AC/DC recording new album in Vancouver

mr.x · #1 Posted **Apr 22, 2008, 7:16 AM**

for the record, i don't listen to their music.

Saturday, April 19, 2008

AC/DC confirms new album in the works in Vancouver

(CBC) - Australian hard rockers AC/DC have announced they will be releasing their first album in eight years, to be launched in 2008.

"The waiting is almost over AC/DC fans can expect the band's next album of new material sometime later this year," the band said in a posting on its website Friday.

"The band are currently recording in Vancouver with producer Brendan O'Brien and long-time audio engineer Mike Fraser," they added.

It will be the band's first work of new material since the release of Stiff Upper Lip in 2000, which opened at No. 7 on the Billboard charts and sparked a year-long world tour.

O'Brien has worked with major bands including Stone Temple Pilots, Pearl Jam and Velvet Revolver.

"He's a great guy," AC/DC singer Brian Johnson said about O'Brien in an interview with Los Angeles radio station KLSX Free FM on Friday.

"He knows exactly what we want, and so far, it sounds really good. I'm well pleased."

Johnson said he believes a tour will be in the offing but would not confirm it.

"Everybody's enjoying being back together again and the buzz is still there and the excitement."

Formed in 1973, AC/DC's list of rock anthems includes Thunderstruck, Let There Be Rock, You Shook Me All Night Long, Whole Lotta Rosie and Highway to Hell.

The band, whose only remaining original members are founding brothers Malcolm and Angus Young, has sold more than 150 million albums worldwide.

AC/DC was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in March 2003.

SpongeG · #2 Posted **Apr 22, 2008, 10:57 PM**

anti christ devil' child

run run run

scurry

MistyMountainHop · #3 Posted **Apr 22, 2008, 10:58 PM**

Hopefully they'll play a show here too.

vanlaw · #4 Posted **Apr 22, 2008, 11:00 PM**

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Originally Posted by mr.x2

for the record, i don't listen to their music.

LOL - is there some sort of shame associated with listening to ACDC?

Oh ya, that's right, your into Celine

Jared · #5 Posted **Apr 23, 2008, 2:34 AM**

They also recorded their last album, Stiff Upper Lip, here as well.

Nutterbug · #6 Posted **Apr 23, 2008, 4:20 AM**

I bet it's a Bob Rock production.

Jared · #7 Posted **Apr 23, 2008, 4:51 AM**

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Originally Posted by Nutterbug

I bet it's a Bob Rock production.

I sure hope not. Metallica's St. Anger = worst production ever. Well, the songs were shit too, but thats another matter.

MistyMountainHop · #8 Posted **Apr 23, 2008, 5:25 AM**

Little known fact: Led Zeppelin recorded their cover of "Bring It On Home" in Vancouver as well.

EastVanMark · #9 Posted **Apr 23, 2008, 7:11 AM**

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Originally Posted by marmorek

Little known fact: Led Zeppelin recorded their cover of "Bring It On Home" in Vancouver as well.

Wow! never heard of that before. Do you have any other details about that? Was that the only thing they ever did in Vancouver?

I ran into Robert Plant and Jimmy Page at old Trader Vics a few weeks before it closed down. Great info

MistyMountainHop · #10 Posted **Apr 23, 2008, 2:07 PM**

I seem to remember they did something else off of II here as well ...

... Heartbreaker, maybe?