In a new interview on “The Big Interview”, AC/DC frontman Brian Johnson talked about getting writer’s block.
Brian Johnson recalls getting writer’s block while working on AC/DC‘s landmark “Back In Black” album in the Bahamas.
Feeling completely out of ideas, Johnson sat down for breakfast with legendary producer Mutt Lange. As the pair spoke, a tropical storm rolled in — jolting Johnson’s creativity and planting the seeds for what would become one of AC/DC‘s most enduring hits: “Hells Bells”.
“Mutt went, ‘Oh, it’s rolling thunder!’ And I went, ‘Rolling thunder, pouring rain, coming on like a hurricane. There’s white lightning flashing,'” Johnson explains.
“I mean I literally was giving a weather report.” Though they didn’t know it then, the song would go down as a signature piece for the band, helping secure their place as masters of rock.
He continues, “When great things are happening so quickly, you never realize, do you? It’s so fabulous. It just looks so easy. When you try to do it again, it never works!”