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Bon Scott Net Worth
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The main source of income: Musicians
Total Net Worth at the moment 2024 year – is about $84,8 Million.
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Bon Scott information Birth date: July 9, 1946 Death date: 1980-02-19 Birth place: Kirriemuir, Angus, Scotland, UK Height:5 8 (1.73 m) Profession:Soundtrack, Composer
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How tall is Bon Scott – 1,82m.
How much weight is Bon Scott – 65kg
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Biography,1946–64: Early yearsScott was born on 9 July 1946 at Fyfe Jamieson Maternity Hospital in Forfar, the son of Charles Belford Chick Scott (d. 1999) and Isabelle Cunningham Isa Mitchell (1917–2011). He grew up in Kirriemuir and was the second child of his parents, the first-born was a boy, Sandy, who died shortly after birth. A third child, Derek, was born in 1949. The Scott family moved from Scotland to Australia in 1952. They initially lived in the Melbourne suburb of Sunshine, and Scott attended nearby Sunshine Primary School. A fourth child, Graeme, was born in 1953. In addition, Scott had a younger sister named Valerie.In 1956, the family moved to Fremantle. Scott joined the associated Fremantle Scots Pipe Band, learning the drums. He attended North Fremantle Primary School and later John Curtin College of the Arts until he dropped out at the age of 15, he spent a short time in Fremantle Prisons assessment centre and nine months at the Riverbank Juvenile Institution, relating to charges of giving a false name and address to the police, having escaped legal custody, having unlawful carnal knowledge, and stealing 12 gallons of petrol. He attempted to join the Australian Army, but was rejected and deemed socially maladjusted.1966–70: The Spektors and The ValentinesScotts vocals were inspired by his idol, Little Richard. After working as a postman, bartender and truck packer, Scott started his first band, The Spektors, in 1966 as drummer and occasional lead singer. One year later the Spektors merged with another local band, the Winstons, and formed The Valentines, in which Scott was co-lead singer with Vince Lovegrove. The Valentines recorded several songs written by George Young of The Easybeats. Every Day I Have to Cry (a song originally written and sung by Arthur Alexander) made the local top 5. In 1970, after gaining a place on the National Top 30 with their single Juliette, the Valentines disbanded due to artistic differences after a much-publicised drug scandal.1970–73: FraternityScott moved to Adelaide in 1970 and joined the progressive rock band Fraternity. Fraternity released the LPs Livestock and Flaming Galah before touring the UK in 1973, where they changed their name to Fang. During this time they played support slots for Status Quo and Geordie, whose front man, Brian Johnson, would become the lead singer of AC/DC after Scotts death. During this time, on 24 January 1972, Scott married Irene Thornton.In 1973, just after returning to Australia from the tour of the UK, Fraternity went on hiatus. Scott took a day job at the Wallaroo fertiliser plant and began singing with the Mount Lofty Rangers, a loose collective of musicians helmed by Peter Head (ne Beagley) from Headband, who explained, Headband and Fraternity were in the same management stable and we both split about the same time so the logical thing was to take members from both bands and create a new one … the purpose of the band was for songwriters to relate to each other and experiment with songs, so it was a hotbed of creativity. Other ex-Fraternity members also played with the band as did Glen Shorrock pre Little River Band. During this time, Head also helped Scott with his original compositions.Vince Lovegrove said Bon would go to Peters home after a day (of literally) shovelling shit, and show him musical ideas he had had during his days work. Bons knowledge of the guitar was limited, so Peter began teaching him how to bridge chords and construct a song. One of the songs from these sessions was a ballad called Clarissa, about a local Adelaide girl. Another was the country-tinged Bin Up in the Hills Too Long, which for me was a sign of things to come with Bons lyrics, simple, clever, sardonic, tongue-in-cheek …[11]In return, Scott recorded vocals for Mount Lofty Rangers songs Round & Round and Carey Gully.