For Those About to Rock

For Those About to Rock

Editorial Reviews
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Lesser bands might have been put off their stride by the death of their lead singer, but not AC/DC. No sooner had Bon Scott met his whiskey-sodden end in 1980 than AC/DC recruited a new singer, Brian Johnson--who sounded almost exactly like Scott--and released, in Back in Black, the biggest-selling album of their career. For Those About to Rock...We Salute You is a suitably triumphant follow-up. The cannon-punctuated title track--the most auspicious marriage of music and artillery since Tchaikovsky's "1812 Overture"--still provides a spectacular finale to AC/DC concerts. For Those About to Rock also confirmed that Johnson's lyrical preoccupations were broadly congruent with those of his predecessor: "Let's Get It Up" and "Inject the Venom" are as subtle as their titles sound. This is a record Beavis and Butthead would describe as "cool"--and, as usual, they'd be right. --Andrew Mueller

Product Description
Full Title - For Those About To Rock We Salute You. 2003 remastered reissue of 1981 album. Packaged in a digipak with 16 page color booklet containing all original album art, many unpublished photos, classic memorabilia and liner notes. Epic. --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

Tracks:

For Those About To Rock
I Put The Finger On You
Let's Get It Up
Inject The Venom
Snowballed
Evil Walks
C.O.D.
Breaking The Rules
Night Of The Long Knives
Spellbound

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Lesser bands might have been put off their stride by the death of their lead singer, but not AC/DC. No sooner had Bon Scott met his whiskey-sodden end in 1980 than AC/DC recruited a new singer, Brian Johnson--who sounded almost exactly like Scott--and released, in Back in Black, the biggest-selling album of their career. For Those About to Rock...We Salute You is a suitably triumphant follow-up. The cannon-punctuated title track--the most auspicious marriage of music and artillery since Tchaikovsky's "1812 Overture"--still provides a spectacular finale to AC/DC concerts. For Those About to Rock also confirmed that Johnson's lyrical preoccupations were broadly congruent with those of his predecessor: "Let's Get It Up" and "Inject the Venom" are as subtle as their titles sound. This is a record Beavis and Butthead would describe as "cool"--and, as usual, they'd be right. --Andrew Mueller

Album Description

Full Title - For Those About To Rock We Salute You. 2003 remastered reissue of 1981 album. Packaged in a digipak with 16 page color booklet containing all original album art, many unpublished photos, classic memorabilia and liner notes. Epic.

Customer Reviews:

Best AC/DC album hands down.......2007-06-06

I've never claimed to be a big fan of AC/DC, and my best friend loathes them. However, I've been able to tolerate them and respect them from a musicians' point of view, and who could forget the classic tracks on the multiplatinum Back in Black LP. However Back in Black was still 80s heavy rock mainstream garbage to me in my mind. I couldn't get past the cliche lyrics of sex, wine, women, drugs, and the AC/DC cliches such as guns, fire, and hell.

Well, one night I was at a gig, with a band that I'm really great friends with. In between sets they threw on the track "For those about to Rock". I forgot how great that song was and I hadn't heard it in so long. I decided to pick the album up within the next few weeks and surprise, it dropped in price and it came with all of the original LP art.

However! There was a sticker on the front that said "remastered" and I was a bit skeptical. I mean, why fix something that isn't broken? Nonetheless I bought it and popped it in my car stereo. The explosive sound of this album just floored me. The masters sounded so good and the songwriting on this album is top notch.

I decided if any AC/DC album was worth picking up and mentioning to friends, FOR THOSE ABOUT TO ROCK was the one to recommend. No euro-trash here. No cheesy 80s drivel here. FTATR is actually a very modern sounding record! Nothing wrong with classic albums, but this was a nice touch. Every song leaves with a hard hitting ending, and the next song punches you right in the face not a second later. The tracks glide into each other seamlessly and without flaw. I have no complaints here.

I lost Back in Black a long time ago and I haven't really missed it much. The same with The Razor's Edge. But if I lost this one I would probably pick it up the next day. Great songs, great sound, great price.

most creative chording and drumming the band ever did.......2007-04-26

I agree with almost all of the positive comments on this great album but wanted to add my own two cents worth.

As a guitarist and drummer myself I have to say that this is malcolm's best album by far as a guitarist/songwriter (even if the songwriting isn't as exciting as that of back in black), his chords are far more interesting than his typical work.

