I'm 25. To most people my age AC/DC was a band you dabbled in until you discovered Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin. "Back In Black" was the most rockin' album we knew of. All other albums were these obscure gems that we'd listen to, but never talk about. This band eventually became the favorite music at college bro-parties and strip clubs. Most of my friends could care less about them (prove me wrong?), and an ex-coworker would throw fits every time I'd play their albums. In short, AC/DC has gotten a bad rep from my generation.
"Powerage" has not only rekindled my love for these ol' fashioned rock n rollers, but it's something that most people in their twenties listening to old school revival hard rock should really take into consideration. Without this album, I don't think a lot of bands might have the sound we know them for today. It doesn't posses the typical AC/DC format, well okay, it does, but they somehow manage to do it so much better on this album than the others.
Songs like 'Down Payment Blues' laid out a blueprint for Nashville Pussy to strut their Southern sleaze, while 'Riff Raff' might as well have written Annihilation Time's First album, if not at least played a major role in it. And we cannot forget one of my favorite songs of all time, 'Gone Shootin', which also served as the theme song for "Beavis and Butt-Head," so you know it's got to be good. This album as so many unsung gems, you wouldn't know what to do with them. The most famous jam on this album is 'Sin City', and even that is a distant classic to my ears. 'What's Next to the Moon' has probably some of the best lyrics I've read, and some of the rhythm patterns that band has ever done.
If you really wanted to go back and look for some vintage jams, "Powerage" is readily available for a good price.
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