Angus Young Quotes & Trivia



Quotes

I don't like to play above or below people's heads. Basically, I just like to get up front of a crowd and rip it up.

I just go where the guitar takes me.

I saw all the women and I figured that looked good. I was horney. I got a guitar off my brother and started playing anything.

I wouldn't know any newer bands. We're past the pimple stage.

I'm sick to death of people saying we've made 11 albums that sounds exactly the same, Infact, we've made 12 albums that sound exactly the same.

Style, I didn't think we had any! I just plug in and hit the thing really hard. That's my style... or lack of one!

There are all sorts of cute puppy dogs, but it doesn't stop people from going out and buying Dobermans.

We're a rock group. we're noisy, rowdy, sensational and weird.

When I'm on stage the savage in me is released. It's like going back to being a cave man. It takes me six hours to come down after a show.

Yes, we're still five little people with a noisy attitude.

Trivia

Angus is the youngest member of AC/DC.

Angus is known for his hard-edge style lead, wild stage energy, and school boy clothing style.

Before forming AC/DC he worked a part time job at a soft-core pornographic magazine called "Ribald."

Angus has been a member of AC/DC since it was first formed.

He has the same birthday as Pavel Bure, Al Gore and (fellow scot) Ewan McGregor.

Maxim recently ranked Angus as number one on their list of the "25 Greatest Short Dudes Of All Time".

He started playing guitar when he was five years old.

He is #96 on the Rolling Stone's List of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time.

He was voted Scotland's greatest guitarist in the Total Guitar Magazine poll of the best 12 British guitarists in July 2001.

Angus is 5 feet, 2 inches tall.

He is featured on the Australian Rock'n'Roll stamp set (May 26, 1998)

He is the lead guitarist for the hard rock band AC/DC.