Hann, Michael (12 June 2011). "AC/DC recruits Brian Johnson". The Guardian . Retrieved 17 December 2017. Johnson was born on 5 October 1947 in Dunston, then in County Durham. He is the oldest of four siblings. His English father, Alan, was a coal miner and sergeant major in the British Army's Durham Light Infantry [4] who died in 1996. His Italian mother, Esther ( née De Lucia), was from Rocca di Papa. [5] When he was young, Johnson performed in various shows with the Scouts, appeared in a play which aired on television, and joined a local church choir. [6] He also served in the Territorial Army with the 17th Parachute Battalion in Germany for two years. [7] [8] Career [ edit ] Early career [ edit ] Sting to release first new original album in 10 years, 'The Last Ship' ". Daily News. New York. 5 June 2013 . Retrieved 6 June 2013. Katie Wales (2006). Northern English: a cultural and social history. p.26. Cambridge University Press, 2006

a b Press Association (7 April 2020). "Sporting film of the day – Goal!". glasgowtimes.co.uk. Evening Glasgow Times. There is quite a lot of insight about his time in the band Geordie. This is the band that he was singing out the front of when Bon Scott and Angus Young first saw him and some surprising stories about his own time in the military. Video: Brian Johnson: 'cars give me the same thrill as music' ". Telegraph. Archived from the original on 17 April 2014 . Retrieved 13 February 2016. Brian has broken the mold. One of the best autobiographies I've ever read! His writing is compelling and hilarious (no ghostwriter here, he wrote it in longhand), and it's a gold mine of windows into his pre-fame life, all written so sincerely. Remembering the world was not long out of the second world war when young Brian was born so like many stories of the day, Brian's childhood was a fairly dismal and depressing one. A real show of what it is like to never give up and follow your dreams.AC/DC 's BRIAN JOHNSON Reflects On Voicing Character In 2004 Video Game 'Call Of Duty: Finest Hour': 'It Was Fun' ". Lives of Brian”, уважението към феновете и към паметта на Бон Скот, разочаро��анието и болката, които надничат зад някои от случките като подпийнало джорди, което се опитва да се скрие зад полупразната си халба с Newcastle Brown Ale. Brian Johnson: 'I think they made a mistake about Jeremy Clarkson' ". The Telegraph. 13 September 2015. Archived from the original on 12 January 2022. Rolex Sports Car Series: Official Race Results" (PDF). Sportscarchampionship.imsa.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 September 2017 . Retrieved 13 January 2018. I've been able to do some not very good watercolour pantings and some cooking which has turned out to be surprisingly edible.

race: Rolex 24 at Daytona (GA) - Racing-Reference.info". www.racing-reference.info . Retrieved 19 March 2021. Warm, vivid, evocative, life-affirming and often laugh-out-loud funny, The Lives of Brian tells the story of one of our most well-loved performers in his own inimitable words.

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We Have Ways of Making You Talk: 189. AC/DC's Brian Johnson on Apple Podcasts". Podcasts.apple.com . Retrieved 1 January 2021.