Back in Black [Remaster] by AC/DC

Pros: Boy! Can they play a guitar!
Cons: Were the words always this graphic? :)

Bear with me as I flashback to the 1980’s …

In the beginning of the 1980’s I was in high school, sporting big hair with lots of Aqua Net hairspray, brightly colored frosted eye shadow, and always singing my favorite rock songs....

Pros: No wizards, warlocks, druids, medieval evil, dragons or midgets
Cons: Epinions doesn't have the choice Great Music to Play While: Rocking

When I was heading out last year to see, and potentially meet, Sammy Hagar, a friend reminded me to ...

Pros: Awesome, essential, I blossomed to this.
Cons: Must be played at high decibels...

I was such a sweet and innocent teen. No, really I was.

Stop looking at me like that. I really was.

That is until I started hanging out with my red-head friends. Kaycee, and her sister Jaycee both were responsible for my corruption....

Pros: High energy, great to listen to while you drive.
Cons: questionable lyrics

When I was a teenager growing up in Michigan, I had a varied selection of music I liked to listen to; Heavy Metal Rock-n-Roll, Heavy Metal Rock-n-Roll and more Heavy Metal Rock-n-Roll. The only variation was which band I was listening to at the time....

Pros: *riff*
Cons: *riff*

Otto: Oh! Lisa! Spell AC/DC! Lisa: A-C-D-C. There. Otto: Wrong! You forgot the lightning bolt! Long have people reviled the Australian rockers for making a living out of being rude, crude, and socially unacceptable, kind of like Queen making a ...

Pros: The point where the hooks, the ambition, and the production overcame all limitations.
Cons: There was no way they could've ever followed this up with anything comparable.

Before I get down to the high voltage that is the cornerstone of AC/DC Part 2's career, let me just throw out a little word to the three people that have all sent me vicious emails regarding my reviews of late. Situated at the summit of my shapely legs ...

Pros: Angus Young and his guitar, high energy rock n' roll, Brian Johnson's debut
Cons: Must be played at maximum volume for full effect

Back In Black, released in 1980, marks the band's first album without legendary lead singer Bon Scott. Brian Johnson makes his first appearance as lead singer for AC/DC and I think that the band made the transition very nicely. Johnson's vocal style is...

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AC/DC is:Angus Young - lead guitarMalcolm Young - rhythm guitarBrian Johnson - vocalsPhil Rudd - drums, percussionCliff Williams - bass guitar, backing vocalsIs there really any point in reviewing this record?  ...

Pros: Straight ahead rock n roll, Angus.
Cons: one or two dull songs.

Every one you talk to about AC/DC will with out a doubt say this is their favourite album by the band. It seems as time goes on, less and less people care about the Bon Scott days, which saddens me because I've always seen Bon as the true voice of AC/DC. ...

Pros: Everything. Johnson's lyrics, drum work..bass work...Guitar work..
Cons: I got kind of lazy writing this.

Dope's new album is out. I'll get it sometime, I bet it is only 3 stars. I can never start off these reviews talking about the actual band I'm reviewing about. You know, sometimes everything can suck...and just suck even more...and that will cause eve ...

Pros: 10 timeless tracks of hard-driving ROCK!
Cons: Uhhhh, the return of the Vinyl Time Constraint? Nothing else.

For most bands, the demise of a lead singer can be catastrophic, causing the band to fold and fade into history. Not AC/DC. Bon Scott's untimely death was rock's loss for sure, but the Young brothers soldiered on, gaining a new lead screamer in Brian ...

Pros: A great album to turn someone into a fan. Brian Johnson does an outstanding job!
Cons: I can't think of anything, right off hand.

I've been a fan of AC/DC ever since I was bout 8 or 9 years old. My Uncles used to crank these guys up, my half-sister used to as well. They have made so many amazing albums, and the singles were constantly hitting radio. Back In Black was the first ...

Pros: These guys know how to show a girl a good time
Cons: Not for those who crave political correctness

Note to readers: I am taking a break from what appears to an obsession with major appliance reviews to return, if only for a moment, to the days of my dissipated and misspent youth. I hope you will pardon the momentary lapse of good taste and...

Pros: Rock! Rock! Rock! You'll be Captivated!
Cons: NONE AT ALL!

HISTORY 101


No, you certainly can't go back to your childhood, but there's no written law that says you can't take your childhood music into your adult life.

The great thing about this release was it was rocking...

Pros: Loud, obnoxious and fun
Cons: none

In the Central Arkansas town where I grew up, I believe that Back in Black and Led Zeppelin IV were handed out, automatically, to 16-year-old boys who received their driver's licenses. I missed my copies of those albums, however, and had to...