AC/DC - Rising Power - Rehearsals [Los Angeles 1983]

October 5, 1983 -- Forum, Los Angeles, CA, USA. In video!
Set List
1) Guns For Hire
2) Guns For Hire
3) Guns For Hire
4) Guns For Hire
5) Guns For Hire
6) Rising Power
7) Messin' With The Kid
8) Guns For Hire
9) Guns For Hire
10) Guns For Hire
11) Flick Of The Switch
12) Guns For Hire
13) Nervous Shakedown
14) Nervous Shakedown
15) Nervous Shakedown
16) Chatter
17) Nervous Shakedown

[@jamesdelaney3797]

When i listen to this album, so does my whole neighborhood

[@thebreeze12]

For the life of me I will never understand why this album "Flick of the Switch" get's very little love. IMO it has some of their best tunes!! Considering it followed Back in black and for those about to Rock.....it deserves it's just do!! Awesome album!!

[@angusyoung7668]

I agree too it’s such a good album my favorite song on there is actually Brian shake and nervous shakedown rising power guns for hire and the title track all good stuff another record people love to hate is blow up your video and fly on the wall

[@kurtespo]

This is by far one of the best AC/DC Albums , you no why cause you never hear it on the radio

[@davidclapper9517]

JUST ANOTHER DAY AT THE OFFICE TO THESE GUYS ...... man what a great way to become a millionaire!

[@harrikorpisaari73]

This has always been one of my ultimate favorite songs

[@robertsmith3901]

Harri Korpisaari me too

[@carlarthur727]

count me in

[@mestrePaulo22]

If you're impacient, the song starts at 3:10

[@MonsieurRette]

mestrePaulo22 Thank you bro !

[@gerardoa.]

THANKS!!!

[@patolucaspato163]

0( :-))

[@mwest70]

Holy 1983? I was only 13 back then n i never knew acdc until 1986 who made who came out became a huge fan

[@MrBendibus]

giving 101% in rehearsals

[@donnadottoli]

just have to say... I love AC/DC ultimately! ! my all-time very favorite band of all time. get it. hard work and rock hard riffs. love you. I'm dancing with you.

[@ironchef2000]

any AC/DC song that i havent heard rocks me Brian rocks it

[@omnivorace]

I would like to see them in concert in those conditions.

[@therealtruth4898]

Love this song

[@spakoerz]

Just wow......

[@steviesteve750]

One of my favourite DC songs.

[@sterlingprice5963]

If anyone wants to know, I have worked inside of recording studios like this, and guess what? The band can do whatever they like. They can smoke pot right in the open, snort coke, have beer cans sitting on amps, whatever they want. It's like being in their own garage at home...the studio doesn't give a blank what they do, and they do it all. Oh yeah, Livewire is my favorite....next to Soul Stripper and Rock-N-Roll Singer, and Long Way To The Top.

[@karsvanschaik]

Sterling Price Cool

[@stephanwackman5816]

just realize that Simon Wright (drummer) just turned 20 at that point

[@1251wire]

Flick Of The Switch video sessions. Epic AWESOME.

[@longliverocknmetal]

Awesome. Better than 99.9% of the videos out there.

[@ludocrious7898]

like mainstream videos of nowadays or?

[@KingLizard616]

Flick Of The Switch one of my favorite album in rock history.

[@andreapellegrin4638]

wonderful opentrack very very nice

[@jhutch888]

Guys, this footage is from rehearsals. Brian's gonna pull back here and there and experiment with variations on how he can make the harder notes to hit work. This is a not studio recording footage or a live gig. Singer's usually do what they can in rehearsals to give their voice a break so they can be 100% at the next gig.

[@marcusevans3824]

Ur a cock dude! The guy is jamming with the best!!!!! What would you do? Make it sound better dude!!! Ya kidding me?? Underrated album!!!! Up there in my books. And a great true blue video. Long live the master's.

[@kenianpark2216]

Perhaps, but Johnno had occasional weak vocals on certain '83 shows footage too.

[@jhutch888]

@@kenianpark2216, just like any other singer. Problem with Brian is that they tended (pre-Fly On The Wall) to produce such unreal vocals in the studio that were virtually impossible to recreate live. It’s hard to find an AC/DC cover band even that does prime Brian era vocals justice.

[@jhutch888]

Bon wasn’t perfect live either. He pulled his punches with some of the high notes too.

