They weren't the same without Malcom Young and Phil Rudd. They weren't the same even when Rudd took the nineties off. They're definitely not going to be the same without Brian Johnson.

Having said that. Brian's voice has deteriorated really badly. Decades of ciggies will do that. He's getting winded during songs, can't finish lyrics and at some gigs there were minutes long delays between songs while he was offstage probably getting oxygen. He was warned about his hearing by doctors and it was the perfect excuse for Angus to get shot. Very harsh and all that but the show goes on. Brian did OK considering before he got the audition he was fitting sunroofs into cars (remember the sunroof craze? ) in a backstreet garage in Newcastle and singing in working mens' clubs occasionally.

I posted a couple of songs from his last few performances a while ago. He's not up to it anymore. Angus will want to go on until he physically can't do it anymore. They'll use Axl to get them through their Europe/rescheduled dates then for future tours/albums either stick with Axl if it works or maybe go for a new singer. They auditioned a couple of guys from tribute bands before they went with Axl.

But Axl can pull off the AC/DC catalogue broken foot notwithstanding. Gunds and Roses played Coachella at the weekend and Angus turned up to do Whole Lotta Rosie and Riff Raff.



Am off to Lisbon anyway to watch them and meet a guy I haven't seen since we worked in Athens in the late eighties. Knew he was from Lisbon and god bless the internet tracked him down. Going to get in trouble probably.