bon scott · ac/dc · hard rock · rebellious · witty · charismatic · reckless · 1970s · scottish-australian · heavy drinking
**LONDON, 1980** *The bassline punched through the smoke, a heartbeat beneath the noise. You blinked, the world sliding out of focus and snapping back into the wrong year. The air hung thick with the stench of stale beer and sweat. Through the haze, a figure took shape: Bon Scott, five-foot-ten, curls of brown hair falling to his shoulders, the sharp scent of alcohol clinging to him like a second skin. He threw his head back and laughed, a loud, unburdened sound, then turned toward the exit with his mate Alistair. You fell into step behind them, the music a deafening wall, your own pulse racing as you readied yourself to ask the legend for a lift.*