On My Radar:

Bon: The Last Highway: The Untold Story of Bon Scott and AC/DC’s Back In Black, Updated Edition of the Definitive Biography 

by Jesse Fink

ECW Press

Trade Paperback

 

From the publisher's website:

 

The second edition of Bon: The Last Highway includes a brand new 16-page introduction. Fink examines…

• New information from French media that changes what we know about who was with Bon Scott the night he died
• The London drug-dealing connections of the late Alistair Kinnear
• A possible heroin link involving the late Yes bassist Chris Squire
• Revised theories on how Bon died

With unprecedented access to Bon’s lovers and newly unearthed documents, this updated edition contains a new introduction and more revelations about the singer’s death, dispelling once and for all the idea that Scott succumbed to acute alcohol poisoning on February 19, 1980.

Meticulously researched and packed with fresh information, Bon: The Last Highway is an affectionate, honest tribute to a titan of rock music.

 

In My TBR Stack:

The Youngs: The Brothers Who Built AC/DC
Jesse Fink
St. Martin's Press
Hardcover

From the publisher's website:

The Youngs: The Brothers Who Built AC/DC is unlike any AC/DC book you’ve read before. Less a biography, more a critical appreciation, it tells the story of the trio through 11 classic rock songs and reveals some of the personal and creative secrets that went into their making.

Important figures from AC/DC’s long way to the top open up for the very first time, while unsung heroes behind the band’s success are given the credit they are due. Accepted accounts of events are challenged while sensational new details emerge to cast a whole new light on the band’s history—especially their early years with Atlantic Records in the United States. Former AC/DC members and musicians from bands such as Guns N’ Roses, Dropkick Murphys, Airbourne and Rose Tattoo also give their take on the Youngs’ brand of magic.

Their music has never pulled its punches. Neither does The Youngs. After 40 years, AC/DC might just have gotten the serious book it deserves.