AC/DC's Brian Johnson: We Hope 'Power Up' Will Make Kids Pick Up a Guitar

#ACDC legends #BrianJohnson and #CliffWilliams talk to #LoudwireNights host Toni Gonzalez about #PowerUp and the hope kids will pick up a #guitar after hearing it.
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[@luis8298]

I'm 13 years old and I bought a guitar 1 month ago, still motivated thanks ACDC!

[@gregmeir]

That's good man your young practice every day at least 2 hours

[@luis8298]

@@gregmeir I practice four hours! :) thanks.!

[@gregmeir]

Np bud longer the better

[@yeetfeet1878]

I’m about to turn thirteen and play drums

[@gregmeir]

@@yeetfeet1878 nice hard instrument to play

[@cristianperez784]

Who’s ready for AC/DC new album next week 🤘

[@fergusblackhall6541]

Me

[@jonsavage6314]

I think a better question is, who isn't ready.

[@gilesfamily2653]

@@VRGRID Love both those albums

[@metalzonemt-2]

@Clayton's Riot I'm almost 48.

[@scottrunnels3958]

Mines on order can hardly wait. Glad to see Rudd back in the group!! Awesome!

[@ziragers9562]

I'm blessed, i live in the age of AC/DC...

[@daveyroque1070]

I picked up guitar because of Angus, and I'll put it down because of death. It ain't gonna stop me no time soon.

[@mdg7214]

I picked it up too because of him

[@kjellesperas5132]

Rock'n roll aint noize pollution mate 👊👊👊. Keep playing the riff🙏. DC FOREVER NORWAY

[@rextrowbridge8386]

Angus, Hendrix, Hetfield, and Hammett for me.

[@richardsvoboda5707]

Me too.

[@danielxh558]

Same here mate !

[@stuartwilliams3206]

I remember playing ac/dc songs with my dad when I was 5. I was playing drums and my dad were playing the guitar. It was the sweetest time of my life

[@killiancarroll4241]

Glad to see AC/DC being back on the road 🤘

[@moderndayprophet8604]

We still get excited me darling!!!!

[@cyrbuzz6615]

Brian Johnson just sounds like the coolest dude you’d like to hang out with.

[@johnnycameron3201]

Not even debateable, absolutely true🤘

[@79bonscott]

Been a fan since i heard my Mom's "Back in Black" CD when i was 12, i'm 28 now and STILL get goosebumps and a sudden burst of git up n go when i play AC/DC!! "Rock n Roll will NEVER die!!!"

[@inbloom08]

Damn Brian is a class act.

[@djjazzyjeff1232]

He's just the best.

[@victorarredondo304]

These guys were right. This album is very inspirational

[@subhd04]

I am getting a guitar because of AC/DC

[@lanzmotionless]

Same bro im saving money for My birthday to get SG

[@vtfrey5843]

@@lanzmotionless SGs are awesome guitars, really comfortable to play imo. i own a les paul and i wish i didnt get rid of my SG for it. always keep playing no matter what. remember these guys were beginners once too. good luck dudes.

[@julianmoreau3281]

25 years ago I first listen to Hard as a Rock and it made me a rock maniac from then on. And the more I kept listening to AC/DC the more I thought "I need to be in a band". I've been a metal singer since 15 years old... I'm 36 now. All thanks to this band

[@autumnphillips151]

The song that I know called “Hard as a Rock” is by Bulletboys. It’s from their self-titled debut album, which is my favorite out of the CDs that I inherited from my parents.

[@julianmoreau3281]

@@autumnphillips151 I'm talking about AC/DC's Hard as a Rock...

[@autumnphillips151]

@@julianmoreau3281 Yeah, I figured. But I don’t know if I’ve ever heard of that AC/DC song before. The only song with that name that I’m sure that I’ve listened to is the one by Bulletboys.

[@gmanpeesquad]

Acdc is the whole reason I picked up a guitar. When I heard the back in black album at 7 years old I just lit up and ive been in love with music ever since, I am forever grateful for acdc

[@yeetfeet1878]

Phil Rudd is simple but he is one of the reasons I play drums. I play metal and rock

[@Cal.Francis]

Same here man🤘🏼

[@florianheilmann3621]

Insane dude, keep on rockin🤘

[@Vor_Tex_Sun]

His always in the pocket and grooving

[@yeetfeet1878]

Thanks for all the support we honestly need to come together during this time.

