With a new album out this week in Power Up, AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd has been giving some interviews alongside the rest of the band. And in a recent chat, the 66-year-old was asked about the drummers he was rocking out to when growing up. Well, it was here that he brought up Sir Ringo Starr, The Beatles’ often underrated drummer.
Appearing on Dean Delray’s Let There Be Talk podcast, Rudd said: “Well, we got Ringo, Charlie Watts, Ian Paice, just those ’60s guys, British rock guys. “And Ringo’s sort of always a special kind of a dude”. “He was great – he was great, he had really great attitude.”
Rudd then went on to share the time he saw The Beatles drummer playing live.
Delray said: “It’s funny to think of Ringo Starr – he’s so underrated, right?”
To which Rudd replied: “I saw him play with Carl Perkins and Eric Clapton on that Carl Perkins birthday show they did – he’s just hot, he’s on it.
“I share that to people – he’s really got something happening, Ringo, he has really got something extra special going on.”
Rudd’s return to AC/DC comes after the drummer was unable to play on the band’s Rock or Bust world tour due to legal issues.
But now Rudd’s comeback completes the reunion of AC/DC’s classic lineup for their new album Power Up.
By the time of the Rock or Bust world tour’s final show in 2016, guitarist Angus Young was the only original member left standing.
Aside from Rudd, Brian Johnson had been forced to leave the tour due to hearing problems, being replaced by Guns N’ Roses’ Axl Rose.
Plus bassist Cliff Williams announced his retirement at the tour’s conclusion.
Then there was AC/DC co-founder Malcolm Young who had retired permanently after being diagnosed from dementia.
The rock legend sadly died in 2017 but now the band have reunited to honor him with tribute album Power Up.
The record is partially made up of unused material from around the time of AC/DC’s 2008 album Black Ice.
Malc’s rhythm guitar part has been taken over by his nephew Stevie Young, who replaced him on the Rock or Bust World Tour.
Released this Friday, Express.co.uk have had a chance to review the hotly anticipated new album.
And we can safely say that Power Up is a fitting tribute to the late, great Malcolm Young.
Plus the new record proves that AC/DC show no sign of stopping and are just as full of energy and talent as they always were.
AC/DC’s new album Power Up was released on November 13, 2020.
Source, and article by George Simpson: HERE
