Hells Bells (song) Hells Bells (song) "Hells Bells" is the first track of "Back in Black", the seventh studio album by Australian hard rock band AC/DC and their comeback album after the death of lead singer Bon Scott. "Hells Bells" is the second single from "Back in Black", released on 31 October 1980. The song also appears on "Who Made Who", AC/DC's 1986 soundtrack to the Stephen King movie "Maximum Overdrive" and on both versions of 1992's "AC/DC Live". The song begins with a bell slowly tolling four times, after which Angus Young starts playing the song's main riff. Malcolm Young then joins
Angus Young he would begin using in 1977, was also used as a compressor and a booster in his signal to "fatten up" his tone. Ever since adding it to his rig, it was used on several albums in the studio for chosen rhythm guitar tracks and all lead guitar tracks. Beginning with "Rock or Bust", due to the discontinuation of the Schaffer system, Young began using a replica of the unit's preamp with a commercial wireless unit. Contrary to popular belief, Angus and Malcolm have both stated in guitar enthusiast magazine interviews that very little pre-gain, if any, is used on