Malcolm Young
Sign in to saveAustralian guitarist (1953–2017)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1953-01-06
- Died
- 2017-11-18
- Works
- 12
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · Glasgow - Scotland
Malcolm Mitchell Young (6 January 1953 – 18 November 2017) was an Australian musician and songwriter. He was best known as the co-founder, rhythm guitarist, backing vocalist, and songwriter of the rock band AC/DC. Except for a brief absence in 1988, he was with the band from its beginning in 1973 until retiring in 2014 due to health reasons. As a member of AC/DC, he was inducted into the Rock and…
Known for
- AC/DC : Forever Young — Self (archive footage)2023
- Rock: the origin — Self (archive footage)2023
- AC/DC: The Story of Back in Black — Self2020
- Blood + Thunder: The Sound of Alberts — Self2015
- AC/DC: Dirty Deeds — Self2012
- AC/DC Backtracks — Malcolm Young2009
- AC/DC: Live at River Plate — Guitars2009
- AC/DC: Live at Circus Krone2009
- AC/DC - At the Pavillon in Paris 19792008
- AC/DC: Hells Highway — Self2008
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 107
- Total plays
- 753
Malcolm Mitchell Young (born January 6, 1953 in Glasgow, Scotland, died November 18, 2017, in Elizabeth Bay, Australia) was a founding member and rhythm guitarist for the Australian hard rock band AC/DC. Malcolm John Young (born October 26, 1976 in Brighton, England) plays keyboards in Lucky Soul, produces electronic music as Citizen 020 and previously played guitar in Lenny, fOiL. Before AC/DC Influenced by 1950s rock and roll, and blues based rock guitarists of the 1960s and 1970s <a href="
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
· 2020 · cited 34,272x
- CBAM: Convolutional Block Attention Module
· 2018 · cited 17,043x
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,235x
- Global burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance in 2019: a systematic analysis
· 2022 · cited 12,959x
- UK Biobank: An Open Access Resource for Identifying the Causes of a Wide Range of Complex Diseases of Middle and Old Age
· 2015 · cited 11,836x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Born
- Malcolm Mitchell Young , ( 1953-01-06 ) 6 January 1953, Glasgow , Scotland
- Died
- 18 November 2017 (2017-11-18) (aged 64) , Elizabeth Bay, New South Wales , Australia
- Genres
- Hard rock blues rock rock and roll
- Occupations
- Musician songwriter
- Instruments
- Guitar vocals
- Years active
- 1969–2014
- Formerly of
- AC/DC Marcus Hook Roll Band
- Website
- acdc .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Key dates
- Born
- 6 January 1953
- Died
- 18 November 2017
via Wikidata · CC0
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Mitchell
- Family name
- Young
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Australia
- Place of birth
- Glasgow
- Place of death
- Elizabeth Bay
- Occupation
- composer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- music
Article
Malcolm Mitchell Young (6 January 1953 – 18 November 2017) was an Australian musician who was a founding member of the hard rock band AC/DC. Young was a rhythm guitarist, songwriter, and backing vocalist in the band. Except for a brief absence in 1988, Young was a member of AC/DC from its formation in 1973 until his retirement in 2014. As a member of AC/DC, Young was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2003. In 2023, Rolling Stone named Young and his younger brother and fellow AC/DC member Angus Young the 38th-best guitarists of all time.
Early life