Bon would be in and out when the band was recording backing tracks. Malcolm and Angus would have the barest bones of a song, the riff and different bits, and George would hammer it into a tune. Malcolm and George would sit down at the piano and work it out. Malcolm and Angus would come up with riffs and all that, and then we'd go into the studio. In Clifton Walker's 1994 book Highway to Hell: The Life and Times of AC/DC Legend Bon Scott, bassist Mark Evans speaks about the band's creative process during this period: So I suppose you could say that T.N.T was the one that really pulled the identity like, this is AC/DC, there's no doubt about it, that's who it's going to be and that's how it's going to stay." In Murray Engleheart's book AC/DC: Maximum Rock & Roll, producer Harry Vanda states, "I suppose there might have been one or two tracks on the first album, a few things that they were experimenting with, which probably later on they wouldn't have done anymore. They also simplified their personnel system and would use it from then on out, which was Angus strictly playing lead guitar, Malcolm Young playing rhythm guitar, and the drummer and bassist being the only ones to play drums and bass guitar respectively on the albums. saw the band fully embrace the formula for which they would become famous: hard-edged, rhythm and blues-based rock and roll. marked a change in direction from AC/DC's debut album, High Voltage, which was released on 17 February 1975 whereas High Voltage featured some experimentation with the styles of its songs and had a variety of personnel filling multiple roles, T.N.T. George was the older brother of guitarists Malcolm Young and Angus Young and had enjoyed his own success in the group the Easybeats. After the success of the single " Baby, Please Don't Go" and the album High Voltage, AC/DC returned to Albert Studios in Sydney to record their second LP with producers George Young and Harry Vanda.
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