Angus Young

Angus Young (born on 31 March 1955) is a guitarist, songwriter, and co-founder of the Australian hard rock band AC/DC, known for his wild stage energy and schoolboy-uniform stage outfits. He was ranked 96th on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time[1].

Angus Young, one of nine children of William and Margaret Young, was brought up in Cranhill, Glasgow with his older brothers Malcolm, George, Alex, who all became musicians, an elder sister Margaret, and four other siblings. Angus started playing guitar when he was five years old — a local child had one and Angus would play it during visits. He got his own guitar by taking a banjo his family had lying around the house and re-stringing it like a guitar.

Young did not get into guitar-playing seriously until after the Young family moved from Scotland to Australia in 1963. He bought a Gibson SG, after seeing it in a friend's catalogue. Until then, he had been playing on an old Höfner guitar he inherited from his brother Malcolm.[citation needed] Angus's brother George (of The Easybeats) gave both Angus and Malcolm guitar lessons when he would come home during breaks from touring.