Flashback: AC/DC release Back In Black

Twenty-five years ago today (July 21, 1980), AC/DC released their legendary Back In Black album. It was their first one without lead singer Bon Scott, who had died in London a few months earlier after passing out and choking on his own vomit after a long night of drinking. The group quickly decided to press on and hired Brian Johnson from the band Geordie to take over on vocals, and they headed to the Bahamas for about six weeks to do the album. AC/DC had made some serious headway in America before Scott's death, and no one knew how Back In Black would be received, but the album took off, and it's sold over 30 million copies worldwide with 21 million in the US alone.

Johnson told us that he didn't have a clue about how successful Back In Black would turn out to be:
[ click here to listen if you have a Backstage Pass] "I'd just melted me brain in there, and I didn't know if it was good or bad. That was the first time I'd been in the Bahamas, anyway, or near America, you know, and you (have to) remember, I was just fascinated by the whole culture and all, and I had no idea what the hell I was doing! And (laughs) lucky, really - I was a bit lucky, I think."

AC/DC are currently working on a new studio album, though no release date has been announced. Once it's finished, the band will start planning for a tour.
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