In a brand new interview with Podpokas, former AC/DC singer Dave Evans was requested in regards to the origins of the band’s title. He responded: “Nicely, we had been completely satisfied rehearsing [in late 1973], and a man that needed to handle us known as Alan Kissack, he mentioned, ‘Hey, guys, I’ve bought a present for you developing in a number of weeks. And he mentioned it’s New Yr’s Eve, thirty first of December [of 1973], on the well-known Chequers nightclub, the primary nightclub in Australia. New Yr’s Eve at midnight, and it was the perfect gig in Australia. And we needed to get a reputation as a result of it was solely in a number of weeks. So we went, ‘Oh, okay.’ So we had been a band, however we didn’t have a reputation. So we began tossing names round between us, however nobody may agree. I had some actually nice names, however they didn’t like them.
Anyway, so we didn’t know what to do. So, what we mentioned is the subsequent rehearsal, which was the subsequent night time, that we’d all include three names every, and we had been gonna put them in a hat and we’d choose one out. And no matter it’s, that’s what we had been gonna name ourselves. ‘Trigger we wanted a reputation shortly. So we mentioned, ‘Okay, okay.’ So, the subsequent rehearsal, I got here with three names in my pocket… However anyway, it didn’t matter. As a result of what occurred was after we all arrived collectively, [AC/DC’s founding rhythm guitarist] Malcolm Younger mentioned to us, ‘Look, my sister-in-law’ — [his] older brother George’s spouse — ‘has urged a reputation.’ And we mentioned, ‘Okay, what’s it?’ And Malcolm mentioned, ‘AC/DC’. And I believed shortly, and I believed it’s a straightforward title to recollect, AC/DC. And it was on the aspect of quite a lot of electrical home equipment. AC/DC means alternate present and direct present.
Alternate present means batteries. Direct present, plug it into the wall. And I had a conveyable file participant, which had AC/DC on the aspect. So I may go to the park and simply do it by batteries, then return to the home and plug it in. AC/DC. Yeah, quite a lot of home equipment had been AC/DC. And I believed, free promoting — free promoting in all places. I believed, ‘Wow, free promoting on the aspect of all these home equipment, and it’s simple to say, and it means energy.’ And so all of it went via my head in a short time. And I mentioned sure. I mentioned, ‘Nice. I like it. I like it.’ After which [then-AC/DC drummer] Colin Burgess, the well-known Colin Burgess, he mentioned, ‘Yeah, I prefer it too.’ After which [then-AC/DC bassist] Larry [Van Kriedt] mentioned, ‘Okay, I prefer it.’ And so Malcolm checked out us and mentioned, ‘Nicely, lets name ourselves AC/DC?’ And all of us put our fingers up, and it was unanimous. And so we mentioned, ‘Okay, we’re AC/DC.’ And all of us shook fingers. And we had been AC/DC. And people three names [that I came up with], I went residence and threw them away.”