AC/DC & Bon Scott's Death / Open Lines
Date
Friday - May 20 2022
Host
Ian Punnett
Guests
Jesse Fink, Open Lines
Ian Punnett (Twitter) welcomed journalist and editor Jesse Fink for a discussion on the legendary rock band AC/DC. He spoke of the …
AC/DC & Bon Scott's Death / Open Lines
Date
Friday - May 20 2022
Host
Ian Punnett
Guests
Jesse Fink, Open Lines
Ian Punnett (Twitter) welcomed journalist and editor Jesse Fink for a discussion on the legendary rock band AC/DC. He spoke of the challenges he encountered in getting to the heart of the story about singer Bon Scott, his death, and his contribution to the Back in Black album. A number of well-known rock musicians were not comfortable opening up about Scott, Fink explained, noting musicians are notoriously cautious about with whom they speak. Phil Rudd, original AC/DC drummer, agreed to a phone interview and to go on the record about Scott, he continued. "He managed to answer a few questions about Bon Scott and then suddenly out of nowhere just completely clammed up... and hung up," Fink revealed, adding it was very unusual.
The official report of Scott's death notes he went to a club with friend Mick Cocks and was later found dead by another friend, Alistair Kinnear, in a car. A coroner concluded Scott died of acute alcohol poisoning. Fink has a different view of Scott's death. "I think that he finished the lyrics to Back in Black that night, he decided he wanted to go out and celebrate," he suggested. According to Fink, Scott hooked up with Kinnear, a heroin dealer, and at least three other people that night. Fink believes Scott ultimately succumbed to pulmonary aspiration of vomit from an overdose, and was likely already dead when his friends left him in the car. Fink estimated Scott may have written anywhere from 40 to 70 percent of the lyrical content of Back in Black, though he remains uncredited on the album.
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Website(s):
jessefinkbooks.com
Book(s):
Bon: The Last Highway
Bumper Music:
Midnight Express (Chase)
Giorgio Moroder
Day In, Day Out
Cut Chemist
Shoot To Thrill
AC/DC
Shadow Boxing
El Michels Affair
Back In Black
AC/DC
Blade Runner Blues
Vangelis
You Shook Me All Night Long
AC/DC
Light In The Dark
Pistol Beauty
It's A Long Way To The Top
AC/DC
Sapphire
Bonobo
Highway To Hell
AC/DC
La Femme D'Argent
Air
Thunderstruck
AC/DC
When It Falls
Zero 7
Night Prowler
AC/DC
Inca Dance
Cusco
