AC/DC Release: For Those About to Rock – November 23^rd, 1981

Conversation Starters

• 31 years ago today, AC/DC released For Those About to Rock! What is your favorite track on the album?
• For Those About to Rock by AC/DC was released today in ‘81! Is this the greatest AC/DC album of all-time?
• AC/DC released For Those About to Rock today in 1981! The album was Brian Johnson’s second with the band. Who was the better frontman: Bon Scott or Brian Johnson?

Album Fast Facts

• US Release Date: November 23^rd, 1981 via Epic Records
• This was the third and final AC/DC album produced by Robert John “Mutt” Lange
• Rolling Stone magazine reviewed the album in 1981 and declared it was AC/DC’s best so far
• Angus Young thought of the album’s title from a book he had read entitled: For Those About to Die, We Salute You about the Roman gladiators
• The For Those About to Rock sessions were recorded in Paris, France
• For Those About to Rock became the first ever AC/DC record to hit number one on the Billboard charts
• After the release of the album, the band went on their first arena tour in North America
• When the group would play For Those About to Rock (We Salute You), cannons would go off on stage
• The album was released on CD in 1987 and then reissued in 1994 when it was digitally remastered
• In the movie School of Rock, Jack Black quotes the title track with the line: “In the words of AC/DC: we roll tonight, to the guitar bite, and for those about to rock, I salute you”

Album Art Fast Facts

• Early copies of the album that were released in Spain had reversed color scheme (gold cannon and black background)

Track Listing

• 1.   For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)
• 2.   Put The Finger on You
• 3.   Let’s Get It Up
• 4.   Inject the Venom
• 5.   Snowballed
• 6.   Evil Walks
• 7.   C.O.D.
• 8.   Breaking the Rules
• 9.   Night of the Long Knives
• 10. Spellbound

Hit Singles

• “For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)”
• “Let’s Get It Up”
• “Evil Walks”

Chart History (Billboard Hot 100)

• “Let’s Get It Up” – #44 – February, 1982 – 9 weeks on the chart

RIAA

• January 22^nd, 2001 – For Those About to Rock – 4x Platinum

Videos

• AC/DC – “For Those About to Rock”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H33vSYapNNs
• AC/DC – “Let’s Get it Up”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBrDNqR16aw

Links

• AC/DC Official Website: http://www.acdc.com/us/home
• AC/DC Official Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/#!/acdc?fref=ts

Sources

• http://www.acdc.com/us/music/those-about-rock-we-salute-you
• http://www.allmusic.com/album/for-those-about-to-rock-we-salute-you-mw0000188895
• http://riaa.com/
• http://billboard.com/