Malcolm young ac/dc biography of george washington

Early years

Brothers Angus, Malcolm, and George Young were born in Glasgow, Scotland, and moved to Sydney, Australia with most of their family in George was the first to learn to play the guitar.

He became a member of The Easybeats, Australia's most successful band of the 60s. In , they became the first local rock act to have an international hit, with the song "Friday On My Mind". Malcolm followed in George's footsteps by playing with a Newcastle, New South Wales band called The Velvet Underground (not to be confused with the New York-based Velvet Underground of Lou Reed).

In November , Malcolm and Angus Young formed AC/DC and recruited bassist Larry Van Kriedt, vocalist Dave Evans, and Colin Burgess, ex-Master's Apprentices drummer.

The band played their first gig at a club named Chequers in Sydney on New Year's Eve, They were later signed to the EMI-distributed Albert Productions label for Australia and New Zealand. The early line-up of the