Rock fans only! - What were your thoughts on hearing Bon Scott had died (30 years ago today)?

[TTG]

I was a fan of AC/DC about 8 months after so have no memory of the event. Would be interested in fans reactions at the time..

[andy-hughes]

Being an ... ahem! ... more mature rock fan (I'm fifty-five) i remember Bon's sad death very well, and the opinion of all that the band would not survive without him. Of course, we all know better now - but at the time, the band were a bunch of Aussie chancers who played straight-ahead rockabogie, and didn;t give a flying one about trends ... in fact they were then as they are now, except with less money!

I did think that the band were all over, but they left a good body of work behind them - their first album alone set a blueprint in how simple riffs expertly played can stand the test of time - as Status Quo have also proved.

Because i do remember Bon so well, part of me still thinks of BJ as a bit of a 'new boy', but of course, for a whole generation, he is the voice of the band, the only one they have ever known.

History does that to you - I loathe Stereophonics because I love The Faces, and I loathe Jamiroquai because I am a huge Stevie Wonder fan - but each generation finds its own heroes, and amen to that.

[TTG]

Great answer mate. Amazing how they became one of the biggest bands in the world.

[sara3]

oh, I'm far too young for this ;o)

[andy-hughes]

Awwww sara, don't say that - unless of course you like the 'mature' man ...

[sara3]

andy, I may be just a tad too young for this.. but I do like a mature man ;o)

[Justincider]

I was 18 at the time and was shocked. I saw AC/DC many times including 4 nights on the trot at Hammersmith Odeon (now Apollo) Great memories of Bon and Angus! I didn't realise it was the anniversary of his death!

[andy-hughes]

Thank heavens for that !!!

[TTG]

Thanks for remembering Bon.