63-408: Clinton Walker is an Australian writer, best known for his works on popular music. He is known for his books Highway to Hell (1994; a biography of Bon Scott ), Buried Country (2000; also a film and soundtrack album), History is Made at Night (2012), and others. He has also written on other subjects, in books such as Football Life (1998) and Golden Miles (2005), and has worked extensively as
126-716: A "rarities" album with alternate takes, outtakes, and stray live cuts, Volts ; and two live albums, Live from the Atlantic Studios and Let There Be Rock: The Movie . Live from the Atlantic Studios was recorded on 7 December 1977 at the Atlantic Studios in New York City. Let There Be Rock: The Movie is a double album which was recorded on 9 December 1979 at the Pavillon de Paris in Paris, and
189-597: A Young/Young composition (" Can I Sit Next To You, Girl "/ "Rocking in the Parlour") which was released in Australia and New Zealand . A low-budget promotional video for the single was also shot. It peaked nationally at number 50 on the Aria ( Kent ) charts. The song was later re-recorded with Bon Scott. They replaced Evans with Scott while changing their sound from glam rock to harder blues rock. Evans has cited jealousy and
252-471: A coma and a further 18 days in hospital. During his recovery Vince Lovegrove and his wife gave Scott odd jobs, such as putting up posters and painting the office for their nascent booking/management agency. Shortly afterward, Lovegrove introduced him to AC/DC, who had been on the lookout for a new lead singer. "There was a young, dinky little glam band from Sydney that we both loved called AC/DC ... Before another AC/DC visit, George Young phoned me and said
315-928: A day of (literally) shovelling shit, and show him musical ideas he had had during his day's work. Bon's knowledge of the guitar was limited, so Peter began teaching him how to bridge chords and construct a song. One of the songs from these sessions was a ballad called 'Clarissa', about a local Adelaide girl. Another was the country-tinged 'Bin Up in the Hills Too Long', which for me was a sign of things to come with Bon's lyrics; simple, clever, sardonic, tongue-in-cheek ..." In return, Scott recorded vocals for Mount Lofty Rangers songs "Round & Round" and "Carey Gully". Head released these original recordings in 1996, also teaming up with producer Ted Yanni, another old friend of Scott's, to create an entirely new backing for Round & Round & Round that more accurately reflected
378-522: A good idea if Alistair dropped out of view for a while although we reckoned that the alcohol would be given as cause of death for the sake of the band and the fact Bon was a teenager's hero." "When the alcohol verdict was announced we wondered who had paid off who but it was a great relief to all of us, especially Alistair, who’d come round a couple of times in the interim – but I knew he’d never quite forgive himself... I guess they weren't looking for it so much in those days or perhaps they were trying to keep
441-565: A journalist and in television. Walker's sixth book, Buried Country , a history of Aboriginal country music , was published in 2000. "Like many of Walker’s projects", Martin Jones wrote in Rhythms , " Buried Country was at least a decade ahead of its time". At a time when Aboriginal music still wasn't established or accepted as a fixture on the broader Australian music scene, Walker had long been one of its few media champions, and Buried Country
504-414: A physical altercation with the manager during a heavy national tour as the reason for his dismissal, and has also said in interviews that the early history of AC/DC is unjustly ignored. Former AC/DC manager Michael Browning wrote in his memoir Dog Eat Dog of Evans: "No disrespect to Dave, but they wouldn't have made it with him as singer. He could sing OK, but he didn't have the character Bon brought into
567-581: A rock 'n' roll nightclub called the Cherry Bar. On 6 May 2006, the town of Kirriemuir in Scotland held a service and unveiled a Caithness stone slab commemorating the singer. A message was read from a long-time friend and fellow member of the Valentines, Vince Lovegrove, in which he said: The thing I loved most about Bon Scott, was his almost unique self honesty. What you saw was what you got, he
630-534: A tribute to Bon Scott and AC/DC. It was originally held in July on the weekend closest to his birthday but moved to May because of other events in the local area during July. The statue was commissioned by local community group DD8 Music and created by John McKenna . AC/DC released a box set entitled Bonfire as a tribute to Scott on 18 November 1997. It contains four albums; a remastered version of Back in Black ;
693-526: A tribute to him, but his name did not appear in the writing credits. The issue of whether Scott's lyrics were used, uncredited, on the album is an enduring topic of debate. Scott's grave site in Palmyra has become a cultural landmark. More than 28 years after his death, the National Trust of Australia declared his grave important enough to be included on the list of classified heritage places. It
