History YMMV / AcDc

* SignatureSong: "It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll)" for the Scott incarnation of the band, to the point that Johnson vowed to never perform the song out of respect for Scott. "Back in Black" is probably the equivalent for the Johnson incarnation. "Highway to Hell" covers both incarnations.

* LGBTFanbase: Because AC/DC is [[HavingAGayOldTime also slang for bisexual]], they have a large gay following, which they embrace.[[note]]Sadly, nobody told that to the fans who came to see them when emo band Vendetta Red was their opening act and were called a variety of homophobic slurs during their set.[[/note]]

* EarWorm: Many songs, specially because of their repeating choruses and {{Epic Riff}}s. "Back in Black", "Highway to Hell", "It's a Long Way to the Top" and "Thunderstruck" withstanding.

* SignatureSong: "It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll)" for the Scott incarnation of the band, to the point that Johnson ended up never performing the song out of respect for Scott. "Back in Black" is probably the equivalent for the Johnson incarnation and "Highway to Hell" covers both incarnations.

* PainfulRhyme: Occasionally PlayedForLaughs, especially in the Bon Scott days.
-->Gonna be [[RockStarSong a rock'n'roll singer!]]
-->Gonna be a rock'n'roll star!
-->YES I ARE!

See also:
[[Awesome/{{ACDC}} Crowning Moment of Awesome]]
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* CrazyAwesome:
** During his time with the group, when they played Hells Bells live, Brian Johnson swung from the bell that was lowered onto stage upside down.
** Angus Young's amp caught fire while recording "Let There Be Rock". It didn't stop him from playing one of his most iconic solos.
** Ending every show with a ''literal'' 21-gun salute in "For Those About To Rock (We Salute You)" might qualify as well.
** You want someone to play a Hard Rock track with bagpipes on top of a truck in the middle of a street in Melbourne, Australia? [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sUXMzkh-jI AC/DC can make it happen]].
** As put by a Website/YouTube commenter on [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9s_CQx4ylU the Hard As A Rock video]]:
--->'''[=YouTube=] comment''': You can be cool, but you'll never be Angus Young riding a wrecking ball, smashing through a window while playing a guitar cool.

** Malcolm Young's diagnosis of, and eventual passing from, dementia.

* HypeBacklash: ''AC/DC Back 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.)

** Malcolm Young's diagnosis of dementia.

* BrokenBase:
** While ''Music/BackInBlack'' is universally loved, there's always a Scott vs. Johnson feud in the fandom. Expect the base to split even further now that [[Music/GunsNRoses Axl Rose]] has officially replaced Johnson full-time.
** 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.
--->'''Angus Young:''' 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.

* ItsTheSameNowItSucks: The band has ''never'' changed their style in their decades-long run, often relying on the same three chords in every song. Their own response to this is that those chords work, so why change it?

--> Yes, they had at least one: "Gimme A Bullet", from ''Powerage'', notable in that it's not even a slow ballad but a mid-tempo hard rock song. Australian journalist Jesse Fink noted in his biography of the Young brothers that "Gimme A Bullet" helped him get through an exceptionally painful divorce.
-->Malcolm Young's diagnosis of dementia.

* TearJerker: Yes, they had at least one: "Gimme A Bullet", from ''Powerage'', notable in that it's not even a slow ballad but a mid-tempo hard rock song. Australian journalist Jesse Fink noted in his biography of the Young brothers that "Gimme A Bullet" helped him get through an exceptionally painful divorce.

** As put by a YouTube commenter on [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9s_CQx4ylU the Hard As A Rock video]]:

** While ''Music/BackInBlack'' is universally loved, there's always a Scott vs. Johnson feud in the fandom.

** In live concerts, when they play Hell's Bells, Brian Johnson will swing from the bell that gets lowered onto stage upside down.

* SignatureSong: "It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll)" for the Scott incarnation of the band, to the point that Johnson won't perform the song out of respect for Scott. "Back in Black" is probably the equivalent for the Johnson incarnation and "Highway to Hell" covers both incarnations.
* SongAssociation: If you've gone to see any movie after roughly 1995, chances are you've heard "Back In Black" in at least two trailers.

* 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?"]]

* LGBTFanbase: Because AC/DC is [[HavingAGayOldTime also slang for bisexual]], they have a large gay following, which they embrace.[[note]]Sadly, nobody told that to the fans who came to see them when emo band Vendetta Red was their opening act and and were called a variety of homophobic slurs during their set.[[/note]]

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