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Romford, Essex, England, UK
Clifford Williams (born 14 December 1949) is an English musician, best known as the bassist and backing vocalist of the Australian hard rock band AC/DC. He started his professional music career in 1967 and had previously been in the English groups Home and Bandit. His first studio album with AC/DC was Powerage in 1978. Williams was inducted into the American Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member…
Known for
- Rock: the origin — Self (archive footage)2023
- AC/DC: The Story of Back in Black — Self2020
- AC/DC: Dirty Deeds — Self2012
- AC/DC Backtracks — Cliff Williams2009
- AC/DC: Live at River Plate — Bass2009
- AC/DC: Live at Circus Krone2009
- AC/DC: Hells Highway — Self2008
- AC/DC - At the Pavillon in Paris 19792008
- AC/DC - Plug Me In — Self2007
- AC/DC: Family Jewels — Self2005
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Cliff Williams is the bassist for Hard Rock band AC/DC. He was born on December 14, 1949 in Romford, England. He moved with his family to Liverpool when he was nine, where he spent the first two working years of his life as an engineer before joining his first band. Linking up with singer Mick Stubbs, guitarist Laurie Wisefield, keyboard player Clive John and drummer Mick Cook, Cliff found himself playing bass for a band called 'Home'. By 1970 the <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Cliff+Willia
Key facts
- Born
- Clifford Williams , ( 1949-12-14 ) 14 December 1949 (age 76) , Romford, Essex , England
- Origin
- Hoylake, Merseyside , England
- Genres
- Hard rock heavy metal blues rock rock and roll progressive rock
- Occupations
- Musician singer
- Instruments
- Bass vocals
- Years active
- 1966–2016, 2018–present
- Label
- Columbia
- Member of
- AC/DC The Juice
- Formerly of
- Home Sugar
- Website
- acdc .com
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Williams
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Romford
- Occupation
- musician
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- hard rock
- Instrument
- guitar
- Record label
- Columbia Records
- Official website
- www.acdc.com
- Image
- CliffWilliams.JPG
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- Cliff Williams
- date of birth
- 1949-12-14
- member of
- AC/DC
- start of work period
- 1973-00-00
- name in native language
- Cliff Williams
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Encyclopedic overview
Clifford Williams (born 14 December 1949) is an English musician, best known as the bassist and backing vocalist of the Australian hard rock band AC/DC. He started his professional music career in 1967 and had previously been in the English groups Home and Bandit. His first studio album with AC/DC was Powerage in 1978. Williams was inducted into the American Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of AC/DC in 2003. Williams announced his retirement from AC/DC in 2016, but returned for their 2020 comeback album Power Up along with band mates Brian Johnson and Phil Rudd. His side projects include benefit concerts.
Early life
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