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#1732786715225756-466: Is a critical history of the early evolution of rock/pop songwriting in Australia, Deadly Woman Blues , a history of black women in Australian music, was released in 2018 by a division of academic publisher UNSW Press, Each of 99 biographical entries was accompanied by a hand-drawn illustration by Walker. The book immediately garnered a few glowing reviews. There was an angry backlash from four of
819-564: Is reportedly the most visited grave in Australia. On 7 July 2006, to mark his 60th birthday, the Metropolitan Cemeteries Board completed refurbishments on the Bon Scott Grave Area. This consisted of a Bon Scott Arch and Memorial Entrance gate off Carrington Street in the north-west corner of Fremantle Cemetery. On 9 July 2006, sixty years to the day from Scott's birth, the bronze plaque was stolen from
882-457: The Back in Black album: "Have a Drink On Me" and "Let Me Put My Love Into You", with Scott accompanying on drums rather than singing or writing lyrics. Young has also claimed Scott played drums on "Hells Bells" while AC/DC drummer Simon Wright has claimed Angus Young played him a demo of Scott playing drums on "Back in Black". Days earlier, Scott had gone with Mick Cocks to visit their friends
945-735: The Australian Army , but was rejected and deemed "socially maladjusted". Scott's vocals were inspired by his idol, Little Richard . After working as a postman, bartender and truck packer, Scott started his first band, The Spektors , in 1964 as drummer and occasional lead singer. In 1966, they merged with another local band, the Winstons, and formed The Valentines , in which Scott was co-lead singer with Vince Lovegrove . The Valentines recorded several songs written by George Young of The Easybeats . " Every Day I Have to Cry " (a song originally written and sung by Arthur Alexander ) made
1008-605: The Old Lion Hotel in North Adelaide , during a rehearsal with the Mount Lofty Rangers, a very drunk, distressed and belligerent Scott had a raging argument with a member of the band. Scott stormed out of the venue, threw a bottle of Jack Daniel's to the ground, then sped off on his Suzuki GT550 motorbike. Scott suffered serious injuries from the ensuing motorcycle accident, spending three days in
1071-701: The Arts until he dropped out at the age of 15. He subsequently worked as a farmhand and a crayfisherman, and was later a trainee weighing-machine mechanic. In 1963 he spent a short time in Fremantle Prison 's assessment centre and nine months at the Riverbank Juvenile Institution, relating to charges of giving a false name and address to the police, having escaped legal custody, having unlawful carnal knowledge , and stealing 12 imperial gallons (55 L) of petrol. He attempted to join
1134-694: The French group Trust in the Scorpio Sound studio in London, where they recorded the album Répression ; Scott was working on the English adaptation of texts by Bernie Bonvoisin for the English version of the album. During this visit, the musicians did a jam session of " Ride On ". This improvised session was Scott's last recording. Sometime during the late evening of 18 February and early morning of Tuesday, 19 February 1980, Scott passed out and died at
1197-780: The July 2004 issue of Classic Rock , Scott was ranked number one in a list of the "100 Greatest Frontmen of All Time". Hit Parader ranked Scott as fifth on their 2006 list of the 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Vocalists of all time. Born in Forfar in Angus , Scotland, Scott spent his early years in Kirriemuir . He moved to Australia with his family in 1952 at the age of six, living in Melbourne for four years before settling in Fremantle , Western Australia . Scott formed his first band,
1260-748: The Queensland city of Townsville , and later moved to Charters Towers , where he formed his first band at the age of seventeen. He later moved to Sydney. Evans was one of several members of AC/DC before the band matured and began to play all original music, along with Colin Burgess and Larry Van Kriedt . He was a member of the band from its inception in November 1973 until September 1974 before officially being replaced by Bon Scott in October 1974. During his time with AC/DC, Evans recorded one single,
1323-564: The Spektors , in 1964 and became the band's drummer and occasional lead vocalist. He performed in several other bands, including the Valentines and Fraternity , before replacing original AC/DC lead singer Dave Evans in 1974. With AC/DC Scott performed on the band's first seven albums: High Voltage (1975, Australian only release), T.N.T. (1975, Australian only release), High Voltage (1976, first international release), Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (1976, not released until 1981 in
