Not in my household, not back then and not now. I have always liked Marquee Moon by Television and The Tubes though. Green Day, My Chemical Romance and Bullet For My Valentine (all of which I am most familiar with), are, as my 15 year old daughter informs me, Emoh. I've seen and heard Scary Kids Scaring Kids live, unusual to say the least.

Yeah, rebels without a clue!! Seeing as this topic is about music and specifically AC/DC, then any other reasons for "punk" are moot points. Suffice to say, AC/DC has out lived "punk".

Broken Levee has nothing to defend, a question was asked and answered.

Sydney: Heavy rain and windy. Surfing in Sydney Harbour very rare! NSW North Coast: Kempsey - Flooding and on high alert for midnight tonight when the levee is expected to break. Lismore - Flooding

Fair call, but you paraphrased Levee's comment and it was an unfortunate oversight on my part and yes, although I HAVE read every post unfortunately my memory failed me on this occasion. As for your impression, you thought wrong. Suffice to say the topic is about the band and not specifically about whether they were Punk or not. This is the first post of this thread by Xtazy and no mention of Punk anywhere. I was wondering if any of you are AC/DC fans as well? Zepp and AC/DC are my favorite bands at this very moment and I could listen to their songs for days. Which are your fav. AC/DC songs? Did you see any of their concerts? What do you think about AC/DC's guitarist, Angus Young? Do you think Bon Scott was better than Brian Johnson? Discuss anything related to AC/DC! So in this context all boxes have been ticked and AC/DC are repetitive Hard Rock, period. Buckeye Doc mentioned Angus' movements around the stage which includes his blatant "borrowing" of Chuck Berry's duck walk and the Curly (Three Stooges) body spin, are hardly "Punk" moves. Bobbing up and down by the audience was a result of crowded floor areas near the stage (now called "Mosh Pits") that restricted movement and "dancing". Jimmy Page used to do frenetic antics on stage (those who have actually seen him live will know what I mean), was that "Punk" too? All the things defined as Rock up until the mid seventies was purely showmanship and the so called "Dinosaurs" and the music they played were the catalyst for the advent of "Punk / New Wave" as we now know it. IMO the only reason AC/DC were so successful in Oz and then globally was that Angus and Malcolm had the good fortune of being related to The Easy Beats. George Young who was instrumental in getting them a recording contract in Sydney certainly helped their cause and back then their music was as you said, raw. There were a lot of good bands that should have enjoyed the same success but didn't, Buffalo comes to mind. I'm intrested to know exactly how much you know of other Australian bands excluding AC/DC, iNXS and Midnight oil etc?

I have read every post in this thread and obviously some contributors lack a sense of humour or need punctuation marks and emoticons to spell out when it is a joke and even then they don't get it. Where did I say you said they were punk, if I recall it was your father? Nor did I say you said anything about my last comment, clearly I was referring to the documentary that you quoted. Yes, people have perceived them as Punk Rock, however misguided they may be. I thought we were having a discussion not an argument. I've yet to see the current line up as I was reluctant to after Bon left us, I may change my mind this time around. With a couple of exceptions there new repertoire and new (vocal) versions of old songs just doesn't move me the same way as when Bon was up front. They were and still are Hard Rock, period. One of the best gigs I ever saw was at The Bondi Lifesaver when Angus and Bon joined Rose Tattoo (who would arguably be closer to punk than AC/DC) on stage and belted out old Rock "N' Roll classics by the aforementioned Chuck Berry (whom I was fortunate enough to be on stage with, but that's another story), and others. Cheers.

Well I was there back in the day and they were definitely not Punk, Glam perhaps. This is with the original singer Dave Evans. Bon joined shortly after and while the "second phase" with Bon was noticebly harder and louder they were not and have never been, Punk Rock. They may have been "punks" in the street sense but not "New Wave" and deinitely not "Heavy Metal", even though they made references to satan and hell et al. Personally, I believe the "third phase" with Brian (I loved Geordie), was a more dynamic stage show with props and gimmicky effects. They are and aways have been a Rock 'N" Roll band more aligned to Chuck Berry than The Sex Pistols and others of that ilk. Ask Keith Richards. Just because someone writes about it or produces documentaries which projects their opinions and interpretations, doesn't make it so.

More or less!

What about Alice Cooper and Marilyn Manson!?

You're !

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Back to topic. http://sixtyminutes.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=816894

Not sure if any of those can be considered true Rock vocalists, more toward Country I think. Good singers though. Most of them I've heard, some I haven't*.

Alive - Annie Lennox Dead - Janis Joplin

Publicity stunt? You be the judge. http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/stor...5001021,00.html Good one Tom!

I was here!

1972 Sydney Australia. Wish y'all were there!

GoodFellas

I saw Angels and Demons today and it was true to the book, fast paced, strong cast, plenty of action, good locations, cinematography and special effects. Bad character development? To each their own, you can't please everyone. Skaarsgard and McGregor were good casting. As with any "who dunnit", there are always red herrings and probable suspects to confuse the audience. I thought it was good but not great and maybe there will be an extended DVD version released down the track. I'm looking forward to Browns next book, The Lost Symbol in September which no doubt will make it to the big screen. My advice is read the book before you see the movie adaptation of it, period. BTW, there is already a movie featuring Picard and crew, Star Trek: Generations.

I'm looking forward to seeing Angels & Demons in a couple of days and H P as well.

Crisis? What Crisis!?

With Swine Flu going on it's time to lighten the mood with some pig jokes. The English Football League held a fan day and invited supporters of all clubs to attend and meet the players and partake in a pig on the spit. The lunch bell rang and everyone lined up to get served. The chef asked the first in line, " who do you follow?". "West Ham", he said. "Fine" the chef replied, "I'll give you a nice piece of the right leg!". The next person steps up and the chef asks him the same question, "who do you follow?". To which he replied, "Arsenal, but I'm not hungry!".

As mentioned before we are in a better position to handle this now than in those days.

Revelation 6:8 New Testament NOT J Cash.

Better to be safe than sorry. A pandemic is an outbreak of disease over a large area like a country, continent or the entire planet. The authorities are in a no win situation, if they release concerns about the virus spreading they are accused of creating panic and if they were to keep it quiet they'd be accused of a cover up. The biggest problem we have is that viruses have become immune to anti-biotics and each new strain is stronger than the last one and virtually untreatable. Unlike "human" influenza, Swine and Bird flu are animal diseases, however, a lot of the deadlier viruses originated from animals. AIDS / HIV from Monkeys for example. Swine flu is different again because it is a mammalian disease which causes humans a much greater risk of catching it than bird flu, which is still a problem in Asia. See Mad Cow Disease. There are people who have arrived at Sydney airport from the US / Mexico with flu symptoms who have been checked out and so far seem ok. Like everything going on today throughout the world, we should be alert but not alarmed.