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    … post BIB, the Brian band did nothing but pump out a new BIB every couple years. Forever staying at that level of quality and commercial success. Would this have been rougher for them or easier? Assuming the band would still play the same Bon nuggets live. Or maybe with 40 years of nothing but BIB’s, it would be harder to manage that.
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      AC/DC rock music: Rajd07
    • Mar 24th 2022
     
    Even though a band is more successful with their new singer there are still those who prefer the band with the singer that was before. Lex Iron Maiden
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    Posted By: Rajd07Even though a band is more successful with their new singer there are still those who prefer the band with the singer that was before. Lex Iron Maiden


    Right but Maiden only did two albums with Di’anno and never went onto the kind of massive success as AC/DC. I mean, Maiden is huge, yes, but AC/DC are on another level. They also got to ease into huge success with Dickinson a bit more then the Brian AC/DC.

    Also, any folks who prefer Di’anno (like myself) seem pretty chill about it.
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      AC/DC rock music: Rajd07
    • Mar 24th 2022 edited
     
    To change this scenario a bit. If the Bon era wasn’t a success, or if the albums with him sucked, or if it was Bon that had to sing about her hot potatoes and not Brian, would Bon then be so highly regarded as he is amongst die hards?
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    Posted By: Rajd07To change this scenario a bit. If the Bon era wasn’t a success, or if the albums with him sucked, would Bon be so highly regarded as he is amongst die hards?


    If the albums sucked with Bon, AC/DC likely would have burned out and faded long before 1980, so that’s a hard one. But no, Bon is as highly regarded as he is only because he was great. Sure, there are some folks who like to always bat for the original or hate a band once it gets huge, but that’s the minority.
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      AC/DC rock music: Rajd07
    • Mar 24th 2022 edited
     
    Posted By: ForThoseAboutToPost
    Posted By: Rajd07To change this scenario a bit. If the Bon era wasn’t a success, or if the albums with him sucked, would Bon be so highly regarded as he is amongst die hards?


    If the albums sucked with Bon, AC/DC likely would have burned out and faded long before 1980, so that’s a hard one. But no, Bon is as highly regarded as he is only because he was great.


    I think his greatness luckily happened to coincide with the Youngs most creative era. Would Brian have been as successful during the same period and circumstances ? My guess is no. Would Bon have made a bigger difference for Ac/Dc during the Brian era if it was him instead of Brian? Lyrics maybe, but guess not.
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    Posted By: Rajd07
    Posted By: ForThoseAboutToPost
    Posted By: Rajd07To change this scenario a bit. If the Bon era wasn’t a success, or if the albums with him sucked, would Bon be so highly regarded as he is amongst die hards?


    If the albums sucked with Bon, AC/DC likely would have burned out and faded long before 1980, so that’s a hard one. But no, Bon is as highly regarded as he is only because he was great.


    I think his greatness luckily happened to coincide with the Youngs most creative era. Would Brian have been as successful during the same circumstances? My guess is no. Would Bon have made a bigger difference for Ac/Dc during the Brian era if it was him instead of Brian? Lyrics maybe, but guess not.


    You mean if Brian had been the singer after Dave? Intriguing question. His voice with Geordie in those days was extremely good and there would have been no Mutt to force him to hit such insane notes, so it could have been a lot of fun. But it wouldn’t have been the same.
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    Intriguing question. As someone who's a diehard Brian Johnson fan, I'd like to think that if he'd had replaced Dave and they'd have been just as great as they turned out with Bon but who knows. Although I think things turned out perfect as is. The big what if I have is would Back In Black had been as big with Bon.
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      AC/DC rock music: Thankass
    • Mar 25th 2022
     
    A BIB Brian could have done half of LTBT, PA and HTH very well. The other half, not so well.
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      AC/DC rock music: Rajd07
    • Mar 25th 2022 edited
     
    Posted By: Demon FireIntriguing question. As someone who's a diehard Brian Johnson fan, I'd like to think that if he'd had replaced Dave and they'd have been just as great as they turned out with Bon but who knows. Although I think things turned out perfect as is. The big what if I have is would Back In Black had been as big with Bon.


    My guess is that Ac/Dc would have been almost as successful also if it was Brian who replaced Dave. But then again, would the lyrics been even half as good as Bons? You don’t need to answer that .. xD. Bon is nr 1 imo not only because of his lyrics and how he delivered those lyrics, but also because he had a certain x-factor around him that very few front men has. I guess BIB would have been great also with Bon. Great but different. Even though it’s hard to imagine anyone doing a better job on BIB than Brian.
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    • Mar 25th 2022 edited
     
    Posted By: Rajd07
    Posted By: Demon FireIntriguing question. As someone who's a diehard Brian Johnson fan, I'd like to think that if he'd had replaced Dave and they'd have been just as great as they turned out with Bon but who knows. Although I think things turned out perfect as is. The big what if I have is would Back In Black had been as big with Bon.


    My guess is that Ac/Dc would have been almost as successful also if it was Brian who replaced Dave. But then again, would the lyrics been even half as good as Bons? You don’t need to answer that .. xD. Bon is nr 1 imo not only because of his lyrics and how he delivered those lyrics, but also because he had a certain x-factor around him that very few front men has. I guess BIB would have been great also with Bon. Great but different. Even though it’s hard to imagine anyone doing a better job on BIB than Brian.

    I'm sure it would have been great with Bon but I just can't imagine Back In Black without Brian. I love Brian and think he's the best front man ever. And as for if Brian had replaced Dave,I don't know...I can't imagine anyone other than Bon on those albums either,would still be interesting to see how that would have played out though.
    • AC/DC rock music: BSeattle
    • Mar 26th 2022 edited
     
    I think that those who love Bon, wouldn't be "resentful", but would look back on the "Bon years" with nostalgia, and as a perfect encapsulation of a band who has been struggling to make it (with all the trappings of that era), and is about to make it big.

    As great as Brian is, the whole vibe around the band had changed, post BIB.

    The mystique around "Bon era AC/DC" would probably be even more glorified for it's grimy, blue collar vibe.
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    Posted By: BSeattleI think that those who love Bon, wouldn't be "resentful", but would look back on the "Bon years" with nostalgia, and as a perfect encapsulation of a band who has been struggling to make it (with all the trappings of that era), and is about to make it big.

    As great as Brian is, the whole vibe around the band had changed, post BIB.

    The mystique around "Bon era AC/DC" would probably be even more glorified for it's grimy, blue collar vibe.


    So, you’re pretty much describing things exactly as they are.

    The grimy, blue collar Bon years would never have lasted forever. Especially seeing the direction Mutt was already taking them with HTH.

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