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Malcolm Young

Biography

Malcolm Mitchell Young (6 January 1953 – 18 November 2017) was an Australian musician and songwriter. He was best known as the co-founder, rhythm guitarist, backing vocalist, and songwriter of the rock band AC/DC. Except for a brief absence in 1988, he was with the band from its beginning in 1973 until retiring in 2014 due to health reasons. As a member of AC/DC, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2003.

Though his younger brother Angus was the more visible of the brothers, Malcolm was described as the driving force and the leader of the band. In 2014, he stated that despite his retirement from the band, AC/DC was determined to continue making music with his blessing. As the rhythm guitarist, he was responsible for the broad sweep of the band's sound, developing many of their guitar riffs and co-writing the band's material with Angus.

Young left AC/DC in mid-2014 to receive treatment for dementia. In September 2014, the band's management announced that he would be retiring permanently. He died from the effects of dementia on 18 November 2017.

French (fr-FR)

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Malcolm Young est né le 6 janvier 1953 à Glasgow en Écosse. Son père est commercial ; il a sept frères et sœur, tous font de la musique sur des instruments différents. Il émigre avec sa famille en Australie en 1963. Frère aîné d'Angus, il quitte, comme lui, l'école très tôt pour travailler. C'est son frère aîné, George, qui lui fait découvrir la guitare. Avant de fonder AC/DC en 1973, Malcolm jouait déjà dans un groupe de Newcastle (Australie) nommé Velvet Underground (à ne pas confondre avec le groupe américain The Velvet Underground) en 1971. Malcolm offre à Angus sa première guitare acoustique. Malcolm prend plus tard Angus comme guitariste soliste au sein d'AC/DC lorsqu'il remarque les prédispositions de ce dernier pour la guitare. Malcolm et Angus composent toutes les chansons d'AC/DC et écrivent toutes les paroles depuis 1990. Ses influences et admirations musicales sont principalement le blues des années 1940 (en particulier John Lee Hooker), le rock'n'roll des années 1950 (en particulier Chuck Berry), le blues-rock des années 1960 et Jimi Hendrix.

Il est considéré par ses pairs comme l'un des plus grands guitaristes rythmiques du rock, admiré pour son jeu combinant rigueur, sobriété et puissance percussive

German (de-DE)

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Malcolm Mitchell Young (* 6. Januar 1953 in Glasgow, Schottland; † 18. November 2017 in Sydney, Australien) war ein australischer Musiker. Er war Gründer, Rhythmusgitarrist, Backgroundsänger und Songwriter der australischen Hardrock-Band AC/DC.

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