[@florianheilmann3621]

@@yeetfeet1878 Damn right🤞

[@LokiLivewire]

Demon Fire is my absolute fav track from this album. The whole album is undeniably classic AC/DC

[@praetorian48]

im 14 and im in love with ACDC ever since i was 5 ive just been always amazed by their music

[@ausman9165]

what motivated me to pick up a guitar is when my uncle, who is a mega AC/DC fan, back in 2016, he was selling his Epiphone SG, and I managed to get it off him for free, and it was just this year I started to play it, had to get it fixed a bit though, and get some new strings but it's a long awaited thing that I've finally been able to get to.

[@rocknroller123]

I discovered AC/DC in 1980! Been listening to them ever since!!!! Long Live Rock and Roll!!!!!!!!!!!

[@BenAck912]

Given their legacy, I bet they'll do it again. ;)

[@grunemusk6371]

GREAT PB! Green Day is my fav. Band!

[@BenAck912]

@@grunemusk6371 Mine too! :D

[@grunemusk6371]

@@BenAck912 What do think about FOAM?

[@BenAck912]

@@grunemusk6371 It's not as good as what they had built a reputation for. My profile picture is my favorite album by them (and my favorite overall.)

[@grunemusk6371]

@@BenAck912 I really like FOAM but my fav. Is Revolution Radio :) American Idiot is a great album too!

[@davidnissim589]

Only Phil Rudd can make a simple 4/4 beat sound so badass.

[@kjellesperas5132]

Best Drummer ever, and a badboy to. Love him, the real family member, DC family.

[@kickthebucket]

It sounds easy but it isn't ... Whar a great drummer! Tight as F**K

[@kadenbrown1988]

You guys motivated me months ago! Youre the only reason i wanted to pick up guitar, “for those about to rock” was what hooked me onto you guys about a year ago and i havent stopped listening yet, im 17 haha

[@Moe-bg6lm]

I'm learning E-guitar rn and I gotta say Angus inspired me to start playing and I am pretty sure I'm not the only Kid/Teenager who gets inspired by AC/DC's Music #Rockisnotdead

[@CobaltLancer]

@Moe 0406 I play bass and AC/DC is an inspiration of mine too (even though 90% of AC/DC’s bass lines are G-G-G-G-G-G-G-G-G-G lol) We really need more people like you. I’m the only youngster I know in person who’s inspired by AC/DC as well as rock/metal :/ All the other kids and teens I know are obsessed with mainstream crap

[@user-ts2tm7zu1b]

E-Guitar? What is that?

[@michaelrhinehart5305]

no you aren’t i’m 16 and they are inspiring me to start a band

[@irvingarcia7387]

Im learning bass i wasnt inspired by acdc but most of my inspiration comes from cliff burton and davie504

[@NoR3m0rs3]

@@user-ts2tm7zu1b electric i guess

[@sebbus]

I’m 15 and have just gotten into AC/DC again. Back in black is the reason I’m learning elec guitar. Thanks Angus

[@djjazzyjeff1232]

Have fun mate. And make sure you play what YOU want to play! Don't let the idea of people's distaste dissuade you. Whether you wanna learn an AC/DC solo or an Ed Sheeran song, do what YOU want to do.

[@w.geoffreyspaulding6588]

You’re 15 and you’re getting into AC/DC AGAIN????? What was your first time? At 5? ;-). Most people say stuff like that after they’ve been away from something for a decade or two. Now I’M getting back into AC/DC after about 30 years......

[@sebbus]

@@w.geoffreyspaulding6588 haha well it was more my dad who was into them before and I was more of a second hand fan,

[@billyreames7193]

I grew up on old rock and roll and ac dc is one of my favorite bands of all time

[@lod340]

AC/DC is the reason i play guitar, as a profesional musician, maybe i don't sound like them because my playing has evolved over the years, but they were the reason

[@djjazzyjeff1232]

My first (real) guitar was a cheap SG copy and I learned every AC/DC song that I thought sounded cool. I owe them a lot for my own musical journey as well.

[@moderndayprophet8604]

I'm getting that microphone is the one that when you saying it you press a button on the side and it will sound like any Band want you want

[@elbrayanqebinquispecondori]

That quote was awesome We love you ACDC I PICKED UP ON GUITAR WHEN I USED TO HEAR YOU 24/7

[@thespecial]

WE LOVE ACDC GUYS WE LOVE YOU.

