Angus Young
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![Angus Young of AC/DC performs during the 2015 Coachella Valley Musica and Arts Festival at The Empire Polo Club on April 10, 2015 in Indio, California.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/NXTU7ZV72hVbRf5AtbDy9-320-80.jpg)
“That's the easiest part, the solos." Why Angus Young thinks rhythm guitar is harder to play than lead
By Jas Obrecht published
The guitarist shared with us his favorite solos, but said “I never look at them as a solo thing. It’s our band. We all play together”
![Angus Young of AC/DC during Molson Canadian Rocks for Toronto - Show at Downsview Park in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (Photo by KMazur/WireImage)](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/JcuqrBG5z43JXxt5VZtTw8-320-80.jpg)
"What did we do when the record company asked us for a disco hit? We gave them Highway To Hell!" An archive interview with AC/DC's Angus and Malcolm Young
By Jude Gold published
The secrets of Mutt Lange's production, Malcolm's pick-destroying strings, and why they're really just "two frustrated drummers": 20 years ago we sat down with AC/DC's Angus and Malcolm Young to look back over their amazing career
![AC/DC 'Back in Black' album artwork](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/gE73Hws2woKcAcVHPzQL9C-320-80.jpg)
Watch AC/DC’s Stunning ‘Back in Black’ Tour Footage
By Christopher Scapelliti published
Video This unmissable concert film captures the band’s raw energy at a pivotal moment in rock and roll history
![Sister Rosetta Tharpe (1915 - 1973) performs at a Blues and Gospel Caravan tour in the UK, 1964.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/NhSC3r8HCHZbrkZE8vKRKL-320-80.jpg)
Favored by Angus Young, Pete Townshend and Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Here’s How the Gibson SG Came to Be
By Mick Taylor published
This classic electric guitar design has come to hold a unique place, both tonally and visually, in rock and roll history
![L-R: Chuck Berry, Eric Clapton, Carlos Santana and Kurt Cobain](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/FHAKLnZLDuHY7bg5MLE2cY-320-80.jpg)
The 40 Most Important Guitar Solos of the 20th Century
By Guitar Player Staff published
From bluesy beginnings to metallic peaks, we trace the evolution of the electric rock solo
![Australian guitarists and brothers Angus (L) and Malcolm Young of the hard rock group ACDC inaugurate 22 March 2000 the first street in the world bearing their group's name in Leganes, 29 kms from Madrid.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Gy9Sh7VWvH9wmvJod6q3Ac-320-80.jpg)
“I'm Just Like a Color Over the Top. He's the Solid Thing”: Angus Young on Malcolm Young and the Vital Chemistry of AC/DC
By Jas Obrecht, Rod Brakes published
Read this classic Guitar Player interview with one half of the greatest guitar dueling brotherhood in hard rock history.
![AC/DC live in 1975](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/pE7fsbkDTTTDyxFitX3NQ9-320-80.png)
Watch Malcolm Young Trade Solos with Angus in this Storming Live AC/DC Clip from 1975
By Rod Brakes published
Video Australia’s greatest rock 'n' roll band begins to conquer the world stage.
![Malcolm Young performs onstage with AC/DC at the Roseland Ballroom](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/PxvqzLcSmfUTTcNsj6tLKn-320-80.jpg)
Malcolm Young Using a Gibson in the Studio? It Happened on this AC/DC Song
By Jackson Maxwell published
"To this day I still hear that track and go, 'Ugh,'" AC/DC's late rhythm guitar dynamo said of this tune in 2003.
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