Angus too, his contributions to the songwriting are excellent throughout the album, and his lead playing is full of intense raging emotion in this album, if such a thing could ever be said of his playing.

the bass playing is typical ac/dc, great playing, great tone, really simple and dark, occasional cool bends and riffs, but sitting perfectly in the mix with rudd/s drumming and malcolm's excellent playing.

Also definitely worth noting is that compared to everything else I've ever heard by one of my favorite straight ahead classic rock drummers (talking about Phil Rudd of AC/DC), this album has by far the most amazing drum playing of any ac/dc album. Not something one generally thinks of with AC/DC, but Rudd is largely responsible for the tone, feel and memorable rhythm riffs. Throughout back in black and most of the band's career up to and including for those about to rock (after which he frustratingly left the band for many years causing AC/DC to lose a major character of their signature sound until his relatively recent return), Rudd has been vital to the success of AC/DC with his incredible feel, understanding of the songs, and great tone (this is a man who's always known how to tune his sonar drums perfectly, listen to their live stuff from the bon scott days, his drums still sounded incredible even with low budget unproduced small venue live recordings). Throughout for those about to rock Rudd is permitted to contribute more than his typical creativity into fills (or, as I understand it, just forced his musicianship onto the recordings against the will of the young brothers, which is part of why he eventually quit due to the young brothers not understanding how unique and important he was to the band's sound). Also the engineers and producer (Mutt lange) did a great job of bringing his sound to the front of the mix while still leaving plenty of room for everyone's sound to come through evenly. This is an album you can play air drums to with the best of keith moon's and john bonham's triumphs. Well done Phil Rudd! I take off my hat to you.

Also this is the last album where Brian's voice sounded brilliant. After this is really did start losing it's tone and becoming more of a noisy scream, albeit still the best noisy scream I've ever heard.

Compared to later flops like flick of the switch, fly on the wall, the terribly produced who made who soundtrack (talk about inconsistent engineering!), and even the best of their later work such as thunderstruck (by now on their third drummer I believe after rudd's departure, AC/DC still wondering why their feel just isn't as good after "for those about to rock" hahaha), I would put this album at the top of the heap, equal to back in black in many ways, slightly better in a couple of ways, and a little bit less great in a couple of other ways notably, songwriting isn't quite as amazing, but still really good).

This and back in black are the best two brian johnson led ac/dc albums period. After this things went down hill with occasional good songs but nothing outstanding and many filler songs in albums that were just not interesting to listen to at all. They've gotten it back together recently with Rudd and the original lineup and the sound is back, but sadly the young brother's just don't write like they used to, and johnson just doesn't have the tone any more, so a great rhythm section and great players just are getting a little too spent now to come up with the magic even if they now sound almost like they did in the highway to hell days (oddly, but that's what I think they sound like anyway now).

Another level.......2007-03-21

Brian Johnson helps take the band to another level after the mega successful Back in Black. Though not as much of a commercial hit as the former, this album showcases some extraordinary guitar work by Angus Young.

Play This On 10.......2007-01-25

Ac/Dc is amazing....they have been around since the 70s and have never changed their sound...they still do heavy blues tinged rock better then ANYONE in the business
this is the 2nd release with Brian Johnson fronting the band...to those that thought the unbeatable Back In Black was a fluke this is proof that Brian has what it takes...this CD is powerful! If you play it at a low volume it still sounds good but it loses over half of it's punch...the guitar tones really only come out when you crank it up to 10...which is how rock and roll is meant to be...the title cut 'for those about to rock' is rock and roll perfection...a call to all rockers to unite and sing loud and proud,complete with cannon sounds...very powerful...followed by 'put the finger on you' extremely catchy and melodic and full of power,'let's get it up' more sexual charged lyrics backed by very melodic rock fury...'inject the venom' more power...unfortunately the rest of the album doesn't quite keep up that pace...but come on,how can you follow up a start to finish perfect album like Back In Black with another album that is absolute perfection...they come close...snowballed,breaking the rules,night of the long knives and spellbound are not quite up to the beginning tracks but they still ROCK with power...and evil walks rocks hard and is right up there with the beginning of the album...and then there is c.o.d which in my opinion is ac/dc's most underrated song...it is awesome....this CD is a great example of what rock should be

upside - C.O.D..the title cut 'for those about to rock' let's get it up,put the finger on you,inject the venom and evil walks...great rock...great production...great solos and rhythms and Brian Johnson screams with the best of 'em

the downside - the second half has some songs that get a little slow and lose a little steam but it still rocks

the bottom line - a fantastic follow up to the unbeatable 'Back In Black'..if you are just starting out with Ac/Dc start with Back in Black and Highway to hell and then check out this one and Dirty Deeds...honestly,rock doesn't get much better then this...this is powerful and you should run out and buy it...donutman says so!!!

