Why Didn't The AC/DC Style Originate In America?

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  1. thnkgreen

    thnkgreen Sprezzatura! Thread Starter

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    I was thinking about this last night - why did it take a band from Australia to merge loud crunchy guitars with basic four-on-the-floor first generation rock n roll style music? Don't get me wrong, I am a fan of AC/DC, seeing them in concert in 2001. Still, an outsider would think that a band from America would have come up with the AC/DC sound before the lads from down under, but of course this isn't the case. Am I overlooking a band that sounded like AC/DC here in the states before AC/DC?
     
  2. sddoug

    sddoug Music Aficionado

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    One could argue any number of bands such as Blue Cheer (a US band) or Status Quo (an English band) founded the "loud crunchy guitars with basic four-on-the-floor first generation rock n roll style music."
     
  3. Terrapin Station

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  4. thnkgreen

    thnkgreen Sprezzatura! Thread Starter

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    Nah AC/DC are much heavier than Chuck Berry
     
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  5. Dandelion1967

    Dandelion1967 My Favourite Parks Are Car Parks

    I reckon this album was a big influence for Angus and Malcolm. It's the prototype of the AC/DC sound, if you don't believe me listen to "Red Revolution" or "Quick Reaction"

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  6. thnkgreen

    thnkgreen Sprezzatura! Thread Starter

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    I am honestly not familiar with either of those bands. I'll definitely look into them. Thanks!
     
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  7. Terrapin Station

    Terrapin Station Master Guns

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    The idea isn't going to be that you can't hear a difference between one artist and another.
     
  8. nolazep

    nolazep Burrito Enthusiast

    I thought they both played on it.
     
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  9. Man at C&A

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    MC5 have that kind of thing going on their Back In The USA album.

    Some early Aerosmith too, like Same Old Song and Dance.

     
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  10. Man at C&A

    Man at C&A Senior Member

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    Only go for 1972-1976 Quo!
     
  11. carlwm

    carlwm Forum Resident

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    Maybe Foghat?
     
  12. MartyGabriel

    MartyGabriel Jaded Realist.

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    Erm .... the entire garage rock genre? How about Link Wray and "Rumble"?
     
  13. Dandelion1967

    Dandelion1967 My Favourite Parks Are Car Parks

    Yes, the famous Young clan (George, Alex, Angus and Malcolm) of Australia all together.
     
  14. Pampered Menial

    Pampered Menial Forum Resident

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    Their music is essentially hard blues rock infused with elements of football club-style chants. I think that's a big part of it. "Futbol" is popular basically the world over except here in N. America.
     
  15. Harry Hood

    Harry Hood Forum Resident

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    This.
     
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  16. davebush

    davebush New Test Leper

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    Why are you assuming America would be the default country for inventing a genre?
     
  17. thnkgreen

    thnkgreen Sprezzatura! Thread Starter

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    Another band I am not familiar with. I'll look into them as well.
     
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  18. Kevin j

    Kevin j The 5th 99

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    Because the Beatles.

    Am I doing this right?
     
  19. thnkgreen

    thnkgreen Sprezzatura! Thread Starter

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    Read the first sentence

    Rock music - Wikipedia
     
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  20. Liam Brown

    Liam Brown Forum Resident

    Its hard not to see The Yardbirds, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Cream, Hendrix , Cactus and Mountain as antecedents to AC/DC. Just off the top of my head.

    Also all the garage rock bands who aped the Yardbirds and Stones.
     
  21. Jem

    Jem Forum Resident

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    Malcolm Young wasn’t born there.
     
  22. blastfurniss

    blastfurniss Forum Resident

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    This. AC/DC not only took their sense of fun from Chuck Berry, Angus even copped his duck walk. Every kid who picks up a guitar, whether they know it or not, is influenced by Chuck Berry. Johnny B. Goode set the foundation for the 3 chords and a cloud of dust sound the Young brothers built.
     
  23. carlwm

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    Good strong boogie guitar band. Top songwriting and playing. They don't wear a musical straitjacket the way AC/DC do. A bit more variation in their sound but they are a highly decent unit nonetheless.

    I'd recommend Fool For The City or Night Shift as good places to start.
     
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  24. thnkgreen

    thnkgreen Sprezzatura! Thread Starter

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    I was thinking about Link Wray as well, but I am not very familiar with his work other than 'Rumble'. Are most of his songs AC/DC heavy?

    I disagree. While all of the bands you mention had a track or two that were heavy, I don't think any of them made an album that was track-after-track as heavy as AC/DC.
     
  25. jothoma

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    I have always lumped early AC/DC in with the early Glam music that was popular in the UK like Slade or Wizzard. In the US, between 72-75, what was popular was either "Heavy Rock", like Zepplin, Deep Purple or Sabbath or more "Country-fied Rock" like Skynyrd, The Allmans or Manassas. Glam Rock sowed some seeds that began to flourish with Kiss, Cheap Trick and Aerosmith but not really until after 1976.
     
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