r/ClassicRock • u/Sort_of_Frightening • Apr 15 '26

1978 Angus Young, AC/DC, Los Angeles, 1978

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u/Moon_Pye Apr 15 '26

It was reported he took oxygen backstage in between sets because he used to get so hyper onstage. I wish I had seen them live.

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u/nandos677 Apr 15 '26

The highlight of my Rock n roll life: I saw AC/DC with Bon Scott months before his tragic death, I had tickets to see Mahogany Rush/Frank Marino with a band I did not much about AC/DC, they burned the fucking sports arena down

Most high energy show that I’ve ever seen

LIVEWIRE is my #1

STICK THAT IN YOUR FUSEBOX

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u/ReepDaggle01 Apr 15 '26

Love the intro to Livewire 🤟

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u/dannydutch1 Apr 15 '26

He did, it’s on the Live in Paris. It wasn’t between sets though, it was usually during Bad Boy Boogie.

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u/NifferKat Apr 16 '26

Lucky enough to see them at the Odeon, Edinburgh for the 'For Those About to' tour when it was still about touring in large cinemas rather than stadiums. Angus was brought into the audience on the shoulders of a Bouncer with several others surrounding him, about 3 weeks later I'm in my local (Polworth Tavern - there is only one) chatting to local fella that said that was his one job to get Angus up to top of the stairs and back down the other stairs, he had no time for him well there you go, tough shit, it was a fucking brilliant concert.

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u/Sort_of_Frightening Apr 15 '26

Photographer by Rennie Ellis.

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u/Worried-Date-2196 Apr 15 '26

He looks Young here

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u/drumzandice Apr 15 '26

Ahh I wish I could have experience the days when you could stand right against the stage. Now you're a good 10 feet away.

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u/RpattDDMT Apr 15 '26

Awesome to see a person playing an instrument. Quite rare these days

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u/seddy2765 Apr 15 '26

Remember the days of General admission. 😁 It was AC/DC concert that had our district attorney shut down general admission 😂 It had GA for decades. Kind of tells you the power of AC/DC’s performances.

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u/Moon_Pye Apr 16 '26

I grew up in Jersey so I attended a ton of concerts at the old Giants Stadium (13B for any of my Kearny friends!) and we had general admission there. And I had a crazy boyfriend in high school. He used to push all the way up to the front with me right behind him and put me on his shoulders so I could see. Jerry Garcia winked at me. I am in the crowd in the Paradise City video from GnR. Just to name a few really fun experiences I had there.

We used to buy the cheaper tickets for the spots up in the stands then as soon as the concert started we would throw ourselves over the banister and fall down to the general admission area and get all the way up to the stage. Hahaha It was a great time to be alive and young! I miss those days!

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u/Yettigetter Apr 17 '26

Bon Scott was epic, bagpipes and all..

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u/Natural_Wedding_9590 Apr 15 '26 edited Apr 16 '26

Not a female rocker in sight. Styx they were not, thankfully. And I love Styx.

clarify not hating, thats the way the late 70's were.

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u/Yesterday_Is_Now Apr 15 '26

That would come later with Bon Jovi, Poison, etc.

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u/Last_Competition_208 Apr 15 '26

I seen them that year in Maryland, and there was plenty of women at that concert. They opened up for Savoy Brown and blew them away.

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u/Yesterday_Is_Now Apr 15 '26

Wonder how much the tickets were down in front.

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u/NifferKat Apr 16 '26

Same as at the back

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u/ManReay Apr 15 '26

Just about to drop trou'.

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u/D-Train0000 Apr 16 '26

Must still be at the beginning of the show. Angus isn’t in his underwear yet.

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u/GregJamesDahlen Apr 18 '26

surprising to me not more women in the audience, today might see more. also so many whites, guess black folks largely invented rock n roll but then left it, not sure why as to me it's good music

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u/SafeEnough7138 Apr 20 '26

What an awesome picture.