Angus Young

Angus McKinnon Young (born 31 March 1955) is a Scottish-born Australian guitarist best known as a co-founder, lead guitarist, and songwriter of the Australian hard rock band, AC/DC. Known for his energetic performances, schoolboy-uniform stage outfits, and his popularization of Chuck Berry's duckwalk, Rolling Stone magazine has ranked Young as the 24th greatest guitarist of all time. In 2003, he and the other members of AC/DC were inducted into t... More

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  • Mar 31, 1955 (age 57 years)

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Also known as:

  • Young, Angus,
  • Angus McKinnon Young,
  • AC/DC,
  • A-Bomb,
  • The Guitar God
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  • 1980

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  • 1.575 m (5.167 ft )

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  • 96
  • 2003

Rolling Stone's 100 greatest guitarists of all time of 2003

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