Interview w/ JESSE FINK (Author of "BON: THE LAST HIGHWAY") |
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- čas přidán 11. 09. 2024
- This is Play That Rock'n'Roll's interview with Jesse Fink, the author of "BON: THE LAST HIGHWAY", which has a new UPDATED edition being released on May 31, 2022. In this interview, we discuss some new revelations in the updated edition, Jesse's extensive research process, some of the people interviewed for this book, what Bon Scott might have done in the MTV era, and the insane backlash Jesse has received from "Bonfest" and other overly-defensive fans for daring to challenge the official story about Bon's death.
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The bottom line here is....we all know that Bon was into the powders with a bit of something to wash it down. This story is a very likely one, it's not impossible. We all loved Bon ( who didn't )?. I was lucky enough to see him and the boys in 1979 in Oakland CA, Day On The Green ( monsters of rock ). It was the Highway To Hell tour and life was good and a good time was had by all. Thanks Bon and thanks Jesse.
That's why AC/DC was real only till BinB.. All the other albums are mainstream "U.S shake ass" shit... Bon the one and only..
The heroine story isn't that far fetched.
He did nearly died twice 1975,1976 by heroine.
in fraternity the bandmates called him
Roadtest ronnie
Outstanding interview. You really did your homework and that you appreciated the sheer amount of man hours it took to produce this. Great job, man.
Thank you sir! I appreciate the kind words. I also have another interview with Jesse on this channel about his book PURE NARCO if you are interested!
Jesse one of the only two authors who I know did the hard work and didn’t go along with the band/company narrative. The other is Tony Fletcher who did an amazing biography on Keith Moon. It upset Roger Daltrey because Tony debunked all the crazy stories about Keith.
Jesse is a great guy and author who humanized one of top two rock heroes of all time. He made me rethink the whole Bon-Back In Black-lyric topic. I used to think Bon may have written a few lines of You Shook Me, but after reading his book I question the entire album. I also never believed Bon simply died from drinking too much.
Great interview!!! I hope you join the Bon Scott Forum (For Thinking Fans of AC/DC)!
Fletcher's "Dear Boy" is a masterpiece. Moonie's my hero and after reading the book, he still is!
Never let the truth get in the way of a good story, they say. So true!!
I'm gonna watch this interview now. Thanks to Jesse and Play That RnR.
@@philouze1815 it is! Just like Jesse Fink did for Bon, Tony Fletcher showed all sides of Keith Moon. And exactly! Never let the truth get in the way of a good story. In AC/DC’s case, they don’t want to own up to the truth about the way Bon died or that Bon had anything to do with Back In Black. Check out Bon The Last Highway in its updated second edition out now. Mine should be here today. Cheers!
@@philouze1815 Moonie is one of my rock and roll heroes too, btw. He’s in my top 3. :)
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Maybe the real story about Bon’s death conflicts with some other (more horrible) interests than just keeping up appearance about “doing drinking with the boys” or taking heroïne.
@@richardjansen3317’ve heard people say that and I think that’s just going overboard. Unless Bon saw something he wasn’t supposed to; e.g. Bon being in the wrong place at the wrong time; seeing something he wasn’t supposed to see. Someone involved in a drug deal or a drug deal gone wrong or something huge like that. But the chances, to me at least, are very very slim.
You Shook Me...and Have A Drink On Me...classic Bon lyrics.
Great interview. Really enjoyed it. I thought it was interesting when you and Jesse were talking about other musicians who had been involved in heroin use as it reminded me that a very well known Australian musician who is nearly regarded as a folk singer over here talks about his heroin addiction in his autobiography. His name is Paul Kelly and he didn't party anywhere near as hard as Bon Scott was known to yet here we are supposed to believe someone like Paul Kelly can be a heroin user yet Bon Scott wouldn't.
Great interview. It’s ridiculous that some people believe that Bon Scott had NO part in writing the lyrics for Back In Black. Brian Johnson was in a mediocre band (Geordie)before joining AC/DC, with minimal success back in the U.K.. How does one go from a mediocre band to writing the lyrics for the 2nd biggest selling album of all time? I’d say impossible. Just read the lyrics for the rest of the albums after Back In Black. They are fairly juvenile and crude. Bon’s writing was very clever and witty.