Review #100, Baby.......2007-01-10

I have now listened to all but a few of AC/DC's albums, and I would probably declare this one the second worst (with Highway to Hell being a painfully obvious last place). This was an absolutely horrible follow-up to the phenomenal "Back In Black"; it deserves every ounce of its low ratings and isn't the slightest bit underrated. I don't even know how this band ever got popular; their style is horribly repetitive and simple. If nothing else they were able to influence the future awesomeness of Jet and other such bands, but it's releases like this that make me wonder why the heck classic rock bands even have fans. I don't care for Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Rolling Stones, Rush, Styx, or other such bands. Oh, I also loathe The Who more so than any of those bands. People need to stop being so trendy and liking all the albums considered "classics" and find some more recent albums to consider classics since the 2000's are shaping out pretty good as rock music goes. As for this specific album, though, it has one good song; the title track. Bands use this technique often when they only have one good song on the album; they make it a hit. The rest of this album isn't as heavy as "Back In Black" and really it's boring enough to be classified a "snoozer". One star is what I'd give it; the AC/DC albums that you should buy are "High Voltage" and "Back In Black". Didn't like the rest.

Average customer rating:

Best AC/DC album hands down
most creative chording and drumming the band ever did
Another level
Play This On 10
Review #100, Baby

For Those About to Rock We Salute You
AC/DC , and DC
Manufacturer: Atlantic / Wea
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Tracks:

For Those About To Rock (We Salute You)
Put The Finger On You
Let's Get It Up
Inject The Venom
Snowballed
Evol Walks
C.O.D.
Breaking The Rules
Night Of The Long Knives
Spellbound

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Customer Reviews:

Best AC/DC album hands down.......2007-06-06

most creative chording and drumming the band ever did.......2007-04-26

Another level.......2007-03-21

Play This On 10.......2007-01-25

Review #100, Baby.......2007-01-10

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Pantera Reinvented The Steel Parry is Reinventing The Meal!!!!!
Parry Gripp is the funniest man alive
Best Album So Far This Year? I'm Serious.

For Those About to Shop, We Salute You
Parry Gripp
Manufacturer: Oglio Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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My E.P.
How to Meet Girls
American Cheese
Nerf Herder
Wolves in Wolves' Clothing

ASIN: B0008ENJ7O
Release Date: 2005-05-10

Tracks:

Great Nachos, Great Price
Say Hello To Your Brand New Favorite Pizza
One Donut A Day
Fried Chicken
Bran Flakes
We're Gonna Kick Your Ass Today
Time For Tennis
European Football
Baseball Is Fun
Golf
Golf Is Groovy
Muffler Shop
At The Bar
London's Calling
Health Food Store
Pita City Falafel
Truck Drivin' Man
Big Mamma-Jamma
This Is One Hell Of A Truck
Good Woman, Good Truck, Good Life
Nice Mother@#!*&g Truck
More Blades=Better Shave
You've Got To Have Faith (In Your Anti-Perspirant)
That Ain't Fresh
Mouthwash
Coffee Breath
Do You Like Waffles
Waffles Are Outrageous
Dippin'
Got To Dip It!
Everybody's Dipping
Beer In A Can
You Need A Beer
You're My One, You're My Only, You're My Beer
Drinking A Beer With My Lady
Light Beer
It's The Greatest Deal
Don't Wait Too Long
Blue Light Special
This Sale Is Going To Blow Your Mind
Big Sale
Mucho Caffeino, Pico Dinero
Drinkin' Time
You Ain't Never Drank No Soda Like This One Here
She Likes Yoo-Hoo (More Than She Likes Me-Hoo)
Leprechaun's Holiday
Life's Too Short
Why Do I Always Get In The Wrong Line At The Grocery Store?
You Can't Sleep
You Need Our Cold Medicine
Hooray For Santa Claus

Album Description

Soon after announcing his retirement from Nerf Herder in 2003, front man Gripp was offered an opportunity to write a jingle to promote frozen waffles that come with their own dipping sauce. That led to this, his first solo CD featuring over 50 little ditties in various musical styles that will have you either rolling on the floor, or will give you a serious case of the munchies.

