AC/DC is still an amazing act. However, I was only really able to hear their music – I was not as privy to the band’s ins and outs as my father, for example. However, Mark Evans (AC/DC’s first bass player) is able to provide the information that I was missing. Evans shows how unique of a band that AC/DC truly was; they came from Australia at a point where all good heavy metal was coming from either England or the United States, and they came in at a weird point between Judas Priest and before Metallica.
The stories that are told during Dirty Deeds sometimes move towards excess, but what really is evident during the book’s 288 pages is how hard-working of a band AC/DC truly was. One can downplay their arrangements or overall sound all one wants, but the band busted their ass to get too the level of fame that they ultimately received.
While Evans was not with the band during all of their biggest years, I feel that ey is able to capture the band’s best ones. I believe that Scott’s treatment of the life and times of Bon Scott is perhaps the best read here; an enigma that continually is covered by the sands of time, Scott’s life and time is provided ample light by Evans. Dirty Deeds is thus a book that should be bought by any fan of AC/DC, or as a holiday gift or birthday present for anyone that has ever put on AC/DC’s inimitable style. The e-reader version of Dirty Deeds is a hair under $10, with hard copies of the book being priced a few bucks above that – buy it today.
Rating: 8.0/10
Dirty Deeds: My Life Inside/Outside of AC/DC (Book) / 2011 Bazillion Points / 288 Pages / http://www.bazillionpoints.com
