AC/DC Frontman Talks Cars
February 19, 2010AC/DC frontman Brian Johnson tells Examiner.com.au that he is using his visit to Australia to make a three-part film on his travels. The project sees him drive in three countries. In Sydney he cruises through the city to Bondi Beach, in the U.K. across the north of England, and in the U.S. through the Deep South.
"Why we picked this drive to Bondi and around Sydney is because the city is just so beautiful and it is the birthplace of the band," he says.
"The sights and scenery that you have here. And you're right in the middle of one of the biggest cities in the world so it might strike people as strange, but bollocks — that's what I like."
Johnson says a car also played a part in him landing the gig with AC/DC after the death of Bon Scott.
Called up for an audition, he had no way of getting to London from Newcastle until a friend lent him a chocolate brown Toyota for the journey. Despite a puncture on route, and a surprising choice of Ike and Tina Turner's "Nutbush City Limits" as his audition, Johnson got the gig.
"The car got me the job," he laughs.
Then, when his first pay cheque came in, it's no surprise he spent it on a car. His first new car after years of secondhand models.
"The cheque was for $30,000 — my house wasn't worth that. It was crazy. I went out and bought the daftest thing. A Chevy Blazer. I loved it. It was big. The only thing like it was the Range Rover. It was black and white...the same as Newcastle United's colours."
Read the entire article at Examiner.com.au.
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