re: The state of AC DC

I've been an AC/DC fan since the Bon Scott days. I can't say I have any interest in them this late in the game. Rudd is a very underestimated key element in their sound and so is Malcolm. With both of them gone it might get over on a surface level but that locked-in swing in the rhythm section just won't be the same. And the Young brothers' interplay is pretty much their signature. It's not complicated but they have a very identifiable sound.

They are probably the biggest examples of "often imitated, never duplicated" in the music world and you simply aren't going to be able to plug in replacement players and yield the same magic IMO.