Malcolm Young’s Isolated Guitars From “You Shook Me (All Night Long)” Are Epic

AC-DC Honored At Rock Walk Handprint Ceremony 378457 14: Band members Angus Young, left, and brother Malcolm Young of the Australian rock band AC-DC pose September 15, 2000 at the Rock Walk handprint ceremony at the Guitar Center in Hollywood, Ca. (Photo /Newsmakers) (Getty Images/Getty Images)

October 20, 2021 at 9:08 pm EDT

Usually when people talk of an epic guitar part, they’re referencing a ripping solo, or an epic opening lead. Too often, though, the hard driving rhythm guitarists are left unmentioned, even though they often drive the song as hard as the drums do. Such is the case with Malcolm Young, possibly the greatest rhythm guitarist to date, and easily one of the most well known, and under-rated. Angus is always thought of by many as the guitar god in the band. And of course he deserves the title to be sure. But to overlook Malcolm is to overlook everything that AC/DC is. A straight ahead rock band who needs no frills and just constantly does their thing better than anybody else.

Nowhere is that more evident than in Malcolm’s isolated guitar track from AC/DC’s biggest hit, You Shook Me (All Night Long). And its actually Malcolm that does the solo mid-song, which you can hear in this video.