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#17327867152251386-588: The US, produced a vinyl iteration of the Buried Country compilation that included even more new rare tracks. In 2012, Walker published History is Made at Night , a polemic on the endangered Australian live music circuit. In 2018 Walker published two books. Early in the year a new edition of his 1996 title Stranded was published , and then later in the year with the all-new Suburban Songbook . Suburban Songbook: Writing Hits in post-war/pre-Countdown Australia
1449-611: The United States), Let There Be Rock (1977), Powerage (1978) and Highway to Hell (1979). AC/DC's popularity grew throughout the 1970s, initially in Australia, and then internationally. Their 1979 album Highway to Hell reached the top 20 in the United States, and was their commercial breakthrough. However, on 19 February 1980, Scott died after a night out in London with former musician and alleged drug dealer Alistair Kinnear. AC/DC briefly considered disbanding, but
1512-670: The Young brothers as lead and rhythm guitarists, session drummer Tony Currenti (see AC/DC line-ups ) and George Young as a temporary bassist, AC/DC released High Voltage , their first LP in Australia, in February 1975. Within a few months Currenti was replaced by Phil Rudd and Mark Evans was hired as a permanent bassist, and AC/DC began recording their second album T.N.T. , which was released in Australia in December 1975. The first AC/DC album to gain international distribution however
1575-479: The Youngs were Scottish, so there was an instant bond." Scott replaced Dave Evans as the lead singer of AC/DC on 24 October 1974, when it became obvious the band and Evans were heading in different directions, with Evans having personal clashes with band members and management. Scott's appointment coincided with him working as a chauffeur for the band at the time until an audition promoted him to lead singer. With
1638-614: The age of 33. He had just visited a London club called the Music Machine (currently known as KOKO ). He was allegedly left to sleep in a Renault 5 owned by his friend Alistair Kinnear, at 67 Overhill Road in East Dulwich . Later that day, Kinnear found Scott unconscious and alerted the authorities. Scott was taken to King's College Hospital in Camberwell , where he was pronounced dead on arrival . The official report of
1701-528: The artists who expressed their displeasure at being included without being spoken to, and citing factual inaccuracies. This led to social media outrage in which Walker was shamed as a racist, misogynist , colonialist privileged white male . The book was withdrawn from sale, with the publisher promising to pulp any unsold copies and never to reprint it. Walker admitted to mistakes and apologised for them, but he nevertheless suffered personal trauma and grave damage to his reputation. "I didn't try to obscure what I
1764-445: The band hired Brian Johnson as their new vocalist. Before his death, Scott had praised Johnson and the performer's group Geordie to his friends, comparing the other vocalist to Little Richard and remarking (according to Angus Young) along the lines that Scott had found "a guy that knows what rock and roll is all about". Five months after Scott's death, AC/DC finished the work they had begun with Scott; they released Back in Black as
1827-492: The band was looking for a new singer. I immediately told him that the best guy for the job was Bon. George responded by saying Bon's accident would not allow him to perform, and that maybe he was too old (9 years older than Angus at the time). Nevertheless, I had a meeting with Malcolm and Angus, and suggested Bon as their new singer. They asked me to bring him out to the Pooraka Hotel that night, and to come backstage after
1890-678: The band. The character, the sense of humour, the swagger. They were never going to go as far as they went with Dave out front. Bon was the real deal." After AC/DC, Evans joined Newcastle (New South Wales) band Rabbit , replacing original singer Greg Douglas. Rabbit released six singles and two albums between 1975 and 1977 with the second album, Too Much Rock N Roll , released in Europe and Japan. Evans left Rabbit in October 1977. His other bands included "Dave Evans & Hot Cockerel" and "Dave Evans Thunder Down Under", which released one self-titled album through Reaction Records . Evans also released
1953-568: The coroner concluded that Scott had died of "acute alcohol poisoning " and classified it as " death by misadventure ". In 1994, when Clinton Walker published his book Highway to Hell , it portrayed Scott as moving in drug-heavy circles in his final days in London but was emphatic that even as an alcoholic and inveterate pot-smoker he was not a co-dependent heroin user, and it supported the coroner’s findings. An alternative account of Bon Scott's death, however, has been made by Australian author Jesse Fink in his book Bon: The Last Highway , which
