25 Years of Back In Black
Now Playing: It's been 25 years since AC/DC's break-through album, Back In Black.
AC/DC was poised for worldwide breakthrough success, as their last album, Highway to Hell, was Angus and company's first gold-certified stateside release. But, on Feb. 18, 1980, Bon Scott, lead-singer, front-man, and the heart of AC/DC was found dead in his car after an all-night drinking party.

"I was sad for Bon," said Angus Young, lead guitarist for AC/DC.

"We'd been with Bon all that time, and had seen him more than family. I thought, 'Well, f**k this, I'm not gonna sit around mopin' all f**ckin' year. So I rang up Angus, and said, 'Do you wanna come back and rehearse? That was 2 days after Scott's funeral," Malcom Young, guitarist, said. After that, AC/DC became one of the biggest bands in the world.

AC/DC hired Brian Johnson to replace Bon. Scott had seen Brian in concert once before, and said he was good. " knew if Bon liked him, he must be good, Bon didn't like many people," said Angus.

In July of 1980, AC/DC released a tribute to Bon Scott, called Back In Black. Since then, the highly- album has sold 19 million albums, and is one of the top-selling albums of all time.