For that year, a trio of unkempt, leather-bound and outwardly satanic ruffians known as Venom released the album that kicked off a musical trend that continues to flourish to this day. The year 1982 can correctly be labeled the Year of the Dark Lord, at least as far as British heavy metal was concerned. "Top of the satanic pops," screamed one magazine article.īut compared to what was conjuring in merry old England, AC/DC came across as small potatoes. Well, that message, coupled with later songs like "C.O.D.," aka "Care of the Devil," and "Evil Walks" and others, was enough to convince Bible Belters and those of a similar kin that AC/DC were indeed messengers of the devil. The tolling gives away to some fierce guitar riffing, the iconic intro to "Hells Bells," in which vocalist Brian Johnson warns, "I've got my bell, gonna take you to hell I'm gonna get you, Satan get you." Taking the satanic flirtations a step further, the band kicked off the record with the funereal tolling (13 rings) of a church bell, supposedly a tribute to Scott. Not long after Scott's death, the band regrouped and with a new lead singer, released its most popular and endearing album to date, the fittingly titled "Back in Black." Oddly enough, a few months after the album became a huge hit, Scott was found dead at the (metaphyiscally powerful) age of 33.Īs a sidenote, Richard Ramirez reportedly found such inspiration in the song "Night Prowler" that he became the nightmarish incarnation of the song's mythical figure.ĭespite Scott's mysterious passing, AC/DC wasn't through - with the music or the dark imagery - by any means. Scott directly addressing the prince of darkness and referring to hell as the "promised land." Needless to say, watchdog groups and parental associations didn't take too kindly to Mr. "Hey Satan," Bon Scott sang, "payin' my dues. One of the biggest records of 1979 was also the final one for Bon Scott, the charismatic, hard-drinking lead singer for Australia's AC/DC.Īlthough a straight-forward hard rock band, AC/DC's flirtations with the dark side came to a head with the million-selling record "Highway To Hell."Īlthough written about the rough life of a traveling band on the road, the title song - as well as the eerie "Night Prowler" and an album cover that featured guitarist Angus Young with horns and a long devil's tail - turned more than a few conservative, God-fearing heads. (anno demonia) as far as satanic rock 'n roll goes, then 1982 was the start of something completely more sinister and outwardly evil.
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