Customer Reviews:

Pantera Reinvented The Steel Parry is Reinventing The Meal!!!!!.......2005-08-03

If you don't know who Parry Gripp is, he is one of the greatest song writers of all time. His work with his band Nerf Herder has more pop culture refrances than a TV show On E!. Parry's Solo Album For Those About To Shop, We Salute You. Is the exact same. If you like catchy poppy punk look no further. Parry Gripp is the best at what he does. If it came down to it who would win in a fight Weezers Rivers Cummo or Parry Gripp? I would put every penny I have on Parry Gripp.

Parry Gripp is the funniest man alive.......2005-05-11

THAT you can count on. Buy this. If you don't like it you have no sense of humor. Nerf Herder rules and so does Parry.
Standing in line at the grocery store will never be the same again.
Eating at Kentucky Fried Chicken will never be the same again.

Oh and If you don't shower after sports you'll smell like a hot summer day in bangladesh!

And European Football rules!

Best Album So Far This Year? I'm Serious........2005-05-11

This album was worth what I paid for it before I even popped it in the CD player. My first belly laugh came at reading, on the sticker that comes on every new release, that it featured "Great Nachos, Great Price." That's quite a bold statement of a lead single, but then none of the other FIFTY tracks on this CD crosses back behind that line of "so unabashedly commercial that it ceases to be marketable." More laughs pre-listen: the liner notes. I suggest reading these through, listening to the album, and then reading them again. They only get funnier once you've heard the music. Every single song has a little explanation of who Parry ripped off and what he was thinking of when he wrote it. And he makes invaluable observations like: "I just can't picture Morrissey having a beer with his lady." Me either.
Aside from the hours and hours of laughter you will get from listening to songs like "Do You Like Waffles?," "Maybe You Need A New Deodorant," and "More Blades = Better Shave," (this album is up there with the Tenacious D CD for funniest recorded music ever) the most amazing thing about this album is that these 51 songs, most of which fall into the 30-50 second range, contain a greater range of guitar riffs, catchy vocal melodies, and genre experiments than the entire careers of 95% of commercially popular rock bands. Parry cuts through the garbage and admits that simplistic four chord riffs are not neccessarily worthy of 3 to 4 minute long songs. But wow, 51 compressed versions of that same formula in 35 minutes is an experience you'll never forget.

Average customer rating:

Best AC/DC album hands down
most creative chording and drumming the band ever did
Another level
Play This On 10
Review #100, Baby

For Those About to Rock We Salute You
AC , and DC
Manufacturer: Atlantic / Wea
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Highway to Hell
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ASIN: B00000DOYJ
Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)
I Put the Finger on You
Let's Get It Up
Inject the Venom
Snowballed
Evil Walks
C.O.D.
Breaking the Rules
Night of the Long Knives
Spellbound

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Customer Reviews:

Best AC/DC album hands down.......2007-06-06

most creative chording and drumming the band ever did.......2007-04-26

Another level.......2007-03-21

Play This On 10.......2007-01-25

Review #100, Baby.......2007-01-10

For Those About to Rot: Tribute to AC/DC

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GAY!!!
Need better bands
justice
AC/DC ROCKS!!!
wow this blows

For Those About to Rot: Tribute to AC/DC
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Dwell Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Awaken the Demon: Tribute to Dio

ASIN: B00004W5CZ
Release Date: 2000-08-22

Tracks:

Highway To Hell - Locomotive
Back In Black - Dementia
T.N.T. - Colp
Riff Raff - Wasteland
Those About To Rock - Assisting Sorrow
Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap - Lesser Known
Who Made Who - Neurosilence
Hells Bells - Deamon
You Shook Me All Night Long - Necrology
If You Want Blood (You Got It) - Vladimirs
Walk All Over You - Enertia

Product Description

1. Locomotive - Highway To Hell2. Dementia - Back In Black3. Colp - T.N.T.4. Wasteland - Riff Raff5. Assisting Sorrow - Those About To Rock (We Salute You)6. Lesser Known - Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap7. Neurosilence - Who Made Who8. Deamon - Hells Bells9. Necrology - You Shook Me All Night Long10. Vladimirs - If You Want Blood (You Got It)11. Enertia - Walk All Over You

Format: CD

Customer Reviews:

GAY!!!.......2005-03-11

THIS ALBUM SUCKS!!! HOW CAN YOU INSULT THE GREATEST BAND LIKE THAT!!?? WHAT THE F*&K IS WRONG WITH THESE PEOPLE. Honestly, I like metal. I love metal. I love rock. I love AC/DC. But mixing the two is the GAYEST sounding piece of trash I have ever heard! This Album isn't eaven worth setting it on fire,then taking a crap on the ashes. It's a good waste of fire and pheses. Don't get this album. By the way, whoever says Ac/dc sucks can BURN IN HELL!!!

