George Young (rock musician) a hard rock group, AC/DC, in 1973. Young helped them with AC/DC, which went on to become a success internationally. He declared to his brothers "that he didn't believe a band can ever call itself a band until it's done at least "200" gigs". With Vanda he co-produced AC/DC's early albums, "High Voltage" (1975), "T.N.T." (1975), "High Voltage" (1976), "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" (1976), "Let There Be Rock" (1977) and "Powerage" (1978). Young briefly played as AC/DC's bass guitarist for a short stint, early in their career. He produced AC/DC's 2000 album, "Stiff Upper Lip". Malcolm was replaced in
Malcolm Young volume with little or no gain. This is contrary to a common belief of many rock guitarists that rhythm guitar should involve loud and overdriven power chords through large amplifiers. Dave Mustaine of Megadeth stated in a 2004 interview that he considered himself, Young, Rudolf Schenker and James Hetfield of Metallica to be the best rhythm guitarists in the world. In 2006 he was the subject of a song (and album) title by Australian punk rock band Frenzal Rhomb: "Forever Malcolm Young". In 2017 Gretsch guitars reissued the Gretsch G6131MY, a ‘signature’ guitar based on Young's modified 1963 Gretsch Jet