Portal:AC/DC/Selected biography/4

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Cliff Williams is the bassist for the Australian hard rock band, AC/DC. He was born on December 14, 1949 in Romford, England. He moved with his family to Liverpool when he was nine. In 1970, Williams began with his first band, Home, with singer Mick Stubbs, guitarist Laurie Wisefield, keyboardist Clive John and drummer Mick Cook. Later that year, the group signed a deal with Epic Records and a debut LP was released the following year under the title Pause For A Hoarse Horse. In November 1971 Home supported Led Zeppelin at the Wembley Empire Pool on the second of Led Zeppelin's Electric Magic concerts. Al Stewart suggested that Home back him on his first American tour in March 1974, Mick Stubbs left the group. The others became the Al Stewart Band. The Al Stewart band did not last long, and Cliff Williams quickly left and formed Bandit in 1974. However, Bandit never gained much success, therefore Cliff had no hesitation when he was asked to replace Mark Evans as the bassist of AC/DC in 1977. Williams' has since performed on every AC/DC album. (more...)