Mark evans ac/dc biography of george washington

From 1975 to 1977, Mark Evans played bass in AC/DC, which means he missed two of the band’s most earth-shattering moments: the death of original singer Bon Scott in 1980, and the triumphant release the same year of its crowning commercial triumph, Back In Black.

Mark evans ac/dc biography of george washington

Accordingly, Evan’s memoir, Dirty Deeds:My Life Inside/Outside Of AC/DC, is a bit skimpy and shortsighted when measured against the group’s epic history. But Evans managed to render his book much like AC/DC’s iconic hard rock: lean, raw, unflinching, and heavy on the riffs.

To Evans’ benefit, his stint in AC/DC took place during the band’s most fertile, formative years.

The son of working-class parents in Melbourne, Australia, Evans had his own modest brushes with rock abandon and wanton promiscuity before he joined Scott’s up-and-coming group at age 19. At the time, AC/DC wasn’t a household name in Melbourne, let alone around the globe—but as Evans found out very