Today’s band AC/DC was blowing up radio and arena when their frontman Bon Scott passed away in a most horrible fashion. The band was devastated and had no idea what was next. Little did they know that in the form of a large bell, a supernatural visit from their dead singer, and a new singer who said he could write lyrics but then battled writer's block for months this band would create the biggest-selling rock record in history: Back in Black. It has sold 50 million copies but it never went to #1 and didn’t contain any hit singles. And it had a perfectionist producer Mutt Lange who spent months recording to get just a drum sound on 1 song. But here’s the thing…even with all of those hours recording, and 15 mics capturing the sound of a large bell the band had commissioned to be the backbone of one of the album’s most famous tracks, Hell Bells... to this day AC/DC has never been able to capture the exact sound of the bell on the recording when they play it live. Coming up the story of the biggest-selling rock record ever and the uphill battle to get it right and out to the masses and trying to solve the mystery of who really wrote these classic songs the dead singer or the replacement.
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So I’m excited today to get into the story behind the opening track of one of the biggest selling albums in history. AC/DC’s ‘take no prisoners, spare no lives’ tribute to the late great Bon Scott, Hell’s Bells. Just weeks into the recording of AC/DC’s landmark album, Back in Black, newly hired lead singer Brian Johnson was suffering from writer’s block.
It was the spring of 1980 and the band had gathered at Compass Point Studios in the Bahamas… The Young brothers, Malcolm and Angus, were furiously churning out new material for the record at breakneck speeds. Just as Brian finished the lyrics to one song, the brothers were right there with another riff ready to go.
Finally, one morning Johnson hit the wall. Or as he described it, he was “dead in the head.” In his newly released memoirs, Johnson recounted what happened next. I’ll just paraphrase what he said…
Outside there were black clouds were forming and the horizon. And soon a storm was raging over the ocean. About this time there was a knock on the door of Johnson’s guesthouse. When he opened it, he saw legendary producer Mutt Lange, a certifiable musical genius. Lange had produced AC/DC’s previous album Highway to Hell and was on the island with them to helm the sequel.
The second Brian opened the door, Mutt saw the look on his face. “What’s the matter Brian?” “I’m struggling here, Mutt… I’ve just got a bit of writer’s block, that’s all.” As Mutt stood there in the open doorway, he thought for a moment and asked “Are you stuck on anything in particular?” Brian said he was working on a new riff from Malcom called Hell’s Bells. Just then, somewhere in the distance, there was a loud, earth-shaking roar. “That’s rolling thunder,” said Lange.
