The Youngs ─ The Brothers Who Built AC/DC

Jesse Fink's The Youngs: The Brothers Who Built AC/DC is unlike any AC/DC book you've read before. Less a biography, more a critical appreciation, it tells the story of the trio through 11 classic rock songs and reveals some of the personal and creative secrets that went into their making. Important figures from AC/DC's long way to the top open up for the very first time, while unsung heroes behind the band's success are given the credit they are due. Accepted accounts of events are challenged while sensational new details emerge to cast a whole new light on the band's history--especially their early years with Atlantic Records in the United States. Former AC/DC members and musicians from bands such as Guns N' Roses, Dropkick Murphys, Airbourne and Rose Tattoo also give their take on the Youngs' brand of magic. Their music has never pulled its punches. Neither doesThe Youngs. After 40 years, AC/DC might just have gotten the serious book it deserves.

JESSE FINK worked for five years as a senior editor of non-fiction for HarperCollins Publishers before becoming deputy editor ofInside Sport magazine. He has won or been commended for several Australian Sports Commission Media Awards and had his feature writing collected in a number of anthologies. Fink is the author of the critically acclaimed15 Days in June and the memoir Laid Bare: One Man's Story of Sex, Love and Other Disorders. He lives in Sydney, Australia.