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Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "AC/DC are an Australian hard rock band formed by guitarist brothers Angus and Malcolm Young in 1973. Originally featuring vocalist Dave Evans, bassist Larry Van Kriedt and drummer Colin Burgess, after a number of lineup changes the band settled with Bon Scott on vocals, Mark Evans on bass guitar and Phil Rudd on drums, and released five albums (two limited to Australia) between 1975 and 1977. Due to continuing clashes with lead guitarist Angus Young, Evans was later fired from the band shortly after the release of Let There Be Rock, although \"musical differences\" was the official reason given for his departure. Cliff Williams was brought in as his replacement, and he remains with the band to this day.After another two successful albums, as the band were due to start recording again frontman Bon Scott died in London on 19 February 1980 due to alcohol poisoning. The band briefly considered quitting, but later chose to carry on and hired Brian Johnson to take Scott's place as lead vocalist. The group's first album with Johnson was Back in Black in 1980, which is now the second best-selling album of all-time after Michael Jackson's Thriller. After the recording of Flick of the Switch in 1983, Phil Rudd quietly left the band due to problems with drug and alcohol abuse as well as a confrontation with rhythm guitarist Malcolm Young.Simon Wright joined as Rudd's replacement, performing on the albums Fly on the Wall (1985), Who Made Who (1986) and Blow Up Your Video (1988) during his time in the band. He left the band in 1989, and later explained that he \"began to get complacent about things\", claiming that he \"needed to expand on [his] drumming more\". He would later join the band Dio. The next drummer to join AC/DC was Chris Slade, who despite being in the band for five years only performed on one studio album, The Razors Edge. In 1994 Slade departed from the band, due to the desire of the Young brothers to return to working with former drummer Rudd, who they said \"demonstrated a 'groove' more fitting [to] their style of rock\". The lineup of Johnson, A. Young, M. Young, Williams and Rudd remained from 1994 until 2014, and released the albums Ballbreaker (1995), Stiff Upper Lip (2000), and Black Ice (2008).In April 2014 the band announced that founding member Malcolm Young was ill and will be taking a leave of absence from the band. In June 2014 the band recorded their current album Rock or Bust with the Young Brothers's nephew Stevie Young as a stand in rhythm guitarist for his uncle. On 24 September 2014, it was confirmed that Malcolm Young had officially departed from the band due to ill health, and would be replaced by his nephew Stevie Young permanently. Shortly thereafter, Rudd was arrested and pleaded guilty to drug charges and threatening to kill a former assistant. After the plea, the band's official web site changed the listed drummer to Chris Slade who had been replacing him for their 2015 tour."@en }

• DC_band_members abstract "AC/DC are an Australian hard rock band formed by guitarist brothers Angus and Malcolm Young in 1973. Originally featuring vocalist Dave Evans, bassist Larry Van Kriedt and drummer Colin Burgess, after a number of lineup changes the band settled with Bon Scott on vocals, Mark Evans on bass guitar and Phil Rudd on drums, and released five albums (two limited to Australia) between 1975 and 1977. Due to continuing clashes with lead guitarist Angus Young, Evans was later fired from the band shortly after the release of Let There Be Rock, although \"musical differences\" was the official reason given for his departure. Cliff Williams was brought in as his replacement, and he remains with the band to this day.After another two successful albums, as the band were due to start recording again frontman Bon Scott died in London on 19 February 1980 due to alcohol poisoning. The band briefly considered quitting, but later chose to carry on and hired Brian Johnson to take Scott's place as lead vocalist. The group's first album with Johnson was Back in Black in 1980, which is now the second best-selling album of all-time after Michael Jackson's Thriller. After the recording of Flick of the Switch in 1983, Phil Rudd quietly left the band due to problems with drug and alcohol abuse as well as a confrontation with rhythm guitarist Malcolm Young.Simon Wright joined as Rudd's replacement, performing on the albums Fly on the Wall (1985), Who Made Who (1986) and Blow Up Your Video (1988) during his time in the band. He left the band in 1989, and later explained that he \"began to get complacent about things\", claiming that he \"needed to expand on [his] drumming more\". He would later join the band Dio. The next drummer to join AC/DC was Chris Slade, who despite being in the band for five years only performed on one studio album, The Razors Edge. In 1994 Slade departed from the band, due to the desire of the Young brothers to return to working with former drummer Rudd, who they said \"demonstrated a 'groove' more fitting [to] their style of rock\". The lineup of Johnson, A. Young, M. Young, Williams and Rudd remained from 1994 until 2014, and released the albums Ballbreaker (1995), Stiff Upper Lip (2000), and Black Ice (2008).In April 2014 the band announced that founding member Malcolm Young was ill and will be taking a leave of absence from the band. In June 2014 the band recorded their current album Rock or Bust with the Young Brothers's nephew Stevie Young as a stand in rhythm guitarist for his uncle. On 24 September 2014, it was confirmed that Malcolm Young had officially departed from the band due to ill health, and would be replaced by his nephew Stevie Young permanently. Shortly thereafter, Rudd was arrested and pleaded guilty to drug charges and threatening to kill a former assistant. After the plea, the band's official web site changed the listed drummer to Chris Slade who had been replacing him for their 2015 tour.".