High Voltage (1975 album) self-discovery is what makes the original version of "High Voltage" both the most inconsistent and unique of all the Bon Scott albums." • Album artwork by Richard Ford High Voltage (1975 album) High Voltage is the debut studio album by Australian hard rock band AC/DC, released only in Australia, on 17 February 1975. In November 1973, guitarists Malcolm Young and Angus Young formed AC/DC and recruited bassist Larry Van Kriedt, vocalist Dave Evans, and Colin Burgess, ex-Masters Apprentices drummer. Soon the Young brothers decided that Evans was not a suitable frontman for the group; they felt he was more of
Hard rock "Double Live Gonzo!" (1978). From outside the United Kingdom and the United States, the Canadian trio Rush released three distinctively hard rock albums in 1974–75 ("Rush", "Fly by Night" and "Caress of Steel") before moving toward a more progressive sound with the 1976 album "2112". The Irish band Thin Lizzy, which had formed in the late 1960s, made their most substantial commercial breakthrough in 1976 with the hard rock album "Jailbreak" and their worldwide hit "The Boys Are Back in Town", which reached number 8 in the UK and number 12 in the US. Their style, consisting of two duelling