Episode #255 |11.4.25

AC/DC Pt. 2: Dirty Deeds, Dead Friends, and Murder for Hire

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In this episode

This is the story of the greatest rock ’n’ roll band on earth. AC/DC was forged in discipline, sharpened by grief, resurrected by obsession … and nearly undone by one final dirty deed that no one saw coming: murder.

Sources

AC/DC: Maximum Rock & Roll: The Ultimate Story of the World’s Greatest Rock-and-Roll Band, by Murray Engleheart with Arnaud Durieux

Bon Scott Reveals Phil Rudd Breakdown On AC/DC Tour In 1978 Letter (Loudwire)

More On Phil Auctioning Off His Ferrari (Fuck Yeah Phil Rudd)

Phil Rudd, AC/DC drummer sentenced to home detention for threat to kill (The Guardian)

Murder-For-Hire Charge dropped Against AC/DC Drummer (NPR)

AC?DC Drummer Phil Rudd Sentenced To Eight Months Home Detention (Rolling Stone)

Former AC/DC frontman Bon Scott’s tour letter bought at auction by WA government for $14,000 (The West Australian)

AC/DC Drummer Phil Rudd Pleads Guilty To Drugs, Threatening To Kill Charges (Rolling Stone)

AC/DC Manager’s Murder Case Reopened By Australian Police After 20 Years (Loudwire)

Angus Young recalls the wild time Black Sabbath’s Geezer pulled a knife on brother Malcom (Tone Deaf)

They’re On A Highway To Hell (Jesus-Is-Savior.com)

Credits

Hosted by Jake Brennan.

Written by Jake Brennan.

Copy edited by James Sullivan.

Mixed by Matt Beaudoin.

DISGRACELAND theme song, “Crenshaw Space Boogie,” written and produced by Jake Brennan. Performed by Jake Brennan, Bryce Kanzer, Jay Cannava, and Evan Kenney. Mixed and engineered by Adam Taylor.

*illustrations by Avi Spivak @avispivak