[@blackace69]

@@jhutch888 no one is perfect, he quite has a vocal breake in song Kicked In Teeth Again on the line sometimes you lose, sometimes you win haha

[@groovebrew]

when you're headbanging at rehearsal... that's awesome

[@masonmcgill896]

One of the best albums ever done I wonder why they never did the sound again

[@amrocto1973]

My favourite album

[@mikeb.8059]

Great stuff...

[@Mike1614YT]

great album.me and my neighbors listened to it a lot

[@Juzu607]

What a gorgeous Sonor Phonic kit Simon has there!

[@Juzu607]

Yea Phil is THE ac/dc drummer for sure

[@Juzu607]

and yea the coolest sonor kit phil had was back in the back in back era... that kit with the 3 toms and 2 floor toms cool as hell

[@malcigloe]

This song is absolute Power

[@bristolpistol7860]

Excellent lick

[@robertomiranda2065]

Eles são foda! A maior banda do mundo!

[@miriancilene8224]

LOVE

[@digitaldesigner5284]

Pure rock energy.

[@GibsonSGsRock1]

Why have I never seen this till now :O

[@cyberneon1]

Great Album. 😁🤘🏻

[@stevem292]

nice drum sound here...

[@brycebecker7873]

It's pretty obvious here that Brian is straight through on a single monitor only, not through the PA system they used live. That's some balls right there he still overcomes the 4 or five stacks I see in the session, and his smoking gives him that rasp that so many desire but don't have.

[@felipeayala120]

No posing here. High Voltage rock.

[@donnadottoli]

thank you! !

[@rhysfagan6259]

Brian Johnson sounds so different back then than he did at rock or bust in Sydney in 2015

[@stanislavevgeniev3702]

Cliff Wiliams🎸🤟

[@paulflook3505]

How best to prepare? A quick tab and the belt it out. He's still doing it...

[@Krystalgaribay5872]

Fuckin ayy!!!!!!!!!!!!*..........Awsome...........................

[@marcusevans3824]

How's Mal kicking it during the solo. That's why they are the best!!!! Acdc for fucking eva!!!!!!!

[@robertallen9582]

Rough and raw. The way it should be.

[@odudi]

it was a short time after making this alblum that Brian lost some of his vocal abilitys to hit the high notes. as a singer/guitarist in bands for over 20 years it happened to me. overnight it seemed i couldn't hit the highs like i used to. even quitting drinking and smoking and trying vocal lessons it never came back. i just had to ajust my style to make it sound good. but it is a horrible feeling when you first realize you can't do what you used to. happens to alot of us. Robert Plant losing his vocal range also comes to mind.

[@ludocrious7898]

it's a rehearse, he's holding back to save the big voice for the show

[@perezfecto]

Most rock/ pop singers don’t have studies and vocal technique. They don’t take care of their vocal chords either. That usually takes its toll later in life. Professional singers never drink or scream much, they wear scarf and most important: they learn to fill a room without forcing their muscles.

[@liuck-kd1bd]

Bella riflessione. I nostri limiti sono segnati dal tempo... Brian Johnson aveva già dato tanto per i Geordie nella sua piu giovane età.. dopo il 1985 la sua voce e toni si sono abbassati malgrado riuscisse ancora a tirar fuori dei urli pazzeschi ! Gli AC/DC sono stati i miei preferiti nell' età tra i 11 e 30 anni .. per me i migliori dischi sono stati powerage e appunto Flick of the switch! Stranamente sono stati due dischi molto sottovalutati e non si è mai capito il perché ?????

[@blackace69]

But he made it work later on with a lot of head voice instead of fallseto

[@lilkarotak47]

that music video was taken from this rehearsal

[@awshop1995]

to this day, i still hate having to watch a video or a concert where angus still has his shirt on lol

[@biggordsampson3013]

hard to beive i was fucking 9 at this time

[@PETRsSELA]

30 years before

[@1997Mattyw]

This looks more like the set for nervous shakedown

[@chrisbarron2913]

Simon wright is on the skins

[@1251wire]

Unfortunately 😋

[@billyshane3804]

Bob Scott and Janice Joslyn were the greatest rock'n'roll singer

[@FranLevitzky]

@maxti6 what did you see?

[@thomasbryn1]

where did you find this ...Flick is my favourite album and this is great footage

[@safeboy43]

@maxti6 i'm sorry but what are you seeing? lol

[@awshop1995]

@MasterTterb98 have you never been t an ACDC concert?

[@charlesoliver2535]

Funny to watch Brian after Flick. It looks like he was insecure. 40 yrs later he's still there.

