4.8
Biografier
One of SPIN'S Best Music Memoirs of 2022!
Brian Johnson’s memoir from growing up in a small town to starting his own band to ultimately replacing Bon Scott, the lead singer of one of the world biggest rock acts, AC/DC. They would record their first album together, the iconic Back in Black, which would become the biggest selling rock album of all time.
Brian Johnson was born to a steelworker and WWII veteran father and an Italian mother, growing up in New Castle Upon Tyne, England, a working-class town. He was musically inclined and sang with the church choir. By the early ’70s he performed with the glam rock band Geordie, and they had a couple hits, but it was tough going. So tough that by 1976, they disbanded and Brian turned to a blue-collar life.
Then 1980 changed everything. Bon Scott, the lead singer and lyricist of the Australian rock band AC/DC died at 33. The band auditioned singers, among them Johnson, whom Scott himself had seen perform and raved about. Within days, Johnson was in a studio with the band, working with founding members Angus and Malcolm Young, Cliff Williams, and Phil Rudd, along with producer Mutt Lange.
When the album, Back in Black, was released in July—a mere three months after Johnson had joined the band—it exploded, going on to sell 50 million copies worldwide, and triggering a years-long worldwide tour. It has been declared “the biggest selling hard rock album ever made” and “the best-selling heavy-metal album in history.”
The band toured the world for a full year to support the album, changing the face of rock music—and Brian Johnson’s life—forever.
© 2022 HarperAudio (Ljudbok): 9780063046474
Utgivningsdatum
Ljudbok: 25 oktober 2022
4.8
Biografier
One of SPIN'S Best Music Memoirs of 2022!
Brian Johnson’s memoir from growing up in a small town to starting his own band to ultimately replacing Bon Scott, the lead singer of one of the world biggest rock acts, AC/DC. They would record their first album together, the iconic Back in Black, which would become the biggest selling rock album of all time.
Brian Johnson was born to a steelworker and WWII veteran father and an Italian mother, growing up in New Castle Upon Tyne, England, a working-class town. He was musically inclined and sang with the church choir. By the early ’70s he performed with the glam rock band Geordie, and they had a couple hits, but it was tough going. So tough that by 1976, they disbanded and Brian turned to a blue-collar life.
Then 1980 changed everything. Bon Scott, the lead singer and lyricist of the Australian rock band AC/DC died at 33. The band auditioned singers, among them Johnson, whom Scott himself had seen perform and raved about. Within days, Johnson was in a studio with the band, working with founding members Angus and Malcolm Young, Cliff Williams, and Phil Rudd, along with producer Mutt Lange.
When the album, Back in Black, was released in July—a mere three months after Johnson had joined the band—it exploded, going on to sell 50 million copies worldwide, and triggering a years-long worldwide tour. It has been declared “the biggest selling hard rock album ever made” and “the best-selling heavy-metal album in history.”
The band toured the world for a full year to support the album, changing the face of rock music—and Brian Johnson’s life—forever.
© 2022 HarperAudio (Ljudbok): 9780063046474
Utgivningsdatum
Ljudbok: 25 oktober 2022
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Christer
14 nov. 2022
Intressant och underhållande att få höra om Brians liv i doldisgänget AC/DC men man får verkligen vara på helspänn om man ska förstå Newcastle dialekten😁
Pelle
31 jan. 2023
Nicest guy in rock ‘n’ roll business ever!
Axel
13 dec. 2023
Älskar att det var BJ själv som läste. En 10 poängare.
Stig-Helmer
2 nov. 2022
Mycket intressant om Brians liv och hans tid inom musiken fram till AC/DC och hur om ett av tidernas bästa rockalbum kom till
Hasse
21 juni 2023
Funny and Brian is a great storyteller
Ronnie
22 juli 2023
Mysig bok med mycket humor och värme. Bra beskrivningar. Och som han själv säger; låt inte sanningen förstöra en bra story. Allt kanske inte beskrivs exakt som det var, men detta är hans historia. Fantastiskt inläst av Brian själv. Är man bara hygglig på engelska och ge det lite tid så borde man förstå det mesta, även om det känns svårt i början. Dialekten är underbar och en stor del av behållningen. Den fick mig även att lyssna på lite Geordie på Spotify. Bra skit, ju!
Tobias
16 jan. 2024
Skitbra
Fredrick
6 feb. 2023
Fint berättad av BJ själv. Språket flyter och en geordie, en son av arbetarklassens försvunna generationer och en enkel och varm person träder fram.
Tommy
17 maj 2023
Best biography I have listened to and hearing “Johnos” unique voice and his Geordie accent is top notch. One of few persons I would like to invite to a dinner.
Andreas
11 juli 2023
Brian Johnson. Living legend. Mycket intressant och roligt.
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