{"product_id":"lives-of-brian-hardcover","title":"LIVES OF BRIAN (Hardcover)","description":"\u003cp\u003eOne of SPIN'S Best Music Memoirs of 2022!\u003c\/p\u003e \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 \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 \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 \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 \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":"Johnson, Brian","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52337242571026,"sku":"9780063046382","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0270\/9238\/5846\/files\/11667923482210_0793e9be-42fb-4d8e-8832-827d2759a209.jpg?v=1780437386","url":"https:\/\/hbswarehousesale.com\/products\/lives-of-brian-hardcover","provider":"Harvard Book Store Warehouse Sale","version":"1.0","type":"link"}