Throwback: Happy 68th Birthday, Angus Young!

March is a busy month in music history:

  • Method Man celebrated hid 52nd birthday on March 2.
  • David Gilmour celebrated his 77th birthday on March 6.
  • Sly Stone celebrated his 80th birthday on March 15
  • Public Enemy‘s Flavor Flav celebrated his 64th birthday on March 16
  • The 87th anniversary of Lee “Scratch” Perry’s birth was on March 20
  • Large Professor celebrated his 51st birthday on March 21
  • DJ Premier, one of hip-hop’s greatest and most beloved producers celebrated his 57th lam robirthday on March 22
  • Blur frontman and Gorillaz creative mastermind Damon Albarn celebrates his 55th birthday on March 23
  • Chaka Khan celebrated her 70th — 70th! — birthday on March 23
  • De La Soul‘s Pacemaster Mase, a.k.a. Maseo, a.k.a. Vincent Mason celebrated his 53rd birthday on March 25
  • The 81st anniversary of the legendary Aretha Franklin‘s birth was on March 25
  •  Elton John celebrated his 76th birthday on March 25
  • The legendary Diana Ross celebrated her 79th on March 26
  • Aerosmith‘s Steven Tyler celebrated his 75th birthday on March 26
  • I celebrated my 44th birthday on March 28

We close out a very busy month by celebrating AC/DC’s co-founder and lead guitarist, Angus Young, who celebrates his 68th birthday today. Young is arguably one of the greatest guitarists ever — and he’s behind some of the greatest rock songs/metal songs ever recorded.

Play some AC/DC today — and play them as loudly as humanly possible.


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