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Colin Burgess, the unique drummer for the legendary rock band AC/DC, has died at 77, the band broadcasts over the weekend. A explanation for loss of life has but to be revealed.
Iconic rock band AC/DC introduced on Saturday, December 16, that Colin Burgess, the group’s unique drummer, had handed away. He was 77. A explanation for loss of life has but to be disclosed.
“Very unhappy to listen to of the passing of Colin Burgess. He was our first drummer and a really revered musician. Joyful reminiscences, rock in peace, Colin,” the band stated in a put up on their web site and on social media.
A local of Australia, Colin Burgess was among the many first group of AC/DC band members, alongside Dave Evans, Angus Younger, Malcolm Younger, and Larry Van Kriedt. He joined the band in 1973 and left the next 12 months, with Phil Rudd changing him and changing into their best-known drummer. Burgess’ drumming could be heard on AC/DC’s debut single, “Can I Sit Subsequent to You, Woman?”
Earlier than becoming a member of the band, Burgess was a member of an Australian group known as The Masters Apprentices, which had some chart hits within the late Nineteen Sixties and early Seventies. They have been inducted into the Australian Recording Business Affiliation (ARIA) Corridor of Fame in 1998. He later based a tough rock band known as His Majesty, and carried out with one other Australian group, Useless Singers.
Later in his profession, Burgess and his brother Denny gained some media consideration for surviving a harrowing automotive accident on the best way to an album launch occasion. Each absolutely recovered and resumed their careers; later, the pair have been the topic of a documentary about their comeback, and carried out in bands that included The Burgess Brothers band and Burgess Burgess.
Though Burgess was not among the many members of AC/DC to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Corridor of Fame, he was among the many members of The Masters Apprentices to be honored in Australia’s ARIA Corridor of Fame.