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2016-419: The day a distraught Alistair came round and told us that Bon had died. I understood it to have happened in the back of Alistair's white van, that they’d been drinking, Bon had had some smack and, unable to wake him, Alistair had thrown a blanket over him and next day found him dead... we were worried for Alistair himself because he had, at Bon's request, provided the heroin. [My partner] Brian suggested it might be
2079-530: The debut of bassist Cliff Williams (who had replaced Mark Evans), and with its harder riffs , followed the blueprint set by Let There Be Rock . Only one single was released from Powerage —" Rock 'n' Roll Damnation "—which gave AC/DC their highest chart position at the time, reaching #24. An appearance at The Apollo, Glasgow , during the Powerage tour was recorded and released as If You Want Blood You've Got It . The band's sixth album, Highway to Hell ,
2142-543: The end of the session, at dawn, it was obvious that AC/DC had found a new singer. And Bon had found a new band." Fraternity later reformed and replaced Scott with Jimmy Barnes . Scott's wife, Irene Thornton, later wrote, "The first time Bon saw AC/DC was in August 1974. They came through Adelaide with the Lou Reed and Stevie Wright tour, and played their own show at the Pooraka Hotel ... The first time I saw AC/DC
2205-508: The funeral arrangements, Scott's body was embalmed by Desmond Henley ; it was later cremated, and Scott's ashes were interred by his family at Fremantle Cemetery in Fremantle. Shortly after Scott's death, the remaining members of AC/DC briefly considered disbanding. However, it was eventually decided that Scott would have wanted them to continue, and with the Scott family's encouragement,
2268-415: The game. End of the day it was a tragic accident. But [speaking] as an ex-junkie, Bon looked stoned." Koulla Kakoulli died in 2018. But, despite Zena Kakoulli's recollection that she was alone with Kinnear and Scott, an updated edition of Fink's book in 2022 produces new evidence from a 2009 French magazine interview with deceased journalist Guillaume B. Decherf that Zena Kakoulli's husband, Peter Perrett ,
2331-566: The group recruited vocalist Brian Johnson of the British glam rock band Geordie . AC/DC's subsequent album, Back in Black , was released only five months later, and was a tribute to Scott. It went on to become at one point the second-best-selling album of all time. Ronald Belford Scott was born on 9 July 1946 at Fyfe Jamieson Maternity Hospital in Forfar , Scotland, to Charles Belford "Chick" Scott (1917–1999) and Isabelle Cunningham "Isa" Mitchell (1917–2011). He grew up in Kirriemuir and
2394-547: The lead singer of AC/DC after his death. During this time, on 24 January 1972, Scott married Irene Thornton. In 1973, just after returning to Australia from the tour of the UK, Fraternity went on hiatus. Scott took a day job at the Wallaroo fertiliser plant and began singing with The Mount Lofty Rangers, a loose collective of musicians helmed by Peter Head (né Beagley) from Headband , who explained, "Headband and Fraternity were in
2457-695: The local record chart . In 1970, after gaining a place on the National Top 30 with their single "Juliette", The Valentines disbanded due to artistic differences after a much-publicised drug scandal. Scott moved to Adelaide in 1970 and joined the progressive rock group Fraternity . Fraternity released the LPs Livestock and Flaming Galah before touring the UK in 1973, where they changed their name to Fang. During this time they played support slots for Status Quo and Geordie , whose front man Brian Johnson would eventually succeed Scott as
2520-585: The naming policy of the Office of the Registrar of Geographic Names, so the punctuation was omitted on the street sign. Melbourne's Lord Mayor John So launched ACDC Lane with the words, "As the song says, there is a highway to hell, but this is a laneway to heaven. Let us rock". Bagpipers then played It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll) . Those were all songs from Bon Scott era. The lane contains
2583-535: The original intentions Head had. Long out of print, and massively bootlegged, this EP finally got an official digital release in June 2010. Unrecorded original compositions of Scott's, "Been Up in the Hills Too Long" and "Clarissa" have been recorded by Head on his Peter Head & the Mount Lofty Rangers Lofty album, also released in digital format only in 2011. About 11 pm on 3 May 1974, at
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2646-518: The same management stable and we both split about the same time so the logical thing was to take members from both bands and create a new one ... the purpose of the band was for songwriters to relate to each other and experiment with songs, so it was a hotbed of creativity". Other ex-Fraternity members also played with the band as did Glenn Shorrock pre Little River Band . During this time, Head also helped Scott with his original compositions. Vince Lovegrove said, "Bon would go to Peter's home after
