Malcolm Young
Malcolm Young was born in Sydney, Australia, and at the age of 20, he and his brother Angus co-founded Australia’s largest rock group, AC/DC. Although Angus played the lead, Malcolm was still playing the rhythm guitar. Legend has it that, when they saw the letters at the top of their older sister Margaret’s sewing machine, they settled on the name AC/DC. By the end of the 70s, Malcolm and his band toured Europe with the band Black Sabbath. It was rumored that Black Sabbath was not going to get along very well. One report suggests that the Sabbath guitarist Geezer Butler pulled a Malcolm knife one night as the tempers flared.
Malcolm Young
George Harrison
We lost another great artist unexpectedly. This original Beatles member died in 2001 when he was just 58 years old after he had contracted throat cancer, which he blamed for years of smoking. Harrison was the first Billboard Century Award recipient in 1992. It marked Harrison’s “critical role in laying the foundation for a modern world music concept.”
George Harrison