[@awshop1995]

@MasterTterb98 i was just asking brah

[@ACDCisMYlyf]

jizz...wtf! where did you get this!? :O

[@MrViniacdc]

brian the best

[@evanc1921]

wait wait wait, you mean to tell me they did Guns for Hire times during this rehearsal?

[@evanc1921]

9...

[@safeboy43]

@maxti6 Angus was whiping the sweat off his brow and brian was spitting on the ground. Maybe that's why you deleted your comment about cocaine. Seems you did have a long day or maybe just too much coke.

[@bonscottr.64]

This album have to much power !!!

[@damienchaytor1657]

What's the name of that drummer ? I'm assuming he didn't play with the band very long.

[@maxti6]

Simon Wright

[@carlarthur727]

not sure if he actually had a name, simple something i think it might have been

[@carlarthur727]

although i think once they held him upside down and cleaned up a spilt drink off the floor with his moptop

[@Diego.MMartins]

Simon Wright. He took over right after the "Flick of the Switch" recording sessions. He recorded "Fly on the Wall" and "Blow Up Your Video", then he went to play with Ronnie James Dio (and Chris Slade came in, until 1994). He is a good drummer, but not exactly the kind of bluesy-simple-hard-rock one, as Phil Rudd. I think he didn't fit quite well with AC/DC.

[@karsvanschaik]

Simon Wright, he didn't play drums in Flick of the Switch in studio, but he replaced Phil Rudd very soon. Simon stayed until 1989 or 1990, not sure. He got replaced by Chris Slade :)

[@RubySoho138]

Holy Shit! Where'd you find this?

[@kennatiousc]

there is a little bon in brian.

[@juanbonari707]

That same speech "Back in black"

[@WhoDaBigGuy]

dang who filmed this Michael J Fox?

[@emightis]

Nah, it would shake more.

[@karsvanschaik]

Jerry Hess Lol

[@damienchaytor1657]

I like the drummers style though still, do you why left the band?

[@2014cwajts71]

Simon Wright left to join Dio in 1989. I wonder if he ever regrets it.

[@emightis]

2014cwajts71 He was a better fit in Dio.

[@vinnyvincenzo2124]

2014cwajts71 I think the fellas canned Simon Wrong. Could be wrong but Simon did join Dio afterwards.

[@eladreltuc]

If I remember right from a book he was not happy with the money he was making. So he left/ got replaced

[@grikney]

who's the drummer?

[@robj7386]

cranks

[@aloisiodelduca7916]

Angus tá cheirado... percebeu

[@jorgelaurino2953]

Pappo blues y ACDC

[@hermanhelmich]

Great rendition Even Brian is pretty good on this one

[@terrencejackson5863]

post malone circles

[@ToneTest]

Feel like Brian will explode! Over the top.. Too high for him.

[@ludocrious7898]

it's a rehearse, he's holding back

[@Pantokrator-]

Wake the dead

[@CrazyYeehah]

As much as I appreciate Brian as a human being (for what I can see and hear of him)and initially hated to hear that Axl Rose was gonna replace him, I'm a musician and I have ears : Axl is able to do what Brian has never achieved onstage for decades. I am very sorry for what's happening to him, but let's face it, he has never really cared about maintaining his voice in a good condition. He admitted it again in a recent interview - has never quit smoking and knows he should have, thinks that vocal training and natural remedies and general advice to avoid straining the vocal cords is basically a load of crap...

[@B196668]

Yeah you're absolutely right. But wasnt this a rock'n'roll band?

[@CrazyYeehah]

I see what you mean, the so called "rock'n'roll" attitude and all that. But to me music comes first. No one can be 20 forever and when you realize your attitude has been impairing the music you initially had in mind, it's time to be smart. One can be a rocker and be smart...

[@B196668]

+CrazyYeehah Once again I totally agree with you, what I meant is that I can understand why Brian didn't take of himself/his voice. Being the singer of rock'n'roll band is definitely a peculiar way of living

[@B196668]

take care*

[@carlarthur727]

real rock n roll singers dont look after themselves like some sort of ballet primadona diva, they live fast burn out young, wot do u want, some sort of clinical 9 to 5 office nerd singing the songs then packing his equipment away with everything nicely folded ready for next time, get farrk'd, course maintaining your vocal cords is a load of crap, u want him to shave under his arms while hes at it, bon gargled red wine and honey, thats it, u want angus to play a violin and swap the drums for a triangle, hell, cliff can trade the bass for a kazoo, rock on mthr fkr, u got no idea

[@fundhund62]

Brian´s voice sounds awful here.. it became so much better over the years (from 1990 onwards).

[@Drumulr]

Nah...