The testimonials have been written, the valedictions delivered and Malcolm Young will be formally, but privately, farewelled soon enough. Rather than add to those worthy words about his playing, writing and influential role in modern music, here’s something written in 2014 which took a look at AC/DC’s significance as an Australian band. Not the Australia of old, despite the limited brief of their music, but definitely the Australia of now. AUSTRALIA REMADE AC/DC are as good a

Ted Albert was the man behind the Easybeats, Vanda & Young and the explosion of Australian music that came to define our culture. Ashley Zukerman plays him in the new ABC series Friday On My Mind and wonders what we have learned in 50 years. TED TALK The screaming girls had just run down Enmore Road following the skinny, young frames of the Easybeats, when Ashley Zukerman quietly slid into the outdoor bench at the back of a busy café. A few days before returning to the USA, w