Best Rock Star ever

[threebikesmcginty]

AC/DC - Scotland's greatest ever band??

Bay City Rollers?

Maggie Bell would be in with a shout best ever Scottish singer, great voice, great with Vinegar Joe.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

For hard living George Jones makes Jagger and Richards et al look like the lightweights they are, popping down the offie on the ride-on mower and shooting up your mansion with a shotgun was pretty standard stuff for jones, Mick and Keef would be too busy checking their stocks and shares. Good ol' boy!

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Ackshley, if you fancy a really good rock and roll read find a copy of Hellfire, Nick Tosches book about Jerry Lee Lewis - probably the best rock and roll book out there, great stuff!

Lemmy's book is pretty good too.

 

[Ajay]

"The Dirt - Motley Crue -Confessions of the worlds most notorious rock band"
Now that is a rock n roll book

 

[Cletus Van Damme]

A young Angus Young has always had the most stage presence of any rock stars for me. Awesome rock/blues guitarist too. I think he is past it now though, and despite them being my favourite band I really do not care for them after Back In Black. The Bon Scott era of the band is way better. Bon Scott also had a huge stage presence and also came across as slightly camp. Great band.

 

[MontyVeda]

i cant believe nobody has mentioned Marty Pellow of Wet Wet Wet

 

[accountantpete]

Vince Taylor

 

[vernon]

AC/DC - Scotland's greatest ever band??

Ajay your geography is out of alignment.

AC/DC are Australian!

 

[Ajay]

Ajay your geography is out of alignment.

AC/DC are Australian!

Come on Vern, keep up, the Youngs and Scott were all born in Scotland ;-)

 

[Noodley]

Bon Scott was born a few miles from where I am currently sitting...but even I would not claim that ACDC were Scottish! Deffo an aussie band with Scots-born members.

 

[Ajay]

Bon Scott was born a few miles from where I am currently sitting...but even I would not claim that ACDC were Scottish! Deffo an aussie band with Scots-born members.

So that still leaves the question as to the "best" Scottish rock band.
Biffy Clyro are best of the current bunch, they're pretty cool.

 

[vernon]

Come on Vern, keep up, the Youngs and Scott were all born in Scotland ;-)

C'mon Ajay, keep up.

They might have been born in Scotland but I've yet to meet a Scot who claims that the band is Scottish.

 

[Ajay]

C'mon Ajay, keep up.

They might have been born in Scotland but I've yet to meet a Scot who claims that the band is Scottish.

I added 2 question marks because I don't have a tongue-in-cheek smiley - it was a joke!

 

[Doseone]

I do not dislike him, nor ACDC post-Bon, but there is just something about Bon's voice and the early stuff which I love. The "sound" of ACDC has not really moved on since Bon died so I reckon that is testament to how much he influenced them. Johnson has been lead singer for a lot longer than Bon ever was, and has taken ACDC to a much higher plane in global terms...so I am probably in the minority. Brian Johnston sings "Bon Scott" ACDC songs really well. ButI reckon if Bon had lived he would have taken them in a different direction - which may seem silly as they are HUGE. Bon had a charm which I don't think anyone has ever matched; he was raw and crude...but insightful. And I can still play Bon ACDC and be excited by it, and play it to my teenage daughter and her frends, who are all "rock/cool" nobbers - they "know" Bon Scott and it's the only time I am not seen as a crusty old git.

I was late getting in to AC/DC - I only really started listening after Bon Scott had died, although not long after. I really like Brian Johnson, but also like the earlier Highway to Hell stuff with Bon. I saw them a few times. I always enjoyed the gigs but they never really interacted with the crowd in the same way some bands did. I remember seeing them at Donnington Monsters of Rock when they topped the bill, but Van Halen who were second on the bill stole the show.