{"product_id":"the-lives-of-brian-a-memoir","title":"The Lives of Brian: A Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003eOne of SPIN'S Best Music Memoirs of 2022!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBrian Johnson’s memoir from growing up in a small town to starting his own band to ultimately replacing Bon Scott, the lead singer of one of the world biggest rock acts, AC\/DC. They would record their first album together, the iconic Back in Black , which would become the biggest selling rock album of all time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBrian Johnson was born to a steelworker and WWII veteran father and an Italian mother, growing up in New Castle Upon Tyne, England, a working-class town. He was musically inclined and sang with the church choir. By the early ’70s he performed with the glam rock band Geordie, and they had a couple hits, but it was tough going. So tough that by 1976, they disbanded and Brian turned to a blue-collar life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThen 1980 changed everything. Bon Scott, the lead singer and lyricist of the Australian rock band AC\/DC died at 33. The band auditioned singers, among them Johnson, whom Scott himself had seen perform and raved about. Within days, Johnson was in a studio with the band, working with founding members Angus and Malcolm Young, Cliff Williams, and Phil Rudd, along with producer Mutt Lange.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhen the album, Back in Black , was released in July—a mere three months after Johnson had joined the band—it exploded, going on to sell 50 million copies worldwide, and triggering a years-long worldwide tour. It has been declared “the biggest selling hard rock album ever made” and “the best-selling heavy-metal album in history.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe band toured the world for a full year to support the album, changing the face of rock music—and Brian Johnson’s life—forever.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ANT-BOOK","offers":[{"title":"Ebook","offer_id":53956890263920,"sku":"978-0063046382","price":6.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":53956890296688,"sku":"978-0063046382","price":21.62,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1009\/8543\/8576\/files\/81TlbzVaQxL._SY522.jpg?v=1782743634","url":"https:\/\/antbook.store\/de\/products\/the-lives-of-brian-a-memoir","provider":"ANTBOOK","version":"1.0","type":"link"}