Derek Scott, brother of late AC/DC singer Bon Scott, broke his silence in regards to the singer’s wild life and demise on the TV documentary Australian Story: On the Brink – Bon Scott, which aired final evening on Australia’s ABC community. The movie, which you’ll be able to watch beneath, consists of interviews with a number of buddies, members of the family and former bandmates, together with Derek Scott; bassist Bruce Howe, who performed with Scott in his pre-AC/DC band Fraternity; and singer Jimmy Barnes, who changed Scott in Fraternity and likewise fronts the Australian rock band Chilly Chisel.
Scott, who died of acute alcohol poisoning after choking on his vomit on Feb. 19, 1980, on the age of 33, has lengthy been described as a legendarily hedonistic rocker, a popularity bolstered by the interviews in On the Brink. “He did get bored in a short time,” Scott mentioned of his brother, whom his household at all times referred to as “Ron.” “That was the largest downside. When he bought bored, he drank. He by no means frightened about tomorrow. Tomorrow is one other day.”
Howe added that Scott would act recklessly when left to his personal gadgets. “It was a sample. He was actually, actually regular till he bought bored and he wasn’t working,” Howe mentioned. “That is when he would begin doing wild issues. There was no future, there was solely now, and he would take dangers on his bike. He did not give a bugger about whether or not he lived or died the following day.”
The bassist mentioned he witnessed a change in Scott when he final noticed him close to the tip of 1979. “He wasn’t bubbly and laughing,” Howe mentioned. “His holy grail had at all times been to get to the highest within the rock ‘n’ roll enterprise. And possibly he’d come to the stage the place he is achieved his dream. He’d discovered his holy grail, however the holy grail simply may need seemed like an empty goblet.”
Following Scott’s demise, AC/DC recruited Brian Johnson and went on to get pleasure from astronomical success with the world-conquering Again in Black. However the band had sown the seeds of stardom with Scott, who didn’t get to reap the advantages of his laborious work.
“I want he was right here to know that he’d made it,” Derek Scott mentioned of his brother. “Ron would have been 75. If Ron might see what was occurring on this planet right this moment over himself, I feel he’d have snort. He actually would. He’d be shocked, however he’d have snort — and a drink.”
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