Brian Johnson before AC/DC

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Brain Johnson was born in 1947 in North East England in Dunston, Gateshead, County Durham, England where the people in that part of England are referred to as Geordies.

 

Geordie is both a regional nickname for a person from the larger Tyneside region of North East England, and the name of the Northern English dialect spoken by its inhabitants.

 

Just before joining AC/DC Brian Johnson was the lead singer for a band by the name of Geordie...

 

Here are the names of the bands that Brian Johnson was in previous to joining AC/DC beginning around 1969/1970, and then he joined AC/DC in 1980 to replace Bon Scott who shortly before had passed away.

 

Gobi Desert Canoe Club

Fresh

The Jasper Hart Band

Geordie

 

Here's a solo single, and its flipside that he recorded under the name Brian Johnson in 1976...

 

Brian Johnson "I Can't Forget You" & "Now Give It Up"...

 

This tune and others could possibly earn some respect for Johnson by @Jim Schue

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DG2dphaMH8

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Here are a few very short excerpts from The Jasper Hart Band...

 

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qknX8TtJWc

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[video=youtube;vuJ44-mFaE4]

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Here is Brian Johnson as the lead singer for Geordie on German TV in 1975

 

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Here is Georgie covering "House of the Rising Sun"...

 

Not bad at all...

 

[video=youtube;rPab0qMd-V4]

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Another very interesting TV performance in 1975 looking pretty cool for the time, and using his vocal power in possibly a more digestible and tolerable way if his AC/DC scratchy screams are not to some folks' liking.

 

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Geordie in 1973 - Here you hear more of Johnson's signature scratchy sound sorta like Dan McCafferty of Nazareth....you could almost hear him singing "Hair of the Dog" by Nazareth...

 

[video=youtube;0_xLxOE_-f0]

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Geordie in 1974 with "She's a Teaser"

 

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Geordie with "Black Cat"

 

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Here's a compilation highlighting Brian Johnson's vocal range with careering spanning bits and pieces of excerpts highlighting some of his capabilities as a rock vocalist.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLwBg8BnMCM

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Belting out the catchy tune "She's a Teaser"

 

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Cool footage of Geordie live in Sydney, Australia in 1974 with a short interview beforehand which give a more rocking out look at them in a live setting.

 

[video=youtube;LyoYH_Um-DY]

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Another look at Geordie doing a TV show in 1975

 

[#99]

Good stuff there B-Ball -fan. Big fan of AC-DC since I was a kid.