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Irene Thornton. . . ( m. 1972; div. 1977) . Website. bonscottofficial .com. Ronald Belford " Bon " Scott (9 July 1946 – 19 February 1980) was an Australian singer and songwriter. He was the second lead vocalist and lyricist of the hard rock band AC/DC from 1974 until his death in 1980. [ 1]
The finding was accidental death. 1980: Bon Scott (33) the lead vocalist and lyricist of the hard rock band AC/DC The official report of the coroner concluded that Scott had died of "acute alcohol poisoning (which made him choked to death on his own vomit)" and classified it as "Death by misadventure". 1981: Christy Brown (49)
Membership stabilised after the release of Let There Be Rock (1977), with the Young brothers on lead and rhythm guitars, Rudd on drums, Williams on bass guitar and Bon Scott on lead vocals. Seven months after the release of Highway to Hell (1979), Scott died of alcohol poisoning and the other members considered disbanding. However, at the ...
By April 1988, Malcolm recognised he had a problem and, ever mindful of his former bandmate Bon Scott's premature passing (the previous AC/DC singer died of alcohol poisoning in London in 1980), he began attending AA meetings, confessing to VH1's Behind the Music in 2000, "My drinking overtook my whole thing.
This is a list of the most notable people in Category:Alcohol-related deaths who died of short- and/or long-term effects of alcohol consumption. Deaths caused indirectly by alcohol , such as combined drug intoxication , or driving under the influence , are not listed here.
The band were set to tour in Japan and Australia in early 1980, [2] but the legs were cancelled following the death of vocalist Bon Scott as a result of alcohol poisoning. [ 3 ] Def Leppard was the opening act for part of the European leg after they were approached by Peter Mensch of Leber-Krebs management, who had booked them on a tour of the ...
It is AC/DC's first single with Brian Johnson as the lead singer, replacing Bon Scott who died of alcohol poisoning in February 1980. It reached number 35 on the US Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart in 1980. The single was re-released internationally in 1986, following the release of the album Who Made Who. The re-released single in 1986 ...
It was the band's first album to feature Brian Johnson as lead singer, following the death of Bon Scott, their previous vocalist. After the commercial breakthrough of their 1979 album Highway to Hell , AC/DC was planning to record a follow-up, but in February 1980, Scott died from alcohol poisoning after a drinking binge.