Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Angus Young Quote

Angus Young

"I just go where the guitar takes me."

Angus Young

Is a guitarist best known as a co-founder, lead guitarist, and songwriter of the Legendary hard rock band, AC/DC. Known for his schoolboy-uniform stage outfits, and his popularization of Chuck's duckwalk, before settling on his signature schoolboy look  he tried a number of stage costumes, such as Spider-Man, Zorro, a gorilla, and a parody of Superman, named Super-Angus

He started playing on banjos but re-strung them with six strings. His influences to include his brother Malcolm Young, Chuck Berry and Freddie King, while playing licks relating to Jimi Hendrix, John Lee Hooker and The Kinks.


FACT YOU want to know...


Angus was a typesetter as previous jobs

Voted Scotland`s greatest guitarist in the Total Guitar Magazine poll of the best 12 British guitarists. [July 2001] 

Does not drink any alcoholic beverages.


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