[@eily_b]

Which idiot has the nerves to approach AC/DC and say to them: "Rock 'n' Roll is dead, man." 😂

[@Djoemba]

Gene Simmons XD

[@CobaltLancer]

@Eily Bergin Everyone in my school (especially this one dickhead rap fan who has nothing better to do than tell me how much rock sucks and how much better rap is)

[@supersandwich8967]

@@CobaltLancer rap back then was pretty nice but rap nowadays is so garbage

[@CobaltLancer]

@@supersandwich8967 Yup. Same with pop. I do enjoy pop music that was made before the 2000s which is when it started to go downhill

[@angadgianirogers1844]

@Michael Taker facts.

[@kjellesperas5132]

Always nr 1, the AC/DC 👊. 44 years after Powerage....... Unbelivible. DC FOR LIFE NORWAY

[@garrettstimson2859]

Can't wait to get the new album in the mail!

[@ryanparadis1973]

Been playing for about 3 years now, started because of these guys. Gave up tons of times, always came back because of them. Love 'em

[@mlackin]

Shoot to Thrill made me start listening to Rock then onto Metal. Inspirational

[@amberdavy3474]

Black in black was one of the first ever songs i learnt to play on drums. Ever since then, ive not been able to put my drumsticks down and 7 years later, I plan on becoming the owner of my own music shop, where I can be surrounded by the music that has inspired me to pick up an instrument in the first place. Thankyou so much guys! Owe it to the legends

[@auralfixxation6702]

You made me pick up a guitar years back. Thank you.

[@andrewfantome4020]

I've never been a huge AC / DC fan to be honest, but I'm still grateful to them for the way Big Gun influenced me in the 90s. It was the perfect song for an action comedy and it was the first truly rocker music video I saw as a kid. Thanks to them, my first knowledge of rock music was not limited to Ramstein and Offspring, which I listened to at the time.

[@kathleensmith950]

ACDC Puts a smile on my face,!

[@michaelrhinehart5305]

This group of men making a new album is making me want to start and band and pick up the guitar i can’t wait to try and live out my dream

[@diseasedc]

Same bro, though i want to pick up a bass and start a band

[@bjeizus521]

@@diseasedc just do it bro, got my friend to pick up bass because our entire friend group plays some sort of instrument

[@joshmastiff1128]

I'm 17 and I have a rock/metal band. We go by Stone Bondage and I owe it all to AC/DC! Go out and live your dream #rockisnotdead

[@djjazzyjeff1232]

No time like the present. It's an absolute blast. But remember their classic song, "It's a LONG WAY to the top, if you want to rock n roll." Lol. But seriously, even if you only just get a guitar and play to nothing more than your bedroom wall, the amount of self satisfaction you'll get when you finally NAIL a song that you've always wanted to play cannot be matched.

[@norvinzor]

I know Kids, teens and young adults love Hip Hop or Pop music now. But Please, Give this album a chance.🙏🏻

[@mjfaneric]

Real guys making real ROCK AND ROLL MUSIC 🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼❤️❤️❤️🌍❤️🌍🌍🌍❤️❤️🤘🏼🤘🏼

[@danielxh558]

I'm 16 years old, had an acoustic beginner guitar for ages and now decided to power up and just bought an Epiphone SG in cherry red, i know around 30 AC/DC songs and i'm about to learn a whole lot more ! Love AC/DC 🤘

[@2romanian4you20]

I don't know you, but i sure am proud of you

[@danielxh558]

@@2romanian4you20 Thank you bro i really appreciate it :) its going well !

[@leonardocaprisi1123]

The NEW AC/DC album POWER UP is a masterpiece, it is a KILLER album. It is unbelievable how good this album is!

[@donalddodds8335]

AC/DC The remarkable comeback of 2020 POWER UP is fantastic I know Malcolm and Bon are looking down from heaven and smiling

[@MokkaMinno]

My brother and me were also motivated by AC/DC to pick up a guitar and play. Our father showed us Live At River Plate and it just flashed us

[@fabricio5264]

AC/DC introduced me to rock music and also made me pick up the guitar. I grew up listening to them. Definitely one of my favourite bands and also one of the greatest, they are legends. Can't wait for the new album!

