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Angus Young

Also known as Angus McKinnon Young

Australian guitarist

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Angus McKinnon Young is a male guitarist, songwriter, and composer who has been a member of the band AC/DC since 1973. Born in Glasgow, he holds citizenship in both Australia and the United Kingdom. His musical work is characterized by the hard rock, blues rock, and rock and roll genres, and he performs using a Gibson SG instrument. He works in Sydney and speaks English.

Young is the brother of Alexander, George, and Malcolm Young. His recorded works include *AC/DC - Guitar Signature Licks*. In interviews, he has described his performance style as getting up in front of a crowd to "rip it up," noting that he does not like to play above or below people's heads. He has also characterized his band as noisy, rowdy, sensational, and weird.

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Person · Open Library

Works: 7

Top works

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Angus Young
AC/DC - Guitar Signature Licks

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Glasgow, Scotland, UK

Angus McKinnon Young (born 31 March 1955) is an Australian musician, best known as the co-founder, lead guitarist, and songwriter of the Australian hard rock band AC/DC. He is known for his energetic performances, schoolboy-uniform stage outfits and his own version of Chuck Berry's duckwalk. Young was ranked 24th in Rolling Stone magazine's 100 greatest guitarists of all-time list.[1] In 2003,…

Known for

AC/DC : Forever Young — Self (archive footage)2023
Rock: the origin — Self (archive footage)2023
AC/DC: The Story of Back in Black — Self2020
The Great Satan — Self (archives footage)2018
Blood + Thunder: The Sound of Alberts — Self2015
ACDC - Documentation — Self2013
AC/DC: Dirty Deeds — Self2012
AC/DC Backtracks — Angus Young2009
AC/DC: Live at River Plate — Guitars2009
AC/DC: Live at Circus Krone2009

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Gender: Male
Country: Kangaroo Point
Active from: 1955

Member of

AC/DCsince 1973
Marcus Hook Roll Band

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 3,083
Total plays: 11,871

Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Family name: Young
Gender: male
Citizenship: United Kingdom
Place of birth: Glasgow
Languages spoken: English language
Genre: rock and roll
Instrument: Gibson SG
Image: AngusYoung1.JPG
Work location: Sydney

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Commons category: Angus Young
date of birth: 1955-03-31
birth name: Angus McKinnon Young
start of work period: 1973-00-00
name in native language: Angus McKinnon Young

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Encyclopedic overview

Angus McKinnon Young (born 31 March 1955) is an Australian musician, best known as the co-founder, lead guitarist, songwriter, and the only continuous member of the hard rock band AC/DC. He is known for his energetic performances, school uniform-style stage outfits, and his own version of Chuck Berry's duckwalk. Young was ranked 38th in the 2023 edition of Rolling Stone's 250 greatest guitarists of all time list. In 2003, Young and the other members of AC/DC were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Early life

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