Malcolm Young
| Malcolm Young | |
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Young in 2010
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Malcolm Mitchell Young |
| Born |
6 January 1953 Glasgow, Scotland, UK |
| Origin | Sydney, Australia |
| Genres | Hard rock, blues rock, rock and roll |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter, producer, guitarist |
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| Years active | 1969–2014 |
| Labels | EMI, Epic, Atlantic, Albert, Columbia |
| Associated acts | AC/DC, Marcus Hook Roll Band |
| Website | acdc |
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1963 Gretsch Jet Firebird 1959 Gretsch White Falcon 1959 Gretsch Black Falcon Fender Telecaster Gibson L6-S |
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Malcolm Mitchell Young (born 6 January 1953 in Glasgow, Scotland) is a retired Australian musician and songwriter of Scottish origin, best known as a co-founder, rhythm guitarist, backing vocalist and songwriter for the Australian hard rock band AC/DC. Except for a brief absence in 1988, he was with the band from its November 1973 beginning until retiring permanently in 2014, due to health reasons. Young and the other members of AC/DC were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2003.
Though his younger brother Angus is the more visible of the brothers, Malcolm has been described as the driving force and the leader of the band. He also added that despite his retirement from the band, AC/DC was determined to continue making music with his blessing. As the rhythm guitarist, he was responsible for the broad sweep of the band's sound, developing many of their guitar riffs and co-writing the band's material with Angus. He is married to Linda Young and has two children, Cara and Ross.
Young took a leave of absence from AC/DC in April 2014, to receive treatment for dementia. In September 2014, the band's management announced that he would be retiring permanently.
After the breakup of the Newcastle-based band The Velvet Underground (not the 1960s band with Lou Reed), Young founded AC/DC in November 1973, and soon asked Angus to join when they were 20 and 18 years old respectively. They began national touring in 1974 with singer Dave Evans.
AC/DC relocated to the UK in 1976, and began a heavy schedule of international touring and recording. The first six albums of the band were produced by ex-Easybeats members Harry Vanda and George Young, Angus and Malcolm's brother, and they were also the production team behind the Marcus Hook Roll Band. After the death of lead singer Bon Scott in 1980, they recorded their biggest selling album Back in Black with singer Brian Johnson.
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