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
Rock music in Australia hard rock music the world over. From their humble beginnings, Scottish brothers Angus and Malcolm Young forged a hard-hitting, ball-breaking pub guitar sound, similar to Alex Harvey but tougher. When Bon Scott joined the band to lend his unique vocal talent, the band began their 'long way to the top', shooting to the top of the Australian rock scene in 1974–75 and their song "It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll)". The band later achieved international success, especially with the release of their album "Highway to Hell". This was to be Bon Scott's last