In a latest interview with Podpokas, authentic AC/DC frontman Dave Evans was requested how the band acquired its title. He responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “Properly, we have been pleased rehearsing [in late 1973], and a man that wished to handle us known as Alan Kissack, he mentioned, ‘Hey, guys, I’ve acquired a present for you developing in just a few weeks. And he mentioned it is 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 one of the best gig in Australia. And we needed to get a reputation as a result of it was solely in just a few weeks. So we went, ‘Oh, okay.’ So we have been a band, however we did not have a reputation. So we began tossing names round between us, however nobody may agree. I had some actually nice names, however they did not like them. Anyway, so we did not know what to do. So, what we mentioned is the subsequent rehearsal, which was the subsequent night time, that we would all include three names every, and we have been gonna put them in a hat and we would decide one out. And no matter it’s, that is what we have been gonna name ourselves. ‘Trigger we would have liked a reputation rapidly. So we mentioned, ‘Okay, okay.’ So, the subsequent rehearsal, I got here with three names in my pocket… However anyway, it did not matter. As a result of what occurred was once 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 prompt a reputation.’ And we mentioned, ‘Okay, what’s it?’ And Malcolm mentioned, ‘AC/DC‘. And I assumed rapidly, and I assumed it is a simple title to recollect, AC/DC. And it was on the facet of plenty 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 transportable report participant, which had AC/DC on the facet. 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, plenty of home equipment have been AC/DC. And I assumed, free promoting — free promoting in all places. I assumed, ‘Wow, free promoting on the facet of all these home equipment, and it is 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 adore it. I adore 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, ‘Properly, we could name ourselves AC/DC?’ And all of us put our palms up, and it was unanimous. And so we mentioned, ‘Okay, we’re AC/DC.’ And all of us shook palms. And we have been AC/DC. And people three names [that I came up with], I went residence and threw them away.”
Prior to now, it had been reported that AC/DC acquired its moniker when Malcolm and his brother, AC/DC lead guitarist Angus, have been attempting to find a catchy title, and their sister Margaret noticed the letters AC/DC on both her stitching machine’s energy adapter or on the again of a vacuum cleaner. The Younger brothers reportedly thought it was a superb title for his or her band, as a result of “it had one thing to do with electrical energy, so it appeared to suit”.
Dave recorded AC/DC‘s first two singles, “Can I Sit Subsequent To You Woman” and “Child, Please Do not Go”. However in October 1974, lower than a 12 months after AC/DC‘s first gig, Evans was out of the band. He was changed by Bon Scott, who sang on AC/DC‘s first six studio albums and have become a legend himself after his demise in 1980.
Evans mentioned his time with AC/DC in an interview with Brazil’s Guarda Quantity podcast. Talking about the best way his time with the band ended, Dave mentioned: “We have been very younger — we have been all very, very younger. And our ambitions have been perpetually. I did not go, ‘Oh, I am gonna be in a band.’ No. I had my complete profession, my complete life to sing. I have been singing since I can bear in mind. It ain’t gonna cease due to a band I used to be with, I cut up from. I used to be in bands earlier than AC/DC, after all. I used to be with bands earlier than AC/DC. I cut up. VELVET UNDERGROUND [not to be confused with Lou Reed‘s group] I used to be with, a prime band. AC/DC, Okay, I saved going. RABBIT, my very own profession. I by no means considered splitting or stopping to sing. It was simply one other band I used to be with, however a really profitable band. We had a success report, ‘Can I Sit Subsequent To You Woman’ was named as one of the best Australian group report of the 12 months. First up. Nice. Implausible. It was a success report. And to have a younger band, first report, towards all the opposite bands in Australia, [named] one of the best Australian group report of the 12 months. That was unbelievable. However there have been completely different explanation why I cut up from the band, largely as a result of I wasn’t getting paid any cash.”
He continued: “The supervisor was the third supervisor at the moment. We weren’t getting paid for the exhibits, and we have been doing the most important exhibits in Australia. The Sydney Opera Home, the well-known Sydney Opera Home, Hordern Pavilion in Sydney, Competition Corridor down in Melbourne, all of the exhibits. The place’s the cash? Present me the cash. No cash. We toured with Lou Reed from the USA. [We played] the most important venues, bought out — all bought out. How about some cash? No cash. So ultimately, I could not stick with the band, as a result of I used to be paying off my automobile in Sydney, paying my automobile off, my flat, and I am working arduous. So we had a little bit of a gathering one night time and had just a few drinks and stuff. And the supervisor was there. And he was getting cash as a result of he was getting cash off the highest. The remainder of the cash, I do not know what occurred to it. We did not have any. So, the supervisor, good new permed hair, new denims, bell backside denims, leather-based valise, flying across the nation, us in vehicles. He had the cash. We had no cash. So at, I mentioned to him, ‘What’s occurring right here?’ I confronted him. We have been all bitching about it. And he acquired up and smart-mouthed to me. So I acquired up and bang, knocked him down. And the opposite boys acquired me and pulled me off the supervisor. So it was determined that when that tour we have been on completed that this needed to be resolved. This needed to be resolved. I mentioned, ‘If I am not getting paid, I’m not gonna go on tour once more.’ So I mentioned, ‘I am not going.’ Who would? I am not silly. So on the finish of the tour, no decision. They weren’t gonna give me what I wished. So I cut up from the band. I mentioned, ‘Properly, that is it.’ I mentioned, ‘Okay. So long.’ I wasn’t gonna take it.”
