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[edit] AC/DC Wikiportal and TFA

I'd seen the Rush Wikiportal and I was thinking of starting an AC/DC one, what are everyone else's thoughts? Also, when does everyone think it'd be a good time to nominate AC/DC for Todays featured article? I was thinking sometime when their new album comes out in the Summer (least I think it's the Summer), what does everyone else think? ĤĶ51→^Łalk 21:54, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

Just created the AC/DC portal. ĤĶ51→^Łalk 23:16, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

I forgot, I nominated the article to TFA (Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests#AC/DC). No-Bullet (Talk • Contribs) 22:54, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

No worries, might be better to have a sooner date anyway! ĤĶ51→^Łalk 12:15, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Reference 58

Sounds like a good movie title huh? Lol. No but seriously Reference 58 is broken, ive heard this as a rumor, and even though personally I dont think this fact needs to be on this article, it should least have a proper reference. --Ferdia O'Brien 01:54, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

The link is broken, but the reference is fine, it can be replaced with template:cite news. I'm searching for another link. No-Bullet (Talk • Contribs) 02:50, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

Fixed. Check if it works for you. No-Bullet (Talk • Contribs) 02:58, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

Nice one. And i never daubted the origional reference, I was just saying that this isnt exactly relevent to the artical. Its infinatly more relevent to the Slane article.--Ferdia O'Brien 04:13, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

Ok, no problem. I'll also add the info to the slane concert article. Cheers :) No-Bullet (Talk • Contribs) 04:57, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] AC/DC

AC/DC IS HARD ROCK SOME OF THERE SONGS ARE KIND OF CLASSIC ROCK BUT I DON'T SEE HOW THEY ARE BLUES ROCK...... AC/DC'S NEWER ALBUMS ARENT AS GOOD AS THE OLD ONES....... —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.162.152.150 (talk • contribs) 01:48, 23 February, 2007 (UTC).

Listen to Powerage, "Ride On", "Crabsody in Blue" (if you can find it), and a lot of other Bon Scott-era stuff. It's all undoubtedly blues-rock. ĤĶ51→^Łalk 20:23, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

Exactly. the 76-78 albums are very much blues-based rock. Those two songs HK51 mentions are practically straight blues. The later stuff is also blues-rock, but to a lesser extent. Bretonbanquet 21:30, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

Posting this question here, because I feel the subject is sort of related to the above. Since when is "You Shook Me All Night Long" a metal song? Personally, I've always regarded that particular song as one of their more bluesy songs. Any opinions? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 81.232.114.123 (talk) 16:09, 25 February 2007

Is it possible that maybe they have shifted from Blues Rock to Hard Rock over the years? :) Thats my opinion of it anyway, Ride On is blues to the core, but Thunderstruck hardly is etc etc. Maybe we should add both genres to the infobox, with some sort of reference to the shift in the article. --Ferdia O'Brien 18:32, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

you shook me all night long is like classic rock not no blues rock.......... —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.162.159.11 (talk) 19:52, 28 February 2007

[edit] Melbourne

I can't believe there is so little mention of the band's time in Melbourne in this article. They spent much all of their formative years in Melbourne when the Young's moved from Sydney in 1974. (see: http://www.mtv.com/#/music/artist/acdc/bio.jhtml) I do not think that "formed in Sydney" gives an accurate representation of the formation of the band. From the MTV site: "AC/DC was formed in 1973 in Australia (i.e. Sydney) by guitarist Malcolm...the band played some gigs around Sydney...While still in Sydney...(they) cut a single called "Can I sit next to you"" "The band moved to Melbourne the following year (i.e 1974), where drummer Phil Rudd...and bassist Mark Evans joined the band...Bon Scott became their lead singer" While the band was formed in Sydney they formed the "AC/DC sound" in Melbourne. I can't think of a way of easily slipping this in without making some major changes, so some help would help :D.

Shniken 12:02, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] AC/DC Refusal to give Download Rights?

I checked on Napster and Rhapsody. And by the appearnce of it AC/DC didn't give any download sites permission make their songs avalible. [The only song avalible was Big Gun performed for Last Action Hero, which to perform for the movie they would've had to given up the rights to] —The preceding unsigned comment was added by FinalWish (talk • contribs) 00:59, 3 March 2007.

Yeah, an user posted that before. If you find a reliable source that explains why, you can put the info on the article :) No-Bullet (Talk • Contribs) 04:59, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

Sony's Connect music store has them, same with metallica.Bkkeim2000 04:39, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

Are they really going to tour in 2007? I must know! Where can I find out?! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 216.231.178.46 (talk) 01:15, 6 March 2007

I believe the official website should say if they're touring soon. I don't really know for sure. Cheers. No-Bullet (Talk • Contribs) 04:59, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] #1 U.S. single?

The article lists U.S. chart positions for AC/DC's singles, based on claims on the band's website. For example, it states that "Big Gun" was #1. However, a look at the Billboard Hot 100, the leading U.S. chart (and the one implied when a U.S. chart position is gven), shows that it was not. If it was Adult Contemporary or Airplay or one of the other secondary charts, this needs to be clarified. But AC/DC's own website is a secondary, and probably less reliable, source. ProhibitOnions ^(T) 07:25, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] some sin for nuthin'

where in the world do you think that the new album is some sin for nuthin'? the only name i heard of it is a song from Blow Up Your Video. the title is probably a bootleg. bootlegs don't count for discography. the title isn't cited either. someone who put it there should give a citation before it gets removed, according to WP:CITE. peace out! Jailbreaker22 23:36, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

i seen that the article was created, but the album isn't cited. Jailbreaker22 23:41, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

The album was a hoax created by a blocked user, and the article/redirect has been deleted. --Wafulz 15:47, 25 March 2007 (UTC)