2709-409: The show. When he watched the band, Bon was impressed, and he immediately wanted to join them, but thought they may be a bit too inexperienced and too young. After the show, backstage, Bon expressed his doubts about them being "able to rock". The two Young brothers told Bon he was "too old to rock". The upshot was that they had a jam session that night in the home of Bon's former mentor, Bruce Howe, and at
2772-586: The site. A bronze statue of Scott was unveiled at Fremantle Fishing Boat Harbour in Western Australia on 24 February 2008. The statue portrays Scott atop a Marshall amplifier . ACDC Lane is a street in the Melbourne central business district . It was renamed on 1 October 2004 as a tribute to AC/DC. The trademark lightning bolt or slash ("/") used to separate the AC and the DC in the band's name contravened
2835-405: The song "Highway to Hell" that Scott co-wrote with Malcolm and Angus Young ranked 254 on Rolling Stone ' s The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time . In the July 2004 issue of UK magazine Classic Rock , Scott was rated as number one in a list of the "100 Greatest Frontmen", ahead of Freddie Mercury and Robert Plant . Dave Evans (singer) Dave Evans is an Australian singer. He
2898-421: The statistics down – who knows?" In 2023, Clinton Walker published an expanded third edition of Highway to Hell . The author counters that since all the new eyewitnesses Fink uncovered state they did not actually see Scott take any heroin, and since the fact remains that the coroner found nothing in his bloodstream but alcohol, there is still no hard evidence that heroin was involved in his death. As part of
2961-646: Was a compilation of tracks from the first two albums, also titled High Voltage , which was released in May 1976. Another studio album, Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap , was released in September of the same year, but only in Australia; the international version of the album was released in December with a different track listing. The album was not released in the US until March 1981. In the following years, AC/DC gained further success with their albums Let There Be Rock and Powerage . The 1978 release of Powerage marked
3024-592: Was a real person and as honest as the day is long. To my mind he was the street poet of my generations and of the generations that followed. A life-sized bronze statue of Scott was unveiled by former AC/DC bass player Mark Evans in Bellies Brae Car Park in Kirriemuir on 30 April 2016, during the 10th anniversary of the Bonfest music festival. Kirriemuir hosts an annual festival known as "Bonfest" as
3087-462: Was acquired shortly after starting school; because there was another Ronald in the class, his classmates played on the phrase "Bonnie Scotland". A fourth child, Graeme, was born in 1953. In 1956, the family moved to Fremantle , Western Australia. Scott joined the associated Fremantle Scots Pipe Band , learning the drums. He attended North Fremantle Primary School and later John Curtin College of
3150-672: Was actually with Scott, Kinnear and Kakoulli. Fink writes: "Perrett told Decherf he had met Bon for the first and only time at The Music Machine; that he and Zena had used heroin that night; that neither of them were called as witnesses by police; that he suspected Bon mixed heroin and alcohol, which later caused Bon to throw up; and that he believed Bon was there at the venue to procure heroin, likely from Alistair. Sensationally, Perrett also stated he went with Zena, Alistair and Bon back to Alistair's apartment in East Dulwich." In conclusion, Fink contends that pulmonary aspiration of vomit
3213-422: Was at the Pooraka Hotel in September. 'Get up there, Bon,' Vince kept saying. The band didn't have a singer that night; they were playing instrumental versions of old rock 'n' roll standards. The boys ripped through all these classic numbers and then finally, with enough pressure from Vince, Bon climbed onto the stage. I didn't realise that AC/DC had just sacked Dave Evans and they wanted Bon to replace him. Like Bon,
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#17327867152253276-425: Was bragging to me the last time he was in that hospital he was visiting two separate girls, both unknown to each other, who were both giving birth to his kids at the same time. So there's at least two of Bon Scott's children out there, or at least two I can vouch for." On 15 February 1980, Scott attended a session where Malcolm and Angus Young were working on the beginnings of two songs that would later be recorded on
3339-418: Was doing, I didn't take all the appropriate steps. I've been involved in underclass music forever, and in some ways, this is no different, but in other ways, it is very different". Bon Scott Ronald Belford " Bon " Scott (9 July 1946 – 19 February 1980) was an Australian singer who was the second lead vocalist and lyricist of the hard rock band AC/DC from 1974 until his death in 1980. In