[12] Head released these original recordings in 1996, also teaming up with producer Ted Yanni, another old friend of Scotts, to create an entirely new backing for Round & Round & Round that more accurately reflected the original intentions Head had. Long out of print, and massively bootlegged, this EP finally got an official digital release in June 2010. Unrecorded original compositions of Scotts, Been Up In The Hills Too Long and Clarissa have been recorded by Head on his Peter Head & The Mount Lofty Rangers Lofty album, also released in digital format only in 2011.About 11 pm on 3 May 1974, at the Old Lion Hotel in North Adelaide, during a rehearsal with the Mount Lofty Rangers, a very drunk, distressed and belligerent Scott had a raging argument with a member of the band. Scott stormed out of the venue, threw a bottle of Jack Daniels on to the ground, then sped off on his Suzuki GT550 motorbike.[11] Scott suffered serious injuries from the ensuing motorcycle accident, spending three days in a coma and a further 18 days in hospital. Vince Lovegrove and his wife, by then running a booking/management agency, gave Scott odd jobs, such as putting up posters and painting the office during his recovery, and shortly after introduced him to AC/DC who were on the lookout for a new lead singer.There was a young, dinky little glam band from Sydney that we both loved called AC/DC … Before another AC/DC visit, George Young phoned me and said the band was looking for a new singer. I immediately told him that the best guy for the job was Bon. George responded by saying Bons accident would not allow him to perform, and that maybe he was too old. Nevertheless I had a meeting with Malcolm and Angus, and suggested Bon as their new singer. They asked me to bring him out to the Pooraka Hotel that night, and to come backstage after the show. When he watched the band, Bon was impressed, and he immediately wanted to join them, but thought they may be a bit too inexperienced and too young. After the show, backstage, Bon expressed his doubts about them being able to rock. The two Young brothers told Bon he was too old to rock. The upshot was that they had a jam session that night in the home of Bons former mentor, Bruce Howe, and at the end of the session, at dawn, it was obvious that AC/DC had found a new singer. And Bon had found a new band.[11]Like Scott, Malcolm Young and his younger brother Angus Young of AC/DC were born in Scotland before emigrating to Australia in their childhood with their family.Fraternity later reformed and replaced Scott with Jimmy Barnes.1974–80: AC/DCMain article: AC/DC § The Bon Scott era (1974–80)Bon Scott in Grenoble, 10 December 1979Bon Scott (centre) pictured with guitarist Angus Young (left) and bassist Cliff Williams (back), performing at the Ulster Hall in August 1979Scott replaced Dave Evans as the lead singer of AC/DC on 24 October 1974, when it became obvious the band and Evans were heading in different directions, with Evans having personal clashes with band members and management.[13]With the Young brothers as lead and rhythm guitarists, session drummer Tony Currenti (see AC/DC line-ups) and George Young as a temporary bassist, AC/DC released High Voltage, their first LP in Australia in February 1975.[14] Within a few months Currenti was replaced by Phil Rudd and Mark Evans was hired as a permanent bassist, and AC/DC began recording their second album T.N.T., which was released in Australia in December 1975. The first AC/DC album to gain international distribution however was a compilation of tracks from the first two albums, also entitled High Voltage, which was released in May 1976. Another studio album, Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap was released in the same year, but only in Australia, the international version of the album was released in November 1976 in the UK and in March 1981 in the US, with a different track listing.In the following years, AC/DC gained further success with their albums Let There Be Rock and Powerage. The 1978 release of Powerage marked the debut of bassist Cliff Williams (who had replaced Mark Evans), and with its harder riffs, followed the blueprint set by Let There Be Rock. The album was the last produced by Harry Vanda and George Young with Bon Scott on vocals and is claimed to be AC/DCs most under-rated album.[15] Only one single was released from Powerage – Rock n Roll Damnation – which gave AC/DC their highest chart position at the time, reaching #24. An appearance at the Apollo Theatre in Glasgow during the Powerage tour was recorded and released as If You Want Blood Youve Got It.[16]The bands sixth album, Highway To Hell, was produced by Robert Mutt Lange and was released in 1979. It became AC/DCs first LP to break the US top 100, eventually reaching #17, and it propelled AC/DC into the top ranks of hard rock acts.[17][18]
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