Malcolm Mitchell Young, the driving rhythm guitarist of AC/DC was born on this day in 1953 in Glasgow, Scotland to a family of multiple musicians that would include his younger brother, Angus, born two years later.  The family migrated to Australia when the boys were 10 and 12. Malcom, Angus and their brother George Young formed a quartet named the Marcus Hook Roll Band in 1972. The group released an album in '73 but broke-up the following year. After a brief stint in a Down Under group dubbed the Velvet Underground (unrelated to the US band), Malcolm and Angus launched AC/DC with drummer Colin Burgess, bass player Larry Van Kriedt and lead singer Dave Evans.  With the exception of a brief absence in the late 1980's Malcolm was the driving force and defacto leader of the group from its formation until 2014 when the onset of dementia rendered him unable to continue. The disease took him from us in November, 2017.

 

Other Noteworthy Classic Rock events on January 6 include...

 

1946 Pink Floyd’s Syd Barrett born.

1951 Fabulous Thunderbird’s Kim Wilson born.

1958 Gibson patents Flying V guitar.

1964 Rolling Stones open first UK headlining tour in Harrow, England.

1970 Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young make UK debut at Royal Albert Hall.

1975 Fans waiting to buy tickets for a Led Zeppelin Boston show riot. Concert gets canceled.

1975 Pink Floyd enters the studio to begin work on Wish You Were Here.

1976 Peter Frampton releases Frampton Comes Alive!

1977 EMI voids the Sex Pistols record contract, settling with the band with a buyout of around 70k.

1987 Eric Clapton begins a run of 6 nights at Royal Albert Hall, a residency that he repeated yearly for a  long run.

1993 Bill Wyman confirms he is leaving the Rolling Stones.

1997 George Harrison's Henley home's grounds invaded by thieves that stole a pair of bronze figures of monks from his garden.

2001 The rights to the url davidgilmour.com get awarded to the Pink Floyd guitarist after he sues a man who registered it and used the site to sell band merch.

2004 Sirius makes a deal with E Street Band guitarist Steven Van Zandt to bring his Underground Garage to satellite radio.

2007 Pedal Steel player 'Sneaky' Pete Kleinow of the Flying Burrito Brothers dies of Alzheimer's at 72.

2009 Iggy & the Stooges Ron Ashton dies of a heart attack at 60.

2019 Bon Jovi plays a San Francisco 49ers private concert in San Jose the night before the NCAA National Championship football game...