Upon being promoted from the band's driver to its lead singer, Bon Scott
immediately came up with his singular formula for recording vocals: He
downed half a bottle of bourbon, chased it with some weed and a fat rail
of blow, and proclaimed, "I'm ready." Then he got the take.
Scott was a force of nature, and by AC/DC's fourth studio album, he and
guitarist Angus Young had become an explosive one-two punch. "You'd
need several volumes of Britannica," Young noted, "just to chronicle
what Bon got up to in one day." Inevitably, Scott's wicked ways caught
up with him, and he was dead six months after Highway's release. (Rolling
Stone)
Total album sales: 6 million
Peak chart position: 17
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