168: AC/DC LET THERE BE ROCK - Album Dive

“In the beginning…back in 1955…”

While it’s the first album sporting the trademark lightning bolt logo (and the last album with Mark Evans on bass), AC/DC’s 1977 masterpiece LET THERE BE ROCK remains a quintessential chapter in the AC/DC catalog and is without question one of the most blistering albums of their legendary 70’s output.

Featuring the furiously unrestrained lyrical genius of Bon Scott, the limitless kinetic headbanging and scorching guitar pyrotechnics of Angus Young, and the rock-solid rhythm section of Mark Evans, Malcolm Young and Phil Rudd reinforcing the backbeat, LET THERE BE ROCK represents the ferocious next step in the evolution of hard rock and heavy metal and contains all of the requisite sleaze and debauchery you’d expect from the lads down under.

It's high time you “put on your jorts…grab a banana” and “strap in for the ride” as you prepare to receive numerous “parking lot” employment opportunities and all the “all-you-can-eat crabs” your junk can withstand. Pop the cassette in the tape deck of your “8-dawg”, turn it up to angry, and JOIN US as we reflect on the Aussie angst and blazing riffs that culminated in the miracle of music known throughout the world as LET THERE BE ROCK.

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Show Notes:

(00:01): “You keep it right there…” / #fartmistress / “Peanut butter or cinnamon?” / #strangerinthetub #thisepisodesclinkyoftheepisode #SkrewballPeanutButterWhiskey ***WELCOME BACK TO THE METAL NERDERY PODCAST!!!*** WARNING #listenerdiscretionisadvised / “We are training for #TheChronicles” / #RussellsReflections and a #HalloweenPartyStory / “Like #Gettysburg or #Arlington?” / #massivefartnoise / “Hangovers are hard in your #middleages” #stopfortherightreason / #thisepisodesbeeroftheepisode and #alcoholetiquette / “Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy” #sourceneeded #eternalhappiness / Always choose wine, more mileage out of your buzz and less abdominal gas. #imgoingwinebar / (But for the purpose of this episode…) #wickedweedbrewing #PerniciousIPA #sophomoricASMR / “I can’t not see it…” #sevenpointthreepercentABV #highergravity / #RussellsReflectionsASMR (NOTE: this was recorded #prehalloween, hence the #horrortalk) #greatthememusicASMR ***#shoutout to the #DevilTownPodcast for this segment of #RussellsReflections #thatswhywerenumbertwo *** #SatansBumpkins and #fielddressing (not what some of us thought it meant…) / “Don’t blame me…” / #ChristianTestamentPodcastASMR / ***NOTE: Go check out our Sabbat “Dreamweaver” episode!!!*** / “That’s the reason why…” / #itsgonnahappen

(17:37): “Is it #docketthirty?” / #thevoicemailsegment ***GIVE US A CALL AND LEAVE US A VOICEMAIL AT 980-666-8182!!!*** #pissingpost and a horrible Robert Plant #TheSongRemainsTheSame impression / “Do it, do it, do it, do it…push, push, push…” / We’ve got #worldwidecoverage. And a pretty huge crowd in and around the #IcelandicTriCountyArea as well as everywhere else. / No jingle this week (and #noshittah for WE’LL PLAY YOUR SHIT-TAH!!!) but if you want us to play your #shittah you can hit us up on #instagram or #facebook or email us at metalnerdery@gmail.com / We’re gonna grab something else from #KingVolumeRecords #HouseOfTheDead #Ordos THE WITCH / “I want the rabbit with the #boobs” / #TheWorshipOfSilence (IT’S NOT BETTER THAN THE) DRUGS / #loadthebowl, fellow #bowlloader/ #proggyspacedoom #grabitinthemiddle / This is for all the #chainsmokingweedsmokers / #iwanttherabbitwiththeboobs #MetalNerderyTechnoMix

