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Angus Young

Australian guitarist

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Angus Young is an Australian guitarist best known as the lead guitarist and co-founder of the rock band AC/DC, one of the most successful and influential rock bands in music history. His energetic performance style and distinctive guitar work have made him an iconic figure in rock music since the band's formation in the 1970s.

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Born: 1951-03-31
Works: 7

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Angus McKinnon Young (born 31 March 1955) is an Australian musician, best known as the co-founder, lead guitarist, and songwriter of the Australian hard rock band AC/DC. He is known for his energetic performances, schoolboy-uniform stage outfits and his own version of Chuck Berry's duckwalk. Young was ranked 24th in Rolling Stone magazine's 100 greatest guitarists of all-time list.[1] In 2003,…

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AC/DC : Forever Young — Self (archive footage)2023
Rock: the origin — Self (archive footage)2023
AC/DC: The Story of Back in Black — Self2020
The Great Satan — Self (archives footage)2018
Blood + Thunder: The Sound of Alberts — Self2015
ACDC - Documentation — Self2013

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Angus McKinnon Young (born 31 March 1955) is an Australian musician, best known as the co-founder, lead guitarist, songwriter, and the only continuous member of the hard rock band AC/DC. He is known for his energetic performances, school uniform-style stage outfits, and his own version of Chuck Berry's duckwalk. Young was ranked 38th in the 2023 edition of Rolling Stone's 250 greatest guitarists of all time list. In 2003, Young and the other members of AC/DC were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

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