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Livet enligt Brian : 40 år med AC/DC<br/><br/><p>Sångaren i AC/DC Brian Johnson ger äntligen ut sina memoarer. Sedan han såg Little Richard på BBC förändras hans liv och korgossen och scouten bestämmer sig för att bli rocksångare.</p><p></p><p>Efter att i ett decennium försökt slå sig fram inom musikbranschen blir han inbjuden till London för en audition för en av världens största rockband. AC / DC var ett krisband efter den tragiska döden av deras sångare, Bon Scott. Med Brian ombord spelar bandet in sitt mästerverk Back in Black som kommer att bli det mest sålda rockalbumet genom tiderna. Turnén som följde spelas inför fullsatta arenor. Den nya sångaren blir snabbt omfamnad av bandets fans och resten är historia. Men år 2016 tvingades Brian sluta i bandet efter att ha fått diagnosen hörselnedsättning men gör en triumferande återkomst 2020 till det band han älskar med lanseringen av albumet Power Up.</p><p></p><p>Karriären har varit en berg-och dalbana men Brian har hållit båda fötterna stadigt på marken och aldrig tappat kontakten med sina rötter. Boken är varm, levande, stämningsfull, livsbejakande och humoristiskt från en älskad artist med en helt unik röst.</p>

<p>&apos;It wasn&apos;t me. I didn&apos;t do it. And I&apos;ll never do it again!&apos; says Brian Johnson of The Lives of Brian. That AC/DC&apos;s legendary front man got to do it all is one of the most cheering and entertaining stories in rock &apos;n&apos;roll history. The son of a British army sergeant-major and Italian mother, Brian grew up in Dunston, Tyne and Wear, as it emerged from the shadow of the Second World War. Then he saw Little Richard on the BBC and it changed the course of his life. The choirboy and cub scout was going to be singer. For over a decade he tried to make his mark with a succession of bands. He appeared on to Top of the Pops, toured Australia and yet the big time looked out of reach. Then he was invited to London for an audition for one of the world&apos;s biggest rock acts. AC/DC were a band in crisis following the tragic death of their lead singer, Bon Scott, but with Brian on board they would record their masterpiece: Back in Black. It became the biggest selling rock album of all time. The tour that followed played to packed out arenas. Quickly embraced by the band&apos;s fans, the new boy had earned his spurs. But there was to be a twist in the tale. In 2016, Brian was forced to quit the band after being diagnosed with hearing loss, only to make a triumphant return to the band he loved with the release of 2020&apos;s smash hit album Power Up. It&apos;s been a rollercoaster of a life, throughout which Brian&apos;s kept his feet firmly on the ground, never losing touch with his roots. Warm, vivid, evocative, life-affirming and often laugh-out-loud funny, The Lives of Brian tells the story of one of our most well-loved performers in his own inimitable voice.</p>

<p>Brian Johnson&rsquo;s memoir from growing up in a small town to starting his own band to ultimately replacing Bon Scott, the lead singer of one of the world biggest rock acts, AC/DC. They would record their first album together, the iconic Back in Black, which would become the biggest selling rock album of all time. Brian Johnson was born to a steelworker and WWII veteran father and an Italian mother, growing up in New Castle Upon Tyne, England, a working-class town. He was musically inclined and sang with the church choir. By the early &rsquo;70s he performed with the glam rock band Geordie, and they had a couple hits, but it was tough going. So tough that by 1976, they disbanded and Brian turned to a blue-collar life. Then 1980 changed everything. Bon Scott, the lead singer and lyricist of the Australian rock band AC/DC died at 33. The band auditioned singers, among them Johnson, whom Scott himself had seen perform and raved about. Within days, Johnson was in a studio with the band, working with founding members Angus and Malcolm Young, Cliff Williams, and Phil Rudd, along with producer Mutt Lange. When the album, Back in Black, was released in July&mdash;a mere three months after Johnson had joined the band&mdash;it exploded, going on to sell 50 million copies worldwide, and triggering a years-long worldwide tour. It has been declared &ldquo;the biggest selling hard rock album ever made&rdquo; and &ldquo;the best-selling heavy-metal album in history.&rdquo; The band toured the world for a full year to support the album, changing the face of rock music&mdash;and Brian Johnson&rsquo;s life&mdash;forever. </p>

<p>The son of a British army sergeant-major and Italian mother, Brian grew up in Dunston, Tyne and Wear, as it emerged from the shadow of the Second World War. Then he saw Little Richard on the BBC and it changed the course of his life. The choirboy and cub scout was going to be singer. For over a decade he tried to make his mark with a succession of bands. He appeared on to Top of the Pops, toured Australia and yet the big time looked out of reach. Then he was invited to London for an audition for one of the world&apos;s biggest rock acts. AC/DC were a band in crisis following the tragic death of their lead singer, Bon Scott, but with Brian on board they would record their masterpiece: Back in Black. It became the biggest selling rock album of all time. The tour that followed played to packed out arenas. Quickly embraced by the band&apos;s fans, the new boy had earned his spurs. But there was to be a twist in the tale. In 2016, Brian was forced to quit the band after being diagnosed with hearing loss, only to make a triumphant return to the band he loved with the release of 2020&apos;s smash hit album Power Up. It&apos;s been a rollercoaster of a life, throughout which Brian&apos;s kept his feet firmly on the ground, never losing touch with his roots. Warm, vivid, evocative, life-affirming and often laugh-out-loud funny, The Lives of Brian tells the story of one of our most well-loved performers in his own inimitable voice.</p>