In a new conversation with Clint Switzer of On The Road To Rock, former AC/DC drummer, Chris Slade, was asked once again if he was disappointed by the group’s last decision to recruit drummer Matt Laug, and not himself, for AC/DC’s spring/summer 2024 tour.

Here’s what Chris Slade replied:

“No. You know what? Would I have done it, is the next question. I would say yes, I would do it, of course. Angus (Young) probably wanted a change and thought maybe I couldn’t do it. I’m the same age as Brian.

”So, you can’t be ageist and say, ‘Slade’s too old now,’ ’cause (Angus is) a spring chicken himself, you see. He’s only about 69, I think. I’m not quite sure how old he is, 66, 69, something like that. But, yeah, so he couldn’t be ageist on me.

“I know Matt Laug, by the way. I used to know him when I lived in California. So I used to see Matt and talked to him many times. We have mutual friends who had a band in a place called Pancho’s in Manhattan Beach in California. And they used to play every Friday. So I used to go and sometimes sit in, but always went to see them, watch them.

”And they’re a fantastic band. And Matt was one of the drummers that sat in. So I saw him a few times down there, and we talked and he told me about… Alanis (Morissette) offered him the tour in the beginning, ”Jagged Little Pill” tour, and he wanted to concentrate on his studio work in L.A. So he said ‘no’ to Alanis. So he might’ve learned his lesson this time.”