History YMMV / ACDC

[[Awesome/{{ACDC}} Crowning Moment Of Awesome]]

* BrokenBase: While ''Music/BackInBlack'' is universally loved, there's always a Scott vs. Johnson feud in the fandom.
** There's also divide over the band's StrictlyFormula nature. Some are unsatisfied with it, while others believe that they've simply found what they're good at and never tried to be anything other than what they were.
** Angus has joked about this in interviews.
-->"People say we've made the same record over and over 13 times, but they're wrong. We've made the same record over and over ''14'' times."
* CrazyAwesome: In live concerts, when they play Hell's Bells, Brian Johnson will swing from the bell that gets lowered onto stage upside down.

* EpicRiff: "Back in Black", "Thunderstruck", "It's A Long Way To The Top", "Mistress for Christmas", "Beating Around the Bush", "Fire Your Guns", "Hells Bells", "Jailbreak"... seriously, every song may qualify.
** They have an Epic Riff for ''bagpipes'' with "It's a Long Way To The Top".
* HarsherInHindsight: In "Little Lover", Bon Scott sings about romancing a teenage girl who has his "picture on your bedroom wall, next to Gary Glitter". With what we [[{{RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil}} know about Gary Glitter today]], it's a bit problematic.

* JumpingTheShark: Many people have commented that the band haven't been good since ''Back in Black'' and are now just repeating their formula without the energy and edge that made their early work compelling. Rolling Stone said in its review of ''Flick of the Switch'' that "the band has managed to make the same album nine times".
** Angus Young's retort to the above statement was [[DeadpanSnarker "I thought it was ten times?"]]

* [[GrowingTheBeard Re-grew the Beard]]: They had a big comeback with the great ''The Razor's Edge'' in the '90s. The album produced some of their famous songs (like "Thunderstruck"), its follow-ups ''Ballbreaker'' and ''Stiff Upper Lip'' were fairly well received, and 2008's ''Black Ice'' got critical acclaim and was that year's second best selling album.
** Ask others and they'll tell you in no uncertain terms that AC/DC never lost the beard to begin with. Granted, they might have trimmed it a bit, but they never lost it.

* JumpedTheShark: Many people have commented that the band haven't been good since ''Back in Black'' and are now just repeating their formula without the energy and edge that made their early work compelling. Rolling Stone said in its review of ''Flick of the Switch'' that "the band has managed to make the same album nine times".

* RefugeInAudacity: The fact that the first album recorded after Bon Scott's death featured songs about drinking to excess ("Have a Drink on Me") and going to Hell ("Hell's Bells") can be interpreted this way.
* [[GrowingTheBeard Re-grew The Beard]]: They had a big comeback with the great ''The Razor's Edge'' in the '90s. The album produced some of their famous songs (like "Thunderstruck"), its follow-ups ''Ballbreaker'' and ''Stiff Upper Lip'' were fairly well received, and 2008's ''Black Ice'' got critical acclaim and was that year's second best selling album.

* HarsherInHindsight: In "Little Lover", Bon Scott sings about romacing a Teenage girl who has his "picture on your bedroom wall, next to Gary Glitter". With what we [[{{Lolicon}} know about Garry Glitter today]], it's a bit problematic.

* EpicRiff: "Back in Black," "Thunderstruck," "It's A Long Way To The Top," "Mistress for Christmas," "Beating Around the Bush," "Fire Your Guns," "Hells Bells," "Jailbreak"... seriously, every song may qualify.

* LGBTFanbase: Due to [[HaveAGayOldTime what their name means in the gay community]], they had a large gay following, which they embraced.

* [[GrewTheBeard Re-grew The Beard]]: They had a big comeback with the great ''The Razor's Edge'' in the '90s. The album produced some of their famous songs (like "Thunderstruck"), its follow-ups ''Ballbreaker'' and ''Stiff Upper Lip'' were fairly well received, and 2008's ''Black Ice'' got critical acclaim and was that year's second best selling album.

* [[GrewTheBeard Re-grew The Beard]]: They had a big comeback with the great ''The Razor's Edge'' in the '90s. The album produced some of their famous songs (like "Thunderstruck"), its follow-ups ''Ballbreaker'' and ''Stiff Upper Lip'' were fairly well recieved, and 2008's ''Black Ice'' got critical acclaim and was that year's second best selling album.

* JumpedTheShark: many people have commented that the band haven't been good since ''Back in Black'' and are now just repeating their formula without the energy and edge that made their early work compelling. Rolling Stone said in its review of ''Flick of the Switch'' that "the band has managed to make the same album nine times".

* HypeBacklash: ''AC/DC Black in Black Limited Edition'', a deluxe pinball table, climbed the ranks at the Internet Pinball Database's Top 300 games until it reached #1. This prompted some very negative reviews of the table, pushing down to #20 in less than twelve hours. (''AC/DC Limited Edition'', which doesn't tie in to any album in particular, is still on the Top 10, however, and is Creator/{{Stern}}'s top-ranking machine on the list.)

* BrokenBase: While ''Back in Black'' is universally loved, there's always a Scott vs. Johnson feud in the fandom.

-->Gonna be [[RockstarSong a rock'n'roll singer!]]

* EpicRiff: "Back in Black", "Thunderstruck", "It's A Long Way To The Top", "Mistress for Christmas", "Hells Bells", "Jailbreak"... seriously, every song may qualify.

* JumpedTheShark: many people have commented that the band haven't been good since ''Back in Black'' and are now just repeating their formula. Rolling Stone said in its review of ''Flick of the Switch'' that "the band has managed to make the same album nine times".

** There's also divide over the band's StricklyFormula nature. Some are unsatisfied with it, while others believe that they've simply found what they're good at and never tried to be anything other than what they were.

* AndTheFandomRejoiced: AC/DC hit iTunes at last in December 2012. The fandom pretty much exploded with joy.

** Humourously, Angus Young's retort to the above statement was something like, "I thought it was ten times?"