11/10/2022 0 Comments The night time manager![]() But Bon always hankered to be a solid-gold-proper AC/DC band member, not a humble roadie. Once recovered, Bon took a job driving a stomping little outfit called AC/DC around: down the streets of Melbourne, across tumbleweed trails, along desert roads and beyond. He left school at age 15, and held a variety of part-time jobs before deciding to ply his trade in music as a drummer-cum-vocalist, he enjoyed limited success before a motorcycle accident cut short his ambitions. He emigrated with his family to Australia in 1952. Ronald Belford Scott was born on July 9, 1946, in Kirriemuir, Scotland. The messages have been written in obvious haste: Tiptoe up the path, look closely, and you can see a handful of scribbled tributes grouped around the legend ‘Flats 1-6’. Of Bon Scott’s heritage, there is not a sign.īut hang on a second… There’s a scratchy silver plaque attached to the front of number 67. The only evidence of anything remotely rock’n’roll-related is a skateboard propped up in the porch of the house next door. THE NIGHT TIME MANAGER FULLThere’s a wheelbarrow in the corner that had once been full of white paint, but which is now all dried-out and crusty. The trees that line Overhill Road are bare of leaves, but number 67’s front garden is a thriving jungle of roots, weeds and hawthorns. ![]() To compound the irony, there’s even a Renault behind it (although admittedly it’s a Mégane, not a 5). There’s a graffiti’d old ambulance parked directly outside the flats, which wipes that grin off your face straight away. ![]() Milk and alcohol, Scott and Angus in London in 1976 (Image credit: Getty Images) ![]()
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