Talk:AC/DC

Nationality, Australian vs Scottish vs Scottish Born

Nationality discussions

If you're here to dispute the nationality of AC/DC, Angus, Malcolm, Stevie or George, please understand this, This topic has been discussed countless times here and at Angus Young or brother's Malcolm Young, Stevie Young or George Young articles. All brothers were born in Glasgow, Scotland. In 1963 they moved to Sydney, Australia. AC/DC was officially formed in 1973 in Australia. The consensus discussions (listed below) and the Wikipedia community have concluded that Angus Young, Malcolm. Stevie and AC/DC will be listed as Australian. Any changes to this fact will be promptly removed.

List of nationality discussions

Angus's discussions

• Angus Young -- Scottish-Australian versus Australian
• Australian
• Angus, Malcolm George young Scottish born Austrialian musicians v just Austrialian musicians

Malcolm's discussions

• Australian versus Scottish-Australian - Malcolm Young
• Nationality

AC/DC discussions

• An Australian rock band???
• AC/DC plain and simple
• ACDC and Scotland
• ACDC is a Kiwi/British/Australian Band
• Possible Mistakes

There are too many to list here, feel free to review other discussions at AC/DC Archive index

- FlightTime (open channel) 04:36, 24 September 2022 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 30 November 2025

On the section when Bon Scott joins the band there is a George mentioned first in the page without any explanation and elaboration or further detail about who is this George. I think it is not okay. Either introduce George or remove, or correct it please. ~2025-37420-61 (talk) 10:03, 30 November 2025 (UTC)

 Not done. "I don't like it" is not a reason to remove something. NotJamestack (✉️|📝) 13:28, 30 November 2025 (UTC)

Yes, but failing to adequately introduce new people is a reason to change something. ~2026-51379-16 (talk) 23:29, 23 September 2026 (UTC)

"Back in Black" isn't the second-best selling album of all time???

Okay, the source for Back In Black lists the song as being the second-best selling album in history.

The problem is, it's listing ESTIMATED sales!

If the table is sorted by verified copies sold, then Back in Black becomes the fourth-best selling album in history.

The sources in which the estimated sales are backing are separate from what the actual organizations in each respective countries are verifiably listing! They should be organized with verified sales first, THEN estimated sales afterwards.

Should we change the article for it to say "Their first album with Johnson, Back in Black (1980), dedicated to Scott's memory, became the fourth best-selling album of all time" ? Barcodc (talk) 13:44, 27 December 2025 (UTC)

This is per reported sales. That's why it's classified as the second best-selling album of all time. — VJTHEDJ (t) 03:20, 1 February 2026 (UTC)

Reported or estimated? That's the central question here. I would support changing the statistic or simply removing it. ~2026-51379-16 (talk) 23:30, 23 September 2026 (UTC)

Reported sales. Though statistic-wise, I think we should wait until there is more input on if we change it, keep it or remove it. HorrorLover555 (talk) 04:09, 24 September 2026 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 6 January 2026

change "AC/DC are an Australian rock band" to "AC/DC is an Australian rock band" because the grammar is incorrect ~2025-40044-88 (talk) 23:20, 6 January 2026 (UTC)

 Not done The article is written in Australian English, so it is correct to use "are" as the band is a collective. HorrorLover555 (talk) 23:44, 6 January 2026 (UTC)

"Years active" infobox section edits

There have been multiple edits in the infobox changing the band's active years to either:

1. 1973–present (hiatus: 2016–2018), or;
2. 1973–2016, 2018–present

I'll let you guys to come to a consensus on what we should use instead. You can pick 1 or 2. Thanks. — VJTHEDJ (t) 05:22, 14 August 2026 (UTC)