Music career Malcolm Young
malcolm young in 1990
malcolm young 20 when , younger brother angus formed ac/dc in 1973. angus on lead guitar, malcolm on rhythm guitar, colin burgess on drums, larry van kriedt on bass guitar , dave evans on vocals. can sit next girl, first single, later re-recorded bon scott vocalist. decided upon name ac/dc after seeing letters ac/dc on of sister margaret s sewing machine.
in 1977 returned britain , began european tour black sabbath. while bon scott , ozzy osbourne became friends, relations less cordial between other members of respective bands. in 1 incident, geezer butler pulled knife on malcolm young. later in year toured rainbow.
towards end of 1977, bassist mark evans fired; purportedly find sing backup vocals. evans described disagreement angus , malcolm contributing factor. replaced cliff williams. neither of young brothers has elaborated on departure of evans, though richard griffiths, ceo of epic records , booking agent ac/dc in mid-1970s, later commented, knew mark wasn t going last, of nice guy.
in 1988, young missed majority of ac/dc s blow video world tour address alcohol abuse issues. became sober , returned band. during absence replaced nephew, stevie young.
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