Brilliant Russ, is that your cd? Whats the story?

Yeah was going to say...

In the months before Rock n Roll Train dropped, AC/DC were literally on the front cover of every magazine in shops, they were giving interviews in every single newspaper and every type of radio show. They were just everywhere, hell even for the Rock n Roll Train video there was a massive competition for fans to actually appear in it.

That album was treated like a homecoming of old friends, and everyone in the media wanted a slice, and AC/DC duley obliged. The result was an incredibley joyous and exciting atmosphere surrounding the release, all stoked by the band and the media. Even though the album was a bit meh and sounded just like their other albums, people lapped it up and were all champing at the bit for the, massively promoted, upcoming world tour.

In fact I'd go as far as saying the album was inconsequential, it was just a small piece of the promotion jigsaw, that was all about hailing the return of AC/DC with all their famous hits, and shifting millions of concert tickets and millions more copies of the back catalouge.
You couldnt walk down the street without seeing folk of all ages and backrounds wearing AC/DC t-shirts, it was a mass event.

And I bet there are millions of copies of Black Ice lying unlistened to since 2008 by kids and trendies who got swept up in the hype and became AC/DC "fans" for a few months because it was the hottest and coolest thing around at that time.

I love it when these guys talk about the making of the album, we've had bits n peices of info in the last couple of years, but its pretty much still shrouded in mystery.

Little tit bits like this are very welcome, I'd feckin devour a book about those years.

^^

Its quite funny how hollow the "Axl is a genious with 3 albums worth of music" spiel sounds in 2011. I also cant wait to never hear it.