PRAISE FOR THE YOUNGS

 

“The best book I’ve ever read about AC/DC.”

—Mark Evans, bass player of AC/DC, 1975–77

 

“I loved it.”

—Jerry Greenberg, president of Atlantic Records, 1974–80

 

“A great job.”

—Tony Platt, engineer of Back in Black and Highway to Hell

 

“Jesse Fink delivers a fresh biographical take on AC/DC. The accomplished journalist balances a serious appreciation for the music with a driving desire to cut through the mystery and misinformation shrouding this seminal rock ’n’ roll band. Fink’s book should satisfy both diehard fans and those who love reading good biographies.”

—iTunes “Editor’s Notes” (Australia)

 

“Recent books [about AC/DC by Murray Engleheart and Mick Wall] … didn’t offer much to change our perception of the band. Jesse Fink’s study of the Young brothers takes a different approach … giving us a different version of many stories, especially when it comes to the wheeling and dealing behind the rock. Fink is clearly in love with AC/DC, but he knows the old bird has some warts under her make-up, and doesn’t shy away from revelations that cast the Youngs in a less than flattering light.”

—Rolling Stone (Australia)

 

“While a lot’s been written about them over the years, [The Youngs] provides a definitive history of the trio.”

—GQ (Australia)

 

“Being an all-around nice guy is no prerequisite to getting rich. Jaw-dropping reinforcement of this point is about to hit your local bookstore in the form of The Youngs by Jesse Fink.”

—BRW (Australia)

 

“A savvy new book … Fink, quite properly, can’t stand the kind of music critic who feels pleasing a crowd is a suspect achievement, somehow antithetical to the spirit of rock. In the end, [he] seems to be in two minds about AC/DC. That seems the right number of minds for an adult to be in about them, especially an adult who encountered their best albums during the sweet spot of his youth … like all great popular art, [AC/DC’s music] slips past the higher faculties. It makes you forget, for three minutes or so, that there’s anything else you’d rather hear.”

—The Australian