3402-527: Was first published in 2017. The chronology of events on 19 February, Kinnear's account of what happened, and when exactly Scott was found dead was disputed in Bon: The Last Highway . In the book Zena Kakoulli, a heroin user and wife of Only Ones vocalist Peter Perrett , admitted to Fink she was with Scott and Kinnear: "I was there when he died, as I spent the night at Alistair's flat... I went back with Alistair and [Bon] to Alistair's flat. It
3465-520: Was hailed as a pioneering and monumental work of music historiography . A new updated edition of the book was released in 2015 along with a rebooted version of the CD called Buried Country 1.5 , and as a result of their even greater success than the first time around, a touring live stageshow adaptation premiered in 2016 and played the festival circuit for a few years. In 2018, Australian singer-songwriter Darren Hanlon , in conjunction with Mississippi Records in
3528-544: Was produced by Robert John "Mutt" Lange and was released in 1979. It became AC/DC's first LP to break the US top 100, eventually reaching #17, and it propelled AC/DC into the top ranks of hard-rock acts. On 9 February 1980; AC/DC appeared on Aplauso TV (Spain) where they played "Beating Around the Bush", " Girls Got Rhythm ", and " Highway to Hell ", this would be Bon Scott's last appearance with AC/DC before his death. Scott met Irene Thornton, from Adelaide, in 1971 while he
3591-517: Was the Scotts' second child; their first was a boy born in 1943, Sandy, who died shortly after birth. A third child, Derek, was born in 1949. Chick and Isa ran the family bakery in Kirriemuir's Bank Street. The family emigrated from Scotland to Australia in 1952. The Scotts lived in the Melbourne suburb of Sunshine, Victoria , and Scott attended nearby Sunshine Primary School. The nickname "Bon"
3654-561: Was the cause of Scott's death via a suspected heroin overdose. He establishes that Scott's blood alcohol content (BAC) was .208. In 2024, Fink released Bon: Notes from the Highway , a sequel to Bon: The Last Highway . In the book Fink interviews Liz Elliot, a friend of Kinnear's, who claims Kinnear visited her and her partner's home following Scott's death and admitted to giving Scott heroin. "We were at home in Ladbroke Grove
3717-662: Was the lead singer for Fraternity. They married in 1972. The couple separated after two years of marriage and divorced in 1977, but remained friends until Scott's death. After Thornton, Scott had a significant ongoing relationship with Margaret "Silver" Smith, whom he had met in Adelaide in the early 1970s. Scott and Smith broke up in 1977 but were in touch until his death. Michael Browning, who managed AC/DC in their early years, stated in his book on managing AC/DC, Dog Eat Dog , that he visited Scott in hospital in Melbourne in 1975 after Scott had overdosed on drugs. Browning claimed "Bon
3780-481: Was the original lead singer for the Australian hard rock band AC/DC in 1973–1974 and sang on their debut single shortly before being replaced by Bon Scott . Evans then went on to join the band Rabbit who were active into the early 1980s. He resumed a solo career shortly after the year 2000. Evans was born in the Welsh town of Carmarthen , and his family moved to Australia when he was five years old. They settled in
3843-552: Was the soundtrack of the motion picture, AC/DC: Let There Be Rock . AC/DC 's seventh studio album Back in Black was released as a dedication and tribute to Scott. In 2003, Scott was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of AC/DC with his nephews present to accept the honour in his place. In 2003, Scott's final studio album with AC/DC, 1979's Highway to Hell ranked 199 on Rolling Stone ' s " The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time ". In 2004,
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#17327867152253906-722: Was very late when we got back and I remember it being very cold. [My husband] Peter [Perrett] did not go with us that night." Fink then asked Kakoulli if she thought Scott had used heroin: "I didn't see him taking heroin, but both Alistair and Silver were users at the time. I would think it probable that [Bon] did take heroin as I would not have thought somebody that was used to drinking would have been sick. It's well known that if you take heroin when you have been drinking, especially if you don’t normally, it could lead to you vomiting, plus cause you to pass out. But I can only presume that's what caused him to fall asleep and later vomit. He didn't seem unreasonably intoxicated. If he had taken heroin it
3969-408: Was with Silver and Alistair at the venue [The Music Machine]; I didn’t see him [take heroin]." Kakoulli's sister, the late Koulla Kakoulli , who saw Scott that night, also believed Scott used heroin. She told Fink: "Bon had a lot to drink that night. And I would be very surprised if he too [like Alistair] didn’t take a lot of drugs that evening, mainly heroin. I don’t wanna upset anybody this late in
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