Highway to Hell by Clinton Walker
A biography of AC/DC singer Bon Scott who died in London in 1980. He was arguably one of the last wild men of rock, a working class hero who, through songs like "Jailbreak", "Long Way To The Top", and "Highway to Hell", embodied the tearaway spirit. Spanning nearly three decades, Scott's career is virtually emblematic of the very emergence of Australian music, from the pin-up idol days of the 1960s, through the hippie daze of the early 1970s, to the rock of AC/DC.Walker, who was born in country Victoria in 1957 and grew up in Melbourne, began writing for student newspapers and his own punk fanzines after dropping out of Brisbane Art College in 1976. He earned a reputation as Australiaa (TM)s most prophetic and colorful music critic after coming to Sydney in 1980 and freelancing for rock magazines such as RAM and Rolling Stones. Inner City Sound (1981, republished by Verse Chorus Press in 2005) and The Next Thing (1984) were among the first books in Australia to celebrate punk and independent music, and are now considered DIY cultural icons. Walker resides in Sydneya (TM)s inner western suburbs with his wife and two children, close down the road from AC/DCa (TM)s birthplace.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780283062636 |
| ISBN 10 | 0283062630 |
| Title | Highway to Hell |
| Author | Clinton Walker |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Pan Macmillan |
| Year published | 1995-06-23 |
| Number of pages | 324 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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