[@mforte711]

God bless ACDC

[@renansantos6533]

Best Band ever, they Will always keep Rock and Roll alive 😁😁

[@Vor_Tex_Sun]

Thank goodness AC/DC are still about and killing it

[@henronox3425]

You got it i started Playing Guitar about one month ago

[@therockgodabides]

My first song I learned on the guitar was “Back In Black.” Proud to be a fan, boys. #rockisnotdead

[@zzzzzz5353]

Hell yeah acdc will get everyone goin nuts y'all there's no way acdc can be forgot forever Golden represent Rock forever

[@gabeacquavella2421]

AC/DC and having a lot of free time in quarantine is why I now play guitar

[@thebedrock5937]

this record is going to save all of us

[@senna5850]

I LOVE ACDC SINCE I WAS 3

[@anthonymartens4288]

You know I am ready for their new album! Power it up AC⚡DC!

[@maxmartz4665]

15 million fingers learning how to play, and this what they have to say...........Power Up

[@makeyourself1988]

The album is brilliant.

[@roelruijs5129]

I enjoy these interviews

[@samcmelka85]

Powerage was the first album that didnt have a song of the same name of the album. But it is the first for Brian Johnson in AC/DC

[@ACDCguy96]

It’s actually not the first with Brian Johnson that doesn’t have a song of the same name on the album. 1988’s Blow Up Your Video is the other one.

[@samcmelka85]

@@ACDCguy96 that is very true thank you. Cant believe a huge AC/DC fan like me would miss that

[@ACDCguy96]

@@samcmelka85 No problem! It also slipped my mind at first and when I heard both Brian and Cliff agree that Power Up was the first to not have a track with the same title as the album, I believed them and then soon realized that it wasn’t the case! Always thought Blow Up Your Video would be a really cool name for one of their songs though. Their career is so rich that they don’t even know all the facts about their albums lol. What an incredible band

[@artemiykopych]

@@ACDCguy96 well technically, "Thats the way I wanna Rock'n'roll" is the title track for BUYW album

[@ACDCguy96]

@@artemiykopych That is true! I wonder if any lyrics will have “Power Up” in them on the new album.

[@gregstuber8956]

Angus and Malcolm and slash were my biggest motivation for learning guitar

[@neverloseyourself7480]

Throughly enjoy listening to that interview well Done Toni, I'm drooling from the " ears" to listen to that album! To the legends of rock and roll!

[@destynwerk]

I’m 15 years old, I’m a singer, it’s just so hard to find people my age who are into my kind of music. (Rock, Hard Rock)

[@dylanprice445]

The all time greats

[@David-cu1xy]

Love Brian's accent haha

[@reynutz]

Feel like he has some legendary fishing tips for some reason

[@derekrichards9418]

Geordie lad 👍🏿😊

[@djjazzyjeff1232]

@@reynutz Lol, underrated comment. I appreciate you mate lol.

[@mrs_death_metal_]

SAME!!!!!!

[@djjazzyjeff1232]

This newest song is actually REALLY good. I liked Rock or Bust, and I liked Black Ice too, but this just hits different. Those albums sounded like "AC/DC making new songs" whereas this sounds like a "New AC/DC song" if that makes any sense. I don't know, this new one just hits different.

[@harinezumi6164]

I love that when asked about politics Brian's answer is "just listen to the record" xD I love them!

[@Owen_plays_music1049]

Man AC/DC is the band that keep me wanna play guitar, long life to them !

[@blckmesa8978]

Once this pandemic is over, i REALLY hope that a PWRUP tour happens, and they have to perform again in Argentina, i'd love to see the crowd go crazy again like it did in 2009

[@djjazzyjeff1232]

Oh man. That might be the most animated rock n roll crowd I have EVER SEEN! That was bonkers.

[@mopowerbaby4780]

Yes. I want a electric guitar for Christmas. I want to learn the ways of Acdc.

[@ryanparadis1973]

You won't regret it

[@dylanguignion2036]

i want a "mistress for christmas" (Razor's Edge) jk i want a 70s style squier thinline

[@napkins9309]

Ac/dc is gotta be everyone’s one of favorite bands

[@mirkecWii]

Tbh VERY overrated

[@ollyshipsides]

@@mirkecWii nope

[@andrewfantome4020]

Yeah. They are like a popular and respected guy that everyone in the area knows, even if they weren't particularly close to them.

[@samuelattenborough9101]

@@mirkecWii are u mad man?????????? They are the legends of rock and roll!!!!!!!

[@mirkecWii]

@@samuelattenborough9101 sure but their music is kinda lame and repetitive. Dont get me wrong I dont hate them

[@ACDCguy96]

This new album Power Up actually isn’t the first one to not have a track with the same name. Blow Up Your Video in 1988 with Brian did not have a track with the same name either. Same thing with Powerage when Bon was in the band.

