The floodgates had been opened. The group’s popularity in America convinced Atlantic to issue “Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap” for the first time to U.S. A worldwide tour followed and then the band went back into the studio with “Mutt” Lange to do the impossible, produce a follow up to a monster hit album.  Can they do it again? The fans obviously thought so because when “For Those About To Rock We Salute You” was released in November 1981 it became an international success. The band then spent most of 1982 on a world tour supporting the album.  It would be almost two years before the band released another album. While they were recording the next album all hell broke loose within the ranks, when the dust settled Phil Rudd was out of the band. Eventually Simon Wright would be brought in to replace Rudd. The rest of the group carried on with the recording, this time not enlisting the help of “Mutt” Lange or any other producer for that matter, they decided to do it all themselves. “Flick Of The Switch “ hit stores in August 1983 and sold well but was considered a let down by many fans. While the band would never again reach the dizzying heights of success they enjoyed with “Back in Black” and “For Those About to Rock” they had established themselves as one of the top bands in the world and to this day sell out arenas world wide.  The band’s next few albums also sold well but not spectacularly. “Fly On The Wall” emerged in July 1985. They followed up the next year with “Who Made Who” part greatest hits, part soundtrack to Stephen King’s “Maximum Overdrive”. King who was a huge fan of the group asked them to provide the music for the film while they were on tour supporting “Fly On The Wall”.  The film and soundtrack only did moderately well, but it did contain a hit single in the form of the “Back in Black” classic “You Shook Me All Night Long” which the band filmed a new video for that received healthy airplay on MTV and caused rock radio across the US to begin spinning the song again in healthy rotation.  1988’s “Blow Up Your Video” was a major hit in some counties, but the sales were steady and once the band started their sold out world tour the album began to sell more and more become one of their best selling albums. But it was the group’s next album that would put them back on top.  Almost ten years to the day after the band had released “Back In Black” in 1980 they roared back with “Razors Edge”, which pushed them right back to the top of the charts world wide. Some things has changed, they had an new producer with Bruce Fairbairn and drumer Simon Wright was replaced by Chris Slade.  A monster world tour followed but it would be almost five years before fans got a new studio album from the group. In 1992 the band did release a live album recorded during the “Razors Edge” tour, but it wouldn’t be until 1995 that fans would get a new full-length studio album. In the interim the group   released the single “Big Guns” for the soundtrack to Arnold Schwarzenegger film, “Last Action Hero”.  During the recording of their next studio album the band reunited with former drummer Phil Rudd. They enlisted Rick Rubin to produce the album, since his production of the “Big Guns” single had done so well. The resulting album “Ballbreaker” came out September 26, 1995 and spawned the hit single “Hard as a Rock”. An enormous world tour followed with the band selling out arenas the world over.  The band would once again take five years to release a new studio album. In November of 1997 they gave fans a treat in the form of the “Bonfire” boxset which contained studio out-takes, demos and live recordings featuring Bon Scott. Before he died he used to joke with his bandmates that if he ever did a solo project  he’d name it “Bonfire” so when the band decided to release this tribute boxset they felt it would be another tribute to Bon to use the title for the release.  Fans meanwhile were wondering when AC/DC would get back into the studio and give them a new album! The answer came in February 2000 when they released “Stiff Upper Lip” and album heralded as the band’s return to their heavy blues riffs. The record buying public was receptive by the end of the year the album had gone platinum in some countries. A grueling world tour followed. The band once again sold out arenas world wide and proved that even after all of these years they still knew how to rock and audience. Fans old and new, young and old packed arenas as the band playing their greatest hits from the beginning of their career to the singles from “Stiff Upper Lip”. Critical praise followed the album and tour and AC/DC rocketed back to the top of the rock world.  In late 2001, the band released a home video/DVD of the “Stiff Upper Lip” tour, recorded in Munich,Germany. MAIN