In a new interview with The Logan Show, Diamond Head guitarist Brian Tatler recalled the day they opened for AC/DC. These gigs turned out to be significant as they marked singer Bon Scott’s final shows with AC/DC before his death. As it turns out, the Diamond Head members had the chance to hang out with them, and their then-bass player, Colin Kimberly, even kept the whiskey bottle he drank out of.
When asked if Scott was a cool guy to hang out with, the rocker responded:
“Oh, yeah. In fact, we came off stage, and he’d been drinking a bottle of whisky. He was watching us from the side of the stage. We were all thinking, ‘Oh, Bon Scott’s there, look, watching us. We should be good. We’ve gotta play well.'”
The rocker’s whiskey bottle got to the hands of the bassist, who eventually kept it for a reason — money:
“And he’d been drinking a bottle of Jack, I think, and he gave the rest of the bottle to our bass player, Colin, as we passed him. ‘Here you go, guys,’ you know, that kind of thing. And Colin kept that bottle and took it home with him and thought, ‘Oh, that’ll be worth some money one day.'”
The band’s opportunity to play as the opening act arose when Def Leppard, originally slated to open for AC/DC on their ‘Highway to Hell’ tour, withdrew from the lineup to focus on studio work.
Bon Scott’s Passing
Scott was invited to join AC/DC by Malcolm and Angus Young in 1974, and he achieved international stardom before his death at the age of 33 from alcohol poisoning. He lent his vocals to AC/DC’s initial six studio albums, including ‘High Voltage,’ ‘Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap,’ ‘Let There Be Rock,’ and ‘Highway To Hell.’
Scott passed away due to acute alcohol poisoning after a night of heavy drinking at a club in London, just days after participating in a session with Malcolm and Angus Young, during which they began working on music for what would later become the ‘Back In Black’ album.
According to the AC/DC FAQ website, on the evening of February 19, 1980, Bon and his friend had been drinking, and Bon apparently fell asleep during the ride home. Unable to wake Bon, Kinnear left him in the car to sleep. Early on February 20, Kinnear checked on Bon and found him unconscious in the car. Despite efforts to revive him, Bon could not be revived and was pronounced dead.
See the interview below.
