ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

“For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)”

This book wouldn’t have been possible without the help, support, friendship, encouragement, generosity, contacts, collected memories and valuable insight of the following people: Rob Riley, Holger Brockmann, Marianne Brockmann, Mark Opitz, Terry Manning, John Swan, Mark Gable, Suzi Dhnaram, Luke Wallis, Stevie Wright, Mark Evans, Chris Gilbey, Ian Jeffery, Tony Currenti, Michael Browning, Greg Stock, Mandawuy Yunupingu, Gerard Huerta, Tom Huerta, Mike Fraser, Bertrand Blier, Rusty Hopkinson, Marc Dwyer, Tony Platt, Allan Fryer, Georg Dolivo, Glenn Goldsmith, Kim Fowley, Joe Matera, Dave Evans, Jack Orbin, Philip Morris, Tom Weschler, Daniel Boud, the estate of Chuck Pulin, Leo Gozbekian, Ray Singer, John Perry, Billy Altman, David Mallet, Terry Slesser, Erin McGuirk, Robert Alford, Ashley Gilbertson, Barry Diament, Chris Keeble, Kerry-Jayne Ryan, Jessica Sartini, Wally Kempton, Chris Bastic, Sidney Drashin, Mark Pope, Doug Thaler, Catherine Milne, Deniz Tek, John Proud, Anthony O’Grady, Phil Jamieson, Mike Rudd, Snowy Fleet, Bill Bartlett, Oliver Fowler, John Wheeler, Stewart Young, David Krebs, Jake Berry, David W. Larkin, Darren Ashton, Mikko Hyppönen, Derek Shulman, Alan James, Jerry Greenberg, Robert Hilburn, Matt Sorum, Steve Leber, Phil Carson, Sandra Jackson, Tim Gaze, Joel O’Keeffe, Luke Causby, David Thoener, Jimmy Douglass, Mario Medious, Jon O’Rourke, Nick Maria, Larry Yasgar, Jim Delehant, Judy Libow, Steve Leeds, Carol Klenfner, Tony Berardini, David Glew, Ann Glew, Lisa Tanner, Dick Barnatt, Stevie Young, Tristin Norwell, Michael Marley, Cedric Kushner, Ken Casey, Holly Lovegrove, Ryan Johnson, Paul La Rosa, Jordanka Kuzmanov, Chris Masuak, Airlie Lawson, Scott Miller, Glyn Johns, Shel Talmy, Scott McRae, Alison Urquhart, Anne Reilly, Nerrilee Weir, Nikki Christer, Lucy Inglis, Marc Resnick, Kate Canfield, Laura Clark, Karlyn Hixson, Joe Rinaldi, Jaime Coyne, Vanessa Radnidge, Bernard Fanning, Tom Donald, Chris Bruce, Andrew Logan, Renée Cooper, Larry Larstead, Robert Pfeiffer, Michelle Stead, Michael Hohnen, Patsy Hohnen, Mike Knight, Alan Bailey, Robert Yves, Phil Lageat, Nate Althoff, Colin Nichol, Ken Evans, Larry LeBlanc, Philip Gomes, Rosemary Hanly, Fred Fink and Jan Blum. Special thanks, too, to the authors before me who have recorded their own stories about the music of the Youngs—especially Clinton Walker, Murray Engleheart, Joe Bonomo, John Tait and Mick Wall (plus his small army of paid researchers)—and to Mike Durant for permission to reproduce an extended excerpt from his book, In the Company of Heroes.

And lastly, cheers to The Easybeats, Billy Thorpe, AC/DC, Stevie Wright, Rose Tattoo and Airbourne for giving the world the best Australian rock. It’s never gonna die. Never gonna die.