(26:00): #TheDocket: “And on the 8th day…” / AC/DC: LET THERE BE ROCK and a trip down #memorylane back to #childhood / “If that’s EVEN imaginable…” #alotofimagination / “Remember #ColumbiaHouse?” / “How did highschoolers actually attend high school HIGH on #psychedelics?”/ Thinking back to our initial #ACDC purchases / “I might like this one better than Highway to Hell” / The AC/DC logo on #LetThereBeRock is the first Bon era album with that classic logo and the logo that stuck / Poorly orchestrated #BlackAlbumReference / “It’s their #MasterOfJustice…or their #JusticeOfPuppets…” / A note regarding this record from the #VanHalen family / #morefoodreferences #steakanalogyASMR #thethrashofrock

(36:57): GO DOWN (“Where you been, Ruby?”) / “Now I understand…” / Problem Child appeared on #bolth #DDDDC and #LTBR / DOG EAT DOG (“Do you know who you can trust?”) / Music heard in childhood prior to hearing AC/DC / “Yeah you did…” / Easily the heaviest thing ever heard in childhood prior to the discovery of metal / The punk energy of AC/DC (#FuckYouInThreeChords) / The dual front man concept of Bon + Angus / Other releases from 1977…

(46:23): #Inthebeginning LET THERE BE ROCK (***Go and watch and enjoy the #musicvideo for this!!!***) #turneduptoangry “He’s missing a tooth too…” / “And the music was good and the music was loud…” / “I’ve never seen Angus play guitar without doing that…” / #AngusYoung is a verb because he’s always #Angusing / Matt’s impression of a #scythe / #RIP to #JerryLeeLewis and some sound advice to headlining #headliners acts regarding how to treat your opening #openers acts #benice #dontbeanasshole

(56:21): BAD BOY BOOGIE (aka the #killercloser of #sideone) #goodoldfashionedgoodness ***Check out the live version from their “Let There Be Rock” #concertvideo filmed in Paris in 1979!!!***/ PROBLEM CHILD (cut or top?) #metalnerderymegamix “It’s actually ‘Cop this’” #STFUASMR #taketwo / #freakingoutASMR / “How about a side 3?” / CRABSODY IN BLUE (it’s the “Ride On” of Let There Be Rock…this is from the Australian version…and it’s also about #crabs and/or #pubiclice) #stdtragedy / OVERDOSE (the mighty #Exodus did a killer cover of this as well) #introASMR #init #yeah #ExodusCrushedThisASMR / “A more pissed off ZZ top…?”

(1:06:40): HELL AIN’T A BAD PLACE TO BE (almost has a #BackInBlack vibe to it) / An update from Damone / #killercloser / “This is the third thrash song ever written?” / Rosie’s dimensions are a lot (42-39-56) / #comfortride (“It was all me in there…”) #pleasureride and #togoboxreprise / NOTE: Delta 88 and Delta 8 are NOT the same thing! / Well, she weighs nineteen stone according to the lyrics, and a stone is 14 pounds, so roughly 266 lbs. Actually, she was also over 6 feet tall!!! #pleasedont #amazonlady / WHOLE LOTTA ROSIE (“That’s like a #sixflagsride”) / #orgasmnoiseASMR #cricketASMR / Track listing changes and an example of songs that don’t “fit” on an album / #killerclosener / There’s the #blackdog … / #ParanormalActivityASMR and #ghostballs / The punk, hard rock, and metal elements embodied within the sound of AC/DC… / “I’ve gotta go home and #washmyballs…for the #parkinglotblowjobs” / #ShroomChroniclesAreComingASMR / #TheNewNORML and #crimesagainstnature / THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR THIS EPISODE OF METAL NERDERY PODCAST!!! ***Please visit our 33rd Floor I.U.B.P.S. #GiftShoppe at metalnerdery.com/merch *** #untilthenext #ShelbyASMR #outroreel #hehahuh #washingmyballsASMR