AC/DC #1 fan J.P.

Need better bands.......2004-05-06

i love ac/dc, and i also love death metal. together the two sound LAME. this album could be better if they had more talented bands with better vocals. the bands that performed on this cd didnt mix their own sound into the ac/dc sound very well, and it would have been better if they had more of their own sound. maybe next time they should try bands that could do a good job on covers like dimmu borgir, or try bands like shadows fall who did an amazing cover of "welcome to the machine" by pink floyd. overall i say you should not buy this cd, the sound will give you a headache if you are a hardcore ac/dc fan, but if you like death metal and ac/dc, give it a shot, and if you despise it, you can make fun of it or give it to a friend.

justice.......2004-03-07

someone did ACDC justice... meaning ACDC sucks and so does this album. haha.

AC/DC ROCKS!!!.......2002-02-04

ok... here it is... AC/DC, in my opinion, is the greatest band i've ever heard. I can listen to their music 24-7. This cd is absolute ... This is more of a slap in the face than a tribute. Please, dont buy this cd!! In conclusion... THIS CD...!!!

wow this blows.......2001-08-30

this has to be the most god-awful thing i have ever heard in my life. the bands on this cd absolutely suck.

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For Those About To Rock
AC/DC
Manufacturer: Epic
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000LYEMQI

For Those About to Sniff Some Glue...We Salute You

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For Those About to Sniff Some Glue...We Salute You
Kristy Krash Majors
Manufacturer: Perris
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0001HK22I
Release Date: 2003-06-24

Tracks:

I Just Want to Have Something to Do
Do You Wanna Dance
Here Today and Gone Tomorrow
Go Mental
No I Wanna Sniff Some Glue
Questioningly
Locket Love
Censorshit
Today Your Love Tomorrow Your World
Why Is It Always This Way
Let's Go
California Sun
Sidewalk Surfin' - Kristy Krash Majors, Barbara Ramone

Album Description

Featuring 5 acoustic songs, 5 live songs, plus 6 tracks from the EP What You Deserve (remixed and remastered). What You Deserve is out of print. 16 tracks. Perris Records. 2004.

For Those About to Rawk: A Punk Tribute to AC/DC

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For Those About to Rawk: A Punk Tribute to AC/DC
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Wave Imports
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Punk Revival | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music
ASIN: B00008RH96
Release Date: 2006-11-28

Tracks:

Rocker - The Vibrators
Shot Down in Flames - The Skulls
Rock 'N' Roll Damnation - The Groovie Ghoulies
Jack - Day Glo Abortions
Highway to Hell - Angry Samoans
Rock 'N' Roll Damnation
Riff Raff
Big Balls - Dwarves
Touch Too Much - Agression
Shake a Leg
Problem Child
Back in Black
For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)

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Timeline
Fremont John
Manufacturer: Aim High Music Group
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0007QMQW2
Release Date: 2005-03-08

Tracks:

Jericho's Wall
Timeline
No Pity On Me
Forgive Me
One Man Who Hopes
Tidal Wave
Guardian Angel
One Love
Save My Life
Storm Warning
Devil's Dune
Hey Brother Jimmy

Album Description

In our material based lives we strive to have all we can that is trendy or in fashion right now. Simply discarding it when its not. For an artist like Fremont John who's music can best be described as Acoustic Rock for experienced adults, he serves as a melodic insight into what is really important in our lives.

In his new CD entitled, Timeline, he brings to light real stories everyone can relate to. Often autobiographical in nature, he reminds us in featured songs like the title track that we have to be true to ourselves at all times. Whether it's chasing our dreams or being in relationships or surviving the situations we put ourselves in, we have to stay authentic.

For Those About to Pop
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For Those About to Pop
Javelin Boot
Manufacturer: Pravda Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000000B5W
Release Date: 1995-05-01