My Take
Malcolm Young never got the spotlight — that was always Angus's job — but honestly, AC/DC without Malcolm would've been nothing but a circus act. He was the engine room: a rhythm guitarist so locked-in and relentless that every riff he played felt like it was carved out of concrete. Born in Glasgow, raised in Sydney, he co-founded the band in 1973 and spent four decades being the person everybody heard but nobody quite saw. No flashy solos, no wild costumes, just that brutal, driving chug underpinning everything from "Back in Black" to "Highway to Hell." He was also the band's de facto musical director — if the AC/DC sound had a spine, Malcolm built it. He stepped away in 2014 as dementia took hold, and passed in 2017 at 64. A quiet giant who deserves way more credit than he ever got.
Overview
Malcolm Mitchell Young (6 January 1953 – 18 November 2017) was an Australian musician who was a founding member of the hard rock band AC/DC. Young was a rhythm guitarist, songwriter, and backing vocalist in the band. Except for a brief absence in 1988, Young was a member of AC/DC from its formation in 1973 until his retirement in 2014.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Malcolm Young
- Name (Japanese)
- マルコム・ヤング
- Reading
- まるこむ・やんぐ
- Born
- January 6, 1953 – November 18, 2017
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Capricorn / Snake
- Origin
- Glasgow, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- guitarist / songwriter / record producer / musician / rock musician
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Ashfield Boys' High School
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Official sitehttp://www.acdcrocks.com
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B3%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A4%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.