Inside AC/DC

In the spring of 1976, AC/DC arrived in London with little money, no reputation in Britain and everything to prove. They were loud, uncompromising and hungry for success. Within a few short years, they would become one of the biggest rock bands in the world.

In Inside AC/DC, photographer Dick Barnatt opens his archive of 200 photographs taken between 1976 and 1981, documenting the band as they rose from playing pubs and clubs to conquering international stages. With 70% of the images previously unpublished, this is a rare, behind-the-scenes portrait of AC/DC at their most vital: raw, restless and on the brink of global fame.

On stage, AC/DC were a force of nature. Off stage, the cameras caught a different side of the band: the personalities, the camaraderie and the moments that rarely made it into the music press. Through Barnatt's photographs and accompanying recollections, Bon Scott, Angus Young, Malcolm Young, Cliff Williams and Phil Rudd come vividly into focus, against the backdrop of the tours, recording sessions and landmark albums that produced some of rock's greatest anthems, from Highway to Hell to Back in Black.

Organised chronologically and tour by tour, the book captures a defining period in AC/DC's history, from their early assault on the British music scene to international superstardom, the devastating loss of Bon Scott and the arrival of Brian Johnson. Featuring a foreword by former AC/DC bassist Mark Evans, Inside AC/DC is an extraordinary photographic document of a band that changed rock music for good.