BIBLIOGRAPHY
“Ride On”
BOOKS
AC/DC: Hell Ain’t a Bad Place to Be, Mick Wall, Orion Books, London, 2012
AC/DC, High-Voltage Rock ’n’ Roll: The Ultimate Illustrated History, Phil Sutcliffe, Voyageur Press, Minneapolis, 2010
AC/DC, Maximum Rock & Roll: The Ultimate Story of the World’s Greatest Rock Band, Murray Engleheart with Arnaud Durieux, HarperCollins, Sydney, 2006
Appetite for Destruction: The Days of Guns N’ Roses, Danny Sugerman, St. Martin’s Press, New York, 1992
Dirty Deeds: My Life Inside and Outside of AC/DC, Mark Evans, Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 2011
Get Your Jumbo Jet Out of My Airport: Random Notes for AC/DC Obsessives, Howard Johnson, The Black Book Company, Pewsey, 1999
Hard Road: The Life and Times of Stevie Wright, Glenn Goldsmith with Stevie Wright, Random House, Sydney, 2004
Highway to Hell, Joe Bonomo, Continuum Books, New York, 2010
Highway to Hell: The Life and Times of AC/DC Legend Bon Scott, Clinton Walker, Pan Macmillan, Sydney, 1994
Hot Stuff: Disco and the Remaking of American Culture, Alice Echols, W. W. Norton & Company, New York, 2010
House of Hits: The Great Untold Story of Australia’s First Family of Music, Jane Albert, Hardie Grant Books, Melbourne, 2010
In the Company of Heroes, Michael J. Durant with Steven Hartov, Putnam, New York, 2003
Jimmy Barnes, Too Much Ain’t Enough: The Authorised Biography, Toby Creswell, Random House, Sydney, 1993
Let There Be Rock: The Story of AC/DC, Susan Masino, Omnibus Press, New York, 2006
Louder Than Hell: The Definitive Oral History of Metal, Jon Wiederhorn and Katherine Turman, HarperCollins, New York, 2013
Sophisto-Punk: The Story of Mark Opitz & Oz Rock, Mark Opitz (as told to Luke Wallis and Jeff Jenkins), Random House, Sydney, 2012
The Encyclopedia of Record Producers: An Indispensable Guide to the Most Important Record Producers in History, Eric Olsen, Paul Verna and Carlo Wolff (editors), Daniel J. Levitin (contributor), Billboard Books, New York, 1999
The Forever War, Dexter Filkins, Knopf, New York, 2008
The Soul of It All: My Music, My Life, Michael Bolton, Center Street, New York, 2013
The 10 Rules of Rock and Roll: Collected Music Writings/2005–09, Robert Forster, Black Inc. Books, Melbourne, 2009
Vanda & Young: Inside Australia’s Hit Factory, John Tait, University of New South Wales Press, Sydney, 2010
Why AC/DC Matters, Anthony Bozza, HarperCollins, New York, 2009
DVD/TV
AC/DC, Back in Black: Classic Albums Under Review, Umbrella Entertainment, Melbourne, 2008
AC/DC, Highway to Hell: Classic Albums Under Review, Umbrella Entertainment, Melbourne, 2009
VH1’s Ultimate Albums: Back in Black, AC/DC, Viacom International, New York, 2003
LETTERS/PRESS RELEASES/OTHER DOCUMENTS
“AC/DC,” Albert Productions press release, Sydney, 1974
“AC/DC: High Voltage,” Atco Records press release, New York, 1976
“AC/DC: Let There Be Rock,” Atlantic Records press release, New York, 1977
Atlantic Records letter to Bill Bartlett, Perry Cooper, New York, 1979
Leidseplein Presse B.V. letter to the United States Commissioner for Trademarks, “Declaration in Support of Substitute Specimens,” Stuart Prager, New York, 2004
LINER NOTES
Bonfire, Murray Engleheart, East West Records, New York, 1997
’74 Jailbreak, Murray Engleheart, Epic Records, New York, 2003
NEWSPAPERS/MAGAZINES
“AC/DC’s Angus Young Discusses Bon Scott and the Bonfire Box Set,” Tom Beaujour, Guitar World, New York, 1998
“AC/DC Celebrate Their Quarter Century,” Sylvie Simmons, MOJO, London, 2000
“AC/DC Fired Up Over Treatment in Media,” Kerry Wakefield, The Age, Melbourne, 1981
“AC/DC, Hammersmith Odeon: Concert Review,” Clive Bennett, The Times, London, 1976
