"Rock or Bust" is the second single and first track from
the album of the same name by Australian
hard rock
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band
AC/DC
AC/DC are an Australian rock band formed in Sydney in 1973. Their music has been variously described as hard rock, blues rock and Heavy metal music, heavy metal, although the band calls it simply "rock and roll". They are cited as a formativ ...
. It was written by Angus Young and Malcolm Young. It was released for downloads on 17 November 2014, as a follow-up for the band's first officially released single from the album titled "
Play Ball".
AC/DC drummer
Phil Rudd
Phillip Hugh Norman Rudd (born Phillip Hugh Norman Witschke Rudzevecuis, 19 May 1954) is an Australian musician, best known as the drummer of AC/DC across three stints (1975–1983, 1994–2015, 2018–present). On the 1977 departure of bass g ...
was absent from the video shoot for the single, and was replaced by Welshman Bob Richards, who had previously played with
Man
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,
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and Shogun.
The song was shortlisted for Song of the Year at the
APRA Music Awards of 2015
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.
Charts
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References
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2014 songs
AC/DC songs
Song recordings produced by Brendan O'Brien (record producer)
Songs written by Angus Young
Songs written by Malcolm Young
2014 singles