Angus McKinnon Young was born on March 31, 1955 in Glasgow, Scotland.
To celebrate his birthday, here are here are 15 things you might not know about the AC/DC guitarist:
1. Young is the youngest of eight children.
2. Young’s first instrument was actually a banjo that he re-strung with six strings. He then moved on to a cheap used acoustic guitar his mom bought.
3. His first real guitar was, not surprisingly, a Gibson SG. He bought it used in 1970 at a music shop down the street from his home in Australia, where his family had moved seven years earlier. He still owns it to this day and it’s still one of his favourites.
4. Before getting his break in music, Young worked as a typesetter at a Playboy-like men’s magazine called Ribald.
5. Young's first band was called Kantuckee. After they broke up he was in a group called Tantrum. Then, as an 18-year-old in 1973, he co-founded AC/DC.
6. Young was actually shocked when his brother Malcolm invited him to join AC/DC. The pair never played together, even at home. There, Malcolm would work on songs alone in his room and if Angus went in, his brother would scream at him to get out.
7. Young's sister suggested he dress like a schoolboy onstage. Before that, Young tried other costumes including a gorilla, Spider-Man and another superhero – a spoof of Superman he called Super-Ang.
8. Young's sister made him his first uniform but he wore it so much it got torn up. To replace it he used his own school uniform from his high school.
9. Young became very close friends with Keith Emerson of Emerson, Lake and Palmer while AC/DC made Back in Black. The band recorded the album in the Bahamas, where Emerson lived. Emerson took members of the group out on his fishing boat, helped them relax and grew close with Young.
10. Young's signature strut, the Duck Walk (when he hops on one foot while kicking the other out repeatedly) was inspired by something similar one of his idols, Chuck Berry, did.
11. Another one of Young's idols is Louis Armstrong, who he considers one of the greatest musicians of all time.
12. Young is a big smoker, but doesn’t drink and never has.
13. Young has been married to his wife Ellen since 1980.
14. Young stands 5'2" tall.
15. Young has houses in Australia, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands, where his wife is from.
Happy birthday Angus! We hope it shakes you all night long!
Original article by Dave Basner at iHeartRadio