AC/DCs New Album PWR/UP Gets A Release Date
The long awaited 17th studio album by AC/DC has officially been given a release date. PWR/UP will see original members of the band returning and will release on November 13th.
Can’t wait until then to hear the bands new music? Don’t worry, the album’s first single, ‘Shot In The Dark’, will be releasing tomorrow (7th October) at 5:00. The band have been releasing teasers for the song throughout the week.
Brian Johnson was recently interviewed by Rock 100.5 Atlanta radio, in which he described the process of making the album as “a great time”.
“As soon as we walked in, there was this electricity, this bond that had been built up over 38 years since I joined, And, of course, when the boys plugged in, or powered up, if you’ll excuse the pun, and they started playing, that was it. It was a great time.”
Johnson went on to dispel rumours that Malcolm Young’s Guitar playing would be on the album, saying “There’s a lot of rumours about Malcolm’s guitar playing being on the album, well, of course, that’s not true. But what is true is the fact that Angus and Malcolm had done riffs together all their life and really had a big box of them. And Angus said he basically just went through them all and he went, ‘Oh, that’s a good one. This is a good one.’ And he brought them out. So, it really is true that Malcolm is on there, basically, in spirit and all of that. And he’s such a strong character in life. And I think everybody in the band still felt, especially Angus, his brother, [that Malcolm] is in everything. We’re always conscious of that, that he’s watching over, ‘You’d better do it right. You’d better do it AC/DC style or just not do it at all.’ And the songs came in — Angus came in with ‘em and all, and worked with Brendan O’Brien, the producer, and I went into just a regular little control room, and we just went for it.”
The bands bassist, Cliff Williams, also spoke to the radio station, admitting that he was “super excited” to reunite with the band.
“Rock Or Bust was due to be my last fling, and that was a tough tour to finish. But when I heard that Brian and Phil were back, I was super excited to join in.”
Trying to keep news of the returning band mates on the low, Angus Young didn’t even tell long-time recording engineer Mike Fraser who was in the band. He only found out that the original members were returning when they were in studio.
We’re certainly excited to see what’s next for AC/DC stay tuned to The Rock Fix to get more updates on the bands upcoming album.