AC/DC has launched some new audio of “If You Need Blood (You’ve got Acquired It)” from one in all their current rehearsals, that includes a brand new drummer, Matt Laug.
It is unclear whether or not or not the band’s longtime drummer, Phil Rudd, will carry out at their upcoming Energy Journey competition look in October, or if Laug will function a fill-in.
You possibly can take heed to the clip beneath.
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Rudd joined AC/DC in 1975, left in 1983 and returned in 1994. Chris Slade, who served because the band’s drummer from 1989 to 1994, returned for the 2015-2016 Rock or Bust world tour whereas Rudd handled the authorized penalties of his 2014 arrest, after which he was finally convicted of threatening to kill a former worker and sentenced to eight months house detention. Rudd appeared on AC/DC’s most up-to-date album, 2020’s Energy Up.
“No person has ever referred to as me and mentioned, ‘By the best way, you are not the present drummer,’ or, ‘By the best way, Phil’s been within the band for 3 years.’ No person has ever mentioned that,” Slade instructed Rolling Stone in 2020. “So far as I am involved…God, I am philosophical sufficient to comprehend that Phil could be again within the band. I do not know. I had no concept final time after they referred to as me earlier than [the] Rock or Bust [tour]. I am open to all potentialities. That is the best way folks needs to be, open-minded.”
Brian Johnson might be heard singing within the new clip offered by AC/DC, indicating that he might be returning to the stage with the group. He was compelled to overlook the final 23 dates of the Rock or Bust tour after being warned by medical doctors that he risked whole listening to loss if he continued. Weapons N’ Roses star Axl Rose crammed in for Johnson on the tour’s closing dates.
The tweet additionally notes that bassist Cliff Williams might be returning for the Energy Journey present, no less than briefly ending the retirement he introduced on the finish of the Rock or Bust tour. The band hasn’t performed any exhibits since that point, and Williams was additionally current for the recording of Energy Up.
AC/DC’s Rock or Bust touring lineup was rounded up by lead guitarist Angus Younger and his nephew Stevie Younger, who joined the band in 2014 after Angus’ brother Malcolm was compelled to retire because of a battle with dementia and different well being points. Malcolm died in 2017.
Matt Laug’s Credentials
Laug’s resume features a laundry checklist of rockers, together with Alanis Morissette, Alice Cooper, Beth Hart and Slash’s Snakepit, amongst others For the final twenty years or so, he is been taking part in and recording with former Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers guitarist Mike Campbell within the Soiled Knobs.
“I’m very lucky to have the ability to work with mates which can be nice musicians. I believe while you attempt to be the easiest you might be, that pulls others that do the identical,” Laug mentioned in a 2020 interview. “I attempt to be skilled which suggests to have a humble perspective, know the songs earlier than going to the rehearsals, arrive at rehearsals and concert events on time and carry out my absolute best.”
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