“AC/DC’s iTunes Debut Sells 48,000 Digital Albums, 696,000 Songs,” Keith Caulfield, Billboard, New York, 2012
“AC/DC: Like Comfy Old Shoes That Fit All Feet,” Tomi Ervamaa, Helsingin Sanomat, Helsinki, 2006
“AC/DC Salvo Levels Sin City,” David Lewis, Sounds, London, 1978
“AC/DC Shrug Off a Death and Rock On,” David Fricke, Rolling Stone, New York, 1980
“AC/DC: The Dirtiest Story Ever Told,” Phil Sutcliffe, Sounds, London, 1976
“Air Raid,” Joe Nick Patoski, Texas Monthly, Austin, 1978
“A New Rock Star: Proof of Australia’s Oldest Creatures,” Simon Benson, The Daily Telegraph, Sydney, 1998
“Artists Discover AOR Fickle,” Ed Harrison, Billboard, New York, 1981
“Atlantic Country: After Some Rough Starts, The Label Goes to Town Big Time in Music City,” Chet Flippo, Billboard, New York, 1998
“Bands Declare a Truce for Tribute,” Patrick Donovan, The Age, Melbourne, 2004
“Back in Black: The Lyrical Debate,” Malcolm Dome, Classic Rock, London, 2005
“Court Battle Over Release of AC/DC Film,” John Sippel, Billboard, New York, 1981
“Dickensian Conditions In Northern Territory Prisons,” Australian Associated Press, The Australian, Sydney, 2011
“For Whom the Bells Toll,” Geoff Barton and Jens Jam Rasmussen, Classic Rock, London, 2005
“Great White Sharks Love AC/DC,” Nigel Austin, Herald Sun, Melbourne, 2011
“Hells Bell,” Philip Wilding, Classic Rock, London, 2000
“High Voltage,” Vince Lovegrove, The Australian, Sydney, 2006
“High Voltage: Album Review,” Billy Altman, Rolling Stone, New York, 1976
“In the Family,” Andrew Heathcote, BRW, Sydney, 2013
“‘Iron Man 2’ Shoots to Thrill with AC/DC,” Geoff Boucher, the Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, 2010
“Kiss, Kiss, Bang, Bang, at Fairgrounds Concert,” John Finley, The Courier-Journal, Louisville, 1977
“Let There Be Rock: AC/DC @ The ‘Dillo’,” Marky Billson, The Austin Chronicle, Austin, 2008
“Malcolm and Angus Young: Interview,” Dave Ling, Classic Rock, London, 2003
“Marcus Hook Roll Band, ‘Natural Man’: Single Review,” Martin Cerf, Phonograph Record Magazine, Los Angeles, 1973
“Pop Maven Horn Shows Staying Power as One of the Industry’s Top Producers,” Ben Cromer, Billboard, New York, 1998
“Sony’s Newest Boy Band, AC/DC, Took Stage in 1970s,” Jennifer Ordonez, The Wall Street Journal, New York, 2002
“The Biggest Tax Haven You’ve Never Heard Of: Holland,” Martin Van Geest, The International Correspondent, Amsterdam, 2011
“The Devil You Say? No Way. AC/DC’s Message: Rebellion, Not Satan Worship,” Robert Hilburn, the Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, 1985
“The Dirtiest Group in Town,” uncredited, Record Mirror, London, 1976
“The Hits and the Missus,” Krissi Murison, The Sunday Times, London, 2013
“The Punks Are Out of Style,” Tony Kiss, The Times-News, Kingsport, 1978
“The Wild Young Man,” Bernard McGovern, The Daily Express, London, 1976
“The Young Guns,” Jessica Gardner, BRW, Sydney, 2011
“Thunderstruck: Film Review,” Russell Edwards, Variety, Los Angeles, 2004
“Top 50 Australian Guitarists of All Time,” Peter Hodgson, Andrew P. Street and Craig White (contributors), Australian Guitar, Sydney, 2012
RESEARCH PAPERS/THESES
“Early Myriapodous Arthropods from Australia: Maldybulakia from the Devonian of New South Wales,” Gregory D. Edgecombe, Records of the Australian Museum, Sydney, 1998
An Exploratory Study of the Effects of Radio Airplay and Advertising on Record Sales, Peter Mensch, unpublished MA thesis, Chicago, 1977
SCRIPTS
Stevie: The Life and Music of Stevie Wright and The Easybeats, Scott McRae and Ann Petrou, Sydney, 2012
WEBSITES
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