What do Tchaikovsky, Emerson Lake & Palmer and AC/DC have in common? !CANNONS!
In 1880 Tchaikovsky put them in his 1812 Overture - in 1970 ELP used them in 'Pictures at an Exhibition' at the Isle of Wight and in 1981 Acka/Dacka blasted them in the title track from this album.
This isn't the first AC/DC album to paraphrase a saying. 'Let There Be Rock' was taken from "Let there be light" and this album was a mix of various sayings on the theme of "For those about to die .." It was further immortalised in the movie 'School of Rock' when Jack Black's character Dewy Finn inspires his band by saying "In the words of AC/DC: We roll tonight... to the guitar bite... and for those about to rock... I salute you."
If you're into rock family trees, cast your mind back to The Easybeats. Scottish born Easybeats founding member and guitarist George Young was the brother of AC/DC's Angus and Malcolm Young and along with fellow Easybeat Harry Vanda went on to produce a number of AC/DC albums, but not this one unfortunately. Trivia alert: The "Guitar George" and "Harry" who are mentioned in the Dire Straits hit song "Sultans of Swing" are George Young and Harry Vanda.
AC/DC - turn the volume to 11.
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