10 Hard Rock Bands Who Had TWO Great Singers
2. Bon Scott/Brian Johnson - AC/DC
In Bon Scott, AC/DC seemed to have the perfect package for a rock star frontman. Scott's fun-loving stage presence and snarly vocal chops were the ideal foil to the Young brothers' savage guitar riffs. Sure, Bon drank a bit too much, but his delivery set the band on a course to dominate the rock world. Then the drinking didn't stop...
After a night at the bar, Bon Scott was found dead in a friend's car after having asphyxiated on his own vomit. For the rest of AC/DC, this was more than just disaster: this was a death in the family. It would have been completely understandable if the band wanted to throw in the towel after that, but they set to work on their next album shortly after the funeral. Once Back In Black came out, millions of fans were asking the same question: who've thought there's another guy that sounds like that?
The scream from Brian Johnson was a bit rougher than Scott's sleazy timbre, but it got the job done all the same. Johnson became one of the trademark sounds of the band virtually overnight, going on to sing on some of the band's greatest tunes from "Hells Bells" to "Thunderstruck." Most bands would give up after losing someone like Bon Scott, but the resiliency of AC/DC is something that has made them true legends of the hard rock world.