Malcolm Young retires

[hieronymous]

I'm guessing it's meth related? Doing bad drugs, getting involved with messed-up people. I don't mean to stereotype meth users but... Shoulda just stuck with pot!

[uwe]

That's what I thought too. Such idiocy.

[Aussie Mark]

Highway to Cell

Based on how Rudd looked on the TV coverage of his court appearance, it's definitely meth.

[uwe]

It escapes me why people have to take a drug that makes them look so ugly so quickly. I want to be a good-looking corpse.

I hear that AC/DC's web-community is already, errrm, drumming for the return of the bald one.

[Highlander]

I know a good undertaker... reliable type...

[uwe]

Chris has been waiting in the wings all these years and keeping in shape ...

[Highlander]

Last time I saw him was with The Firm, and before that in a bar band called Chuck Farley, with a certain Boz on the bass...

[uwe]

http://ultimateclassicrock.com/ac-dc-chris-slade-quit/

[westen44]

It escapes me why people have to take a drug that makes them look so ugly so quickly. I want to be a good-looking corpse.

I hear that AC/DC's web-community is already, errrm, drumming for the return of the bald one.

I saw a documentary on this once that explained it well.  It said the first time you take it you feel like Superman.  That's the lure.  There was also a doctor on there who said that even taking it only once can cause permanent damage.  Taking meth has to be on the top ten list of the most insane things a person can do. 

[Basvarken]

Looks like the charges of attempting to procure murder has been dropped

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/nov/07/charges-attempting-procure-murder-dropped-acdc-phil-rudd

[lowend1]

Highway to Cell

Based on how Rudd looked on the TV coverage of his court appearance, it's definitely meth.

Holy crap! I hadn't seen that.

[Basvarken]

Highway to Cell

Based on how Rudd looked on the TV coverage of his court appearance, it's definitely meth.

So you judge people by looking at a just out of bed pic on a bad hair day? 

Doesn't look all that different from his promotional pics by the way...

[Lightyear]

Looks like the charges of attempting to procure murder has been dropped

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/nov/07/charges-attempting-procure-murder-dropped-acdc-phil-rudd

My money says that he'll enter "rehab" to recover from the demons that torment him here shortly - seems like this is a way to get a lesser sentence in the long run 

[uwe]

It's not the hair, Rob, it's the haunted gaze. The man is 60, not 80. And that is how he looked four years ago:



Obviously, the healthy life on a New Zealand farm and eating and sleeping right don't age you quite as much. And the luxury accorded to him when he is touring with one of the world's biggest bands doesn't explain that physical deterioration either. Meth does, though there can be other reasons of course, but the difference is more than a "bad day" or an unfavorable picture can explain.

[lowend1]

It's not the hair, Rob, it's the haunted gaze. The man is 60, not 80.

Obviously, the healthy life on a New Zealand farm and eating and sleeping right don't age you quite as much. And the luxury accorded to him when he is touring with one of the world's biggest bands doesn't explain that physical deterioration either. Meth does, though there can be other reasons of course, but the difference is more than a "bad day" or an unfavorable picture can explain.

...seeing a little "meth mouth" in those new pics as well.