aroundabout 1965 and appeared on the show Club 17 in October 1965. After a year or so the Spektors merged with a group called the Winztons which was fronted by Vince Lovegrove. It was in the Valentines that Bon would share vocal duties with Lovegrove.

In May 1967 the Valentines released there first single "Everyday I have to cry" for Clarion records the Valentines would go on to release only a few more singles in the space of 3 years were they toured the Australian club scene. However during this time the Valentines built up quite a following for a while taken over from the mantle of the Easybeats as one of the most popular Australian bands of the period.

The first Valentines single Everyday I have to cry reached No 5 in the loacl charts , this single was followed up by She said. The third and fouth singles were I can hear raindrops and I can hear raindrops.

The Valentines split up around about the start of 1970 , Rumours of drug taking which marred the squeaking clean image of the band and musical differencies were the given reasons for the split. Bon went on to met up with members of the band the Levi Smith's Clefs. Bon's new band Fratenity was formed a mass of musicians that based themselves on a hippy styled version of the american group The Band.

The record label Sweet Peach signed Fraternity up after the band was receiving rave reviews live. The first album the band recorded was the prized Livestock album.

Although well received live the chart fortunes of Fraternity were not as sucessful , even their unexpected win of the all-important Hoadley's National Battle Of The Sounds in 1971 failed to assist their chart fortunes.

Fraternity left Sweet Peach late in 1971, cut some singles for the independent Raven label and then put down a second album. The powerful Flaming Galah was a whole different kettle of fish. The metaphysical meanderings had largely been replaced by solid, thumping rock and Bon Scott was able to give a hint of the sort of tempest he would command in AC/DC a couple of years later.

During 1972, Fraternity took advantage of their Battle of the Sounds prize and travelled to London. From there they worked in Britain and Europe, although little is known about this time except for the fact the band did change their name to Fang at one point. It is also known that Fraternity once played on the bill of a concert that also featured the band Geordie which was fronted by Brian Johnson.

Shortly after the band's return to Adelaide in 1973 the members of Fraternity drifted apart and new work was suspended. Around this time Bon Scott teamed up with Peter Head and the Mount lofty Rangers and worked with them recording a few songs. It was during one session with the Mount Lofty Rangers that Bon fell out with the members of the band. Drunk and enraged Bon climbed on his new prized possesion of a shining Triumph motorbike and screeched of into the distance. Needless to say Bon suffered a horrific crash which saw him in a coma for three days. Irene Bon's wife who he had married just prior to Fraternity leaving for their ill-fated stay in England never left his side. motorcycle accident. Fraternity continued on with a new formation after Bon left that happened to include John 'Swanee' Swan and his brother Jimmy Barnes, but that's another story.

By 1974, Bon was healed and healthy, and working in Sydney as an occasional roadie for AC/DC, Bon had been enticed to drive the van for the newly formed band AC/DC by Vince Lovegrove his old mate from the days in the Valentines. At the time AC/DC had a singer by the name of Dave Evans performing vocal duties but a burst up between Evans and the management saw Evans being booted out of AC/DC. The logical replacement needless to say was Bon. It wasn't long before AC/DC were on the long road to the top with Bon.