This Foo Fighters Cover Of AC/DC’s ‘Let There Be Rock’ Is The Perfect Tribute To Malcolm Young
The AC/DC guitarist died over the weekend.
The Foo Fighters have paid tribute to AC/DC’s Malcolm Young by busting out a cover of ‘Let There Be Rock’ on stage in Mexico over the weekend.
The Seattle band opened their headlining set at Corona Capitol Festival with the cover, while an image of the guitarist was projected behind them. Young, a founding member of AC/DC, died peacefully surrounded by family and friends on Saturday, aged 64.
Just hours before their set, Foos frontman Dave Grohl shared his own personal tribute to the guitarist, writing on social media that AC/DC’s film Let There Be Rock “changed [his] life.”
“Thirty seven years ago my friend Larry Hinkle and I went to see a midnight movie on a Friday night at the Uptown Theatre in Washington DC,” Grohl wrote. “It was 1980. We were 11 years old. The movie was Let There Be Rock. And it changed my life.
“That film, a live AC/DC performance from Paris, 1979, is everything that live [rock] and roll should be. Sweaty. Loose. Loud. A relentless performance from the perfect band. It was the first time I lost control to music. The first time I wanted to be in a band. I didn’t want to play my guitar anymore, I wanted to smash it.
“Thank you Malcolm for the songs, and the feel, and the cool, and the years of losing control to your rock and roll. I will do just that tonight, for you.”
Watch the cover below.
Photo credits: Tony Woolliscroft/ via Foo Fighters Facebook