Elaborating on his causes for strolling away from AC/DC, Evans mentioned: “It is like all job. In the event you’re a carpenter otherwise you’re a trainer or one thing, and so they do not pay you, what are you gonna do? ‘Oh, it is okay.’ No. How are you gonna feed your kids? No kids for me, however if you happen to had kids, how would you feed your kids? How would you pay your automobile off? You may’t. And also you’re working arduous. [AC/DC founders] Malcolm and Angus Younger lived at residence with their dad and mom. They lived at residence with their dad and mom. They did not must pay any cash. I did. I had my condo in Sydney, so I needed to pay. In any other case I used to be gonna lose it. My automobile, they’d come and take it away. However Malcolm and Angus, [they had] no automobile. They usually lived at residence with their dad and mom. So it did not matter a lot to them, however it mattered to me. And I wasn’t gonna take it. So I stood up for myself.”
Concerning the enduring singer who changed him, Dave mentioned: “Poor Bon Scott. Bon Scott joined the band and he went via plenty of crap too. And he ended up lifeless. He was working, working, working, working, working, working. And he was depressed, unhappy. He appeared pleased, ‘trigger he was drunk on a regular basis. Bon Scott drank all the time. Alcoholic. You see images of Bon Scott, he is all the time acquired a bottle or a drink on a regular basis. Unhappy. Unhappy. Nevertheless it killed him ultimately. However he was going via plenty of hell, too, with the band.
“I spoke to Bon Scott after he joined [AC/DC],” Evans revealed. “We had a personal dialog about issues, which is able to stay non-public. And so after I came upon what occurred to Bon Scott, after I examine it, and I spoke to his spouse about it too — I noticed his spouse who instructed me what occurred and stuff — I wasn’t shocked. I used to be not shocked.”
Evans beforehand talked about his exit from AC/DC in a 2021 interview with DJ Grant from New Zealand’s Galaxy 107 FM. On the time, he mentioned: “You’ve got gotta do not forget that Bon Scott did plenty of the songs that I already did, like ‘Child, Please Do not Go’, we already did that. That is the music that I acquired Angus up on my shoulders, and, after all, he used to look at us doing our present, so he copied that. I perceive that he copied what I used to be doing. And the songs too, and re-recorded them and re-wrote the lyrics to a few of the songs that I had already put down. However he was instructed to try this. I do know that he was beneath directions to do that, so I do not actually maintain it towards Bon Scott for that, as a result of when he joined the band, he was washed up on the time, and he acquired an awesome likelihood to do one thing, and he did too. He did an awesome job, however his way of life simply let him down.”
Evans additionally talked in regards to the enduring reputation of “Can I Sit Subsequent To You Woman”, which was initially launched as a single in July 1974 and featured drums by Colin Burgess and bass by George Younger (older brother of AC/DC co-founders Malcolm and Angus Younger).
“It is a type of songs, I play it around the globe — I nonetheless do, after all, each present I do — and other people love the music,” he mentioned. “And it is superb how many individuals say to me that is their favourite AC/DC music. I am unable to consider it. [AC/DC has] ‘T.N.T.’ and all these nice songs, ‘Freeway To Hell’ and all these different nice songs, and followers come as much as me and say that that is their favourite music.”
Earlier in 2021, Dave was requested in an interview with The Rocker Diaries if he thought “that may be it” for AC/DC after Bon‘s demise in 1980. He responded: “No, by no means. I imply, all of us hold going. And AC/DC has had that many gamers via [the history of] the band. I do not know what number of. 20? And three singers, plus a stand-in singer as properly.
“We have been all the time bold once we first began,” he continued. “We all the time wished to be one of the best on the planet — all of us. And after me, Bon Scott acquired his likelihood. He did nice with the band. And when he died, I simply thought, ‘Who’re they gonna get?’ I by no means thought [I would be approached about it] myself, as a result of that is water beneath the bridge. And I used to be busy with bands as properly on the time, and doing my very own music and recording. I used to be simply questioning who it could be. I had heard of [Brian Johnson‘s pre-AC/DC band] GEORDIE — simply the title GEORDIE. I might by no means heard of Brian. After which Brian popped up and, after all, the ‘Again In Black’ album got here out, which was a large album around the globe, and so they have been off and working with Brian. But when Brian give up, they’d get one other singer, and one other singer. [They’ve gone through] completely different bass gamers [and] completely different drummers.
“The drive was all the time Malcolm Younger,” Dave added. “I bear in mind Malcolm after I first met him. He was such a driving pressure. Only a tiny little man — just a bit contact over 5 foot tall — however, boy, he had an enormous coronary heart and an enormous persona. And he was robust, too — Malcolm was very robust. And it doesn’t matter what, he was AC/DC via and thru. And, after all, as soon as he handed away, which could be very unhappy, AC/DC, after all, won’t ever, ever be the identical with out Malcolm. How can it’s?”
In Might 2021, Evans launched a brand new compilation album known as “BADASS Best Hits”. The hassle contained “20 large hits on one album,” together with Dave‘s model of “Rockin’ In The Parlour”, the music that initially appeared because the B-side of the “Can I Sit Subsequent to You Woman” single.