Malcolm Mitchell Young was an Australian musician and songwriter. He was best known as the co-founder, rhythm guitarist, backing vocalist, andsongwriter of the rock band ACDC. Young was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2003. He left ACDC in mid-2014 to receive treatment for dementia. He died from the effects of dementia on 18 November 2017.
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Malcolm Mitchell Young was an Australian musician and songwriter. He was best known as the co-founder, rhythm guitarist, backing vocalist, andsongwriter of the rock band ACDC. Young was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2003. He left ACDC in mid-2014 to receive treatment for dementia. In September 2014, the band’s management announced that he would be retiring permanently. He died from the effects of dementia on 18 November 2017. Young’s father, William Young, worked as a wheel boy in a rope works and then as a machine and saw operator in an asbestos and cement business. Malcolm Young was in a short lived Newcastle-based band The Velvet Underground. Malcolm Young and younger brother Angus formed ACDC in 1973. They decided upon the name ACDC after seeing the letters ACDC on the back of their sister Margaret’s sewing machine. In 2014, he stated that despite his retirement from the band, ACDC was determined to continue making music with his blessing. He continued to play guitar from his last live gig with the band in June 2010, until his last tour in June 2013.
During his absence he was replaced by his nephew, Stevie Williams. He eventually became sober and returned to the band to address alcohol abuse issues. In 1988, Young missed the majority of ACDC’s Blow Up Your Video Tour to address issues of alcohol abuse. He also played guitar on the 1974 release \”Evie\” by Stevie Wright, written and produced by Harry Vanda and George Young. In 1975 ACDC had moved to Melbourne. In early 1977 they returned to Britain and began a European tour with Black Sabbath. While Bon Scott and Ozzy Osbourne quickly became friends, some of the members of the band did not get on so well. Towards the end of 1977, bassist Mark Evans was fired; purportedly to find someone who could sing with him and Angus described him as a contributing factor and Malcolm and Angus were replaced by Cliff Williams. The band’s first single, Can I Sit Next To You Girl, was later re-recorded with Bon Scott as their vocalist. The song is 11 minutes long and has three parts, with Young playing the guitar solo in Part One of the song.
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