Angus Young

Angus Young is the lead guitarist, songwriter, and co-founder of the Australian hard rock band AC/DC, known for his wild stage energy and schoolboy uniform stage outfit.

Biography

Angus Young was born on March 31, 1955 of William and Margaret Young in Glasgow, Scotland. He was one of nine children. He and all his siblings were brought up in Syndey, Australia. Angus started playing guitar when he was five years old. A local child had one and Angus would play it during visits. He got his own guitar by taking a banjo his family had lying around and restringing it like a guitar.

Angus did not get into guitar playing seriously until after the Young family moved from Scotland to Australia in 1963. He had been playing on an old Höfner guitar he inherited from his brother Malcolm, until he bought a Gibson SG, after seeing it in a friend's catalogue. Angus's brother George who played in the band The Easybeats gave Angus and Malcolm guitar lessons when he would come home during breaks from touring.

Prior to forming AC/DC, Young played in a local group called Kantuckee. Kantuckee's lineup consisted of Bob McGlynn, vocals, Angus Young, guitar, Jon Stevens, bass, and Trevor James, drums. This was the first band to record Demo takes for Stevie Wrights classic "Evie" at the request of George Young. The band split and was later called Tantrum with the following line up: Mark Sneddon, vocals and guitar, Angus Young, guitar, Jon Stevens, bass and Trevor James, drums.