AC/DC: Quick Facts

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Facts

Awards And Honors	Grammy Award (2009) • Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum (2003)

Photos

The members of AC/DC pose together in a studio, with Malcolm Young, Bon Scott, Angus Young in a schoolboy outfit making a face, Cliff Williams, and Phil Rudd standing left to right.

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British musical group Culture Club on the set of the "Karma Chameleon" video, 1983; (left to right) Roy Hay, Jon Moss, Boy George and Mikey Craig.

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