[@johnnyrocker7495]

Shows u how much he knows about the history of the band.

[@wilhelmtheconquerer6214]

To be fair he did say "title that didn't come from any of the songs". The title Blow up your video came from That's The Way I Wanna Rock N' Roll's lyrics. You're right about powerage though, if I'm not mistaken

[@hybridslinky4829]

Also the original Australian version of High Voltage

[@johnnyrocker7495]

@@hybridslinky4829 Excellent shout.

[@graysonjlandon1344]

I’m 14 when I was 7 years old I started playing drums cuz I wanted to be able to play AC/DC, I stopped playing until I was 12 when my buddy needed a drummer so I said sure, after we played I heard an AC/DC song and bought a set of drums and started playing!

[@wightangel]

Everyone talks about Angus & Brian, but the strength of the band is their rhythm section. If you listen to their songs and go pass the vcals and lead you will hear a steady thumping rhythm of bass,drums & rhythm guitar. Steve has had some big boots to fill, but in my mind he is doing really well.

[@craigmerz7009]

My son is picking up guitar at 13 from his introduction to Rock N' Roll when he was 3 years old.

[@laalki80]

Gotta love Toni's total fan-girling. xD

[@Jonnyboy6667]

AC/DC, Def Leppard, and Nirvana were the big 3 bands that made me move from drums to guitar when i was just 8 years old. Still playing 10 years later!

[@kickfuckingass]

There the one that made me love guitar

[@owen3191]

I’m pretty sure Brian was quoting Gene Simmons when he mentioned someone had said “Rock’n’Roll is dead”.

[@Ezekiel_Lezama]

cant wait to rock it¡¡

[@agony664]

AC⚡DC rules!

[@joshspengler7154]

It already has my son and my daughter already want to play guitar even before this album Because of ac/dc and motley crue. my son has even practised angus stage moves lol it's do cute

[@RunningWolf-qu5cr]

Angus and Brian are my guitar inspirations for a while now, this song kicks a*s guys

[@mattmelnyk8848]

Brian me son you rock

[@BOOMaFYERS]

I still play guitar 🎸

[@mattmiller9591]

What a kick ass fuckin fun interview!! AC⚡DC has GOT to do a US tour......screw age!! They will ALWAYS ROCK!!!!

[@amrakarmaMisophoniac]

'Just listen to the record and forget it!' I love Brian J.

[@callmejacob217]

He inspired me 4 years ago with "Highway to Hell", now I'm playing eruption.

[@suzuyamogami5169]

going to pick up a guitar soon !!! thanks acdc

[@RocknRollHairMetal]

Angus made me pick up guitar at 11!!!! I’m 24 now! Finally in LA now and I got my band “Stiletto”, we want to bring rock back!

[@Tarantula7Tom]

Laughed my ass off when Cliff said he'd never heard of of MGK. 🤣🤣👍

[@nalcbotany]

I started playing because of AC-DC

[@garrettstimson2859]

rock on!

[@charlesconway1138]

This is so heartwarming to listen to ❤️

[@AD1978leo]

The tribute to Malcom hit me. Hellyeah guys!

[@ethanmichael7940]

Funny how 4 people have already tried saying that they were first but the video itself says *NO VIEWS*

[@neffetSnnamremmiZ]

But, I started with drums in early 90s inspired by AcDc and GnR.

[@concertfanatic3664]

AC/DC you’re the reason i got a guitar

[@levivissers5251]

Acdc brought me to guitar playing

[@beardedbubba7628]

Holy shit I'm ready! 🤘😈🤘

[@acdcfan21]

Ayyyy I didn't know AC/DC were collaborating with DC Shoes! About to pick me up some new AC/DC shoes!!!

[@dennisperin2989]

Malcolm, Angus, Bon put this world wide band into Infinity...Its a family business, Like the Van Halens, The Kinks...What other band could lose a HOF singer in the band in there absolute prime, replace him with an entirely different voice & still go on to be bigger than original lineup? Crazy! Zepp couldn’t do it?

[@dennisperin2989]

@Mario Elsa Anna Olaf You know what i mean. But yes good call.

[@miguelssupergaming1012]

I heard many guitarist no one made me wanna play like angus im going for 1 year and im actually really good and I finished 5 songs if I make it big I thank angus