As for Bon’s death. The man hung around with many junkies at the time he died. He was surrounded by them. People who knew him have always said he was willing to use anything that was put in front of him. It is easy to draw the conclusion that heroin played a part in his death.
And people try to say that cleverness and wit wasn’t found on BIB, but I disagree. Hells Bells, “I’m a-rolling thunder a-pouring rain, I’m coming in like a hurricane”. That’s how Bon would tie it all together just as Pete Way said. Plus Bon had already used the line, “You came on like a hurricane” in Stick Around off of the first High Voltage album. What are the chances of Brian walking into the band and right off the bat comes up with a phrase that’s identical to Bon’s??? That is laughable. That’s why I cannot believe a word Brian says. Well, there are many, many more examples, but all one has to do is open their mind and read all of these interviews and quotes from Malcolm, Angus and Brian from over the last 42 years and all they do is contradict one another. Meaning the Youngs and Brian. So much doesn’t line up. That tells me all I need to know that there is a major cover-up.
Also the lyrics to the title track are witty. The first verse at least. Which is what I think Malcolm did; he kept a lot of the first verses pretty much intact. Except changing “Chartreuse eyes” to “Sightless eyes”. I guess the chick was blind? Lmao
The title track is not a “tribute” song. It is a song about coming into wealth, money. “I hit the sack” almost sounds like Bon saying he scored “a sac of money” and also meant (because of his trademark double meaning) that he can now rest because his payday had finally arrived and now he can finally get the rest he had been wanting for so long. That’s all he wanted once he got the money that was coming his way. And boy was it ever with Highway To Hell going Platinum in the U.S.; their first ever million seller in America.
Gosh, I could go on and on.
Are you a member of Jesse and Jason Smart’s “The Bon Scott Forum (For Thinking Fans of AC/DC)”? If not, we would love to have you. Not that we want an echo chamber, but you would fit right in with those of us who believe Bon’s lyrics ended up being used for Back In Black, albeit heavily edited by Mal, Angus and Mutt Lange.
Bon was such a master wordsmith his ideas still shine through on so many of the songs.
The fact is that Alistair Kinnear made various statements. This story he told was simply a lie. He left Bon in the car almost all day until he took him dead to the hospital. Anyone who can put 1 and 1 together can probably guess that something wasn't right here.He knew definitely more as he admitted.
What’s scary about a guy like Bon, or Keith Moon… if they’re working they are on the edge and it’s got to be unnerving for those around them. But if they are not working and have time on their hands at home … that had to fill everybody with dread.
None of those guys died on the road or when recording did they? Except if the plane went down.
Fink’s book was certainly entertaining and as good as anyone could do given what sources he could get and what they had to say.
It was tough for me to go as far as the guy he was with deliberately stalled so the heroin couldn’t be traced. Tough sell - that one.
Got my copy awesome
It's like Manic Street Preachers only becoming big sellers when Richie disappeared . The masses can only handle bland!
I really respect jesse as an author and firmly believe bon died through sniffind H at the Music Machine , and just for your info i was there that night , at the bar and backstage but didnt see bon scott..
Starship:knee deep in the hoopla
@Joseph Kay, would you please send my reaction to Jesse Fink? Thank you for this great interview. 👌
Best question although came from Jesse himself: “Who sold this (probably poisoned) heroïne to Bon?”
It’s important to recognise: any artist or band that gets really big is controlled by deepstate or whatever you want to call them: freemasons, shadow governments, illuminati or the families that own the central banks + Vanquard/Blackrock.
How they do it? Check out the book ‘Thanks for the memories’ by Brice Taylor. I hope Jesse will read this book, Connect some more dots and than again seeks for new solutions for the death of Bon Scott.
Almost every really big band lost one of his members. To my opinion that is not accidently. Sad but true..
I’m gonna look wether there is a Dutch translation to the book ‘Bon’ by Jesse Fink.
Thanks again for the great interview.
Oops! I now see that the original English version of the book by Brice Taylor is called: “Thanks for the memories”