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   Malcolm Young, AC/DC Guitarist and Co-Founder, Dead at 64   
   Musician who co-founded Australian rock legends in 1973 with brother Angus   
   Young dies following battle with dementia   
      
   Malcolm Young, guitarist and co-founder of AC/DC, died Saturday at the age of   
   64 after a battle with dementia. Martyn Goodacre Hulton Archive   
   By Daniel Kreps   
   4 hours ago   
   Malcolm Young, guitarist and co-founder of AC/DC, died Saturday at the age of   
   64. Young had been suffering with dementia for the past three years, an   
   illness that forced his retirement from the Rock and Roll Hall of   
   Fame-inducted band he founded with his    
   brother Angus Young in 1973.   
      
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   "Today it is with deep heartfelt sadness that AC/DC has to announce the   
   passing of Malcolm Young," AC/DC wrote in a statement.   
      
   "Malcolm, along with Angus, was the founder and creator of AC/DC. With   
   enormous dedication and commitment he was the driving force behind the band.   
   As a guitarist, songwriter and visionary he was a perfectionist and a unique   
   man. He always stuck to his    
   guns and did and said exactly what he wanted. He took great pride in all that   
   he endeavored. His loyalty to the fans was unsurpassed."   
      
   Angus Young added, "As his brother it is hard to express in words what he has   
   meant to me during my life, the bond we had was unique and very special. He   
   leaves behind an enormous legacy that will live on forever. Malcolm, job well   
   done."   
      
   The Young brothers lost their older brother George Young, the Easybeats   
   guitarist and AC/DC's longtime producer, in October at the age of 70.   
      
   In an additional statement from Malcolm Young's family, the band said that   
   Malcolm Young died peacefully Saturday with his family by his side.   
      
   "Renowned for his musical prowess, Malcolm was a songwriter, guitarist,   
   performer, producer and visionary who inspired many," the statement said.   
   "From the outset, he knew what he wanted to achieve and, along with his   
   younger brother, took to the world    
   stage giving their all at every show. Nothing less would do for their fans."   
      
   As rhythm guitarist for the legendary rock band, Malcolm Young served as an   
   indispensable foil to Angus Young's arena-stuffing riffs. After forming AC/DC   
   in 1973, the Young brothers would be credited as co-writers on every song the   
   band recorded from    
   their 1975 debut High Voltage through 2014's Rock or Bust. That final album   
   marked AC/DC's first without Malcolm, who announced in September 2014 that he   
   would permanently leave the band due to dementia.   
      
   "We miss Malcolm, obviously," AC/DC singer Brian Johnson said in July 2014.   
   "He's a fighter. He's in [the] hospital, but he's a fighter. We've got our   
   fingers crossed that he'll get strong again... Stevie, Malcolm's nephew, was   
   magnificent, but when you'   
   re recording with this thing hanging over you and your work mate isn't well,   
   it's difficult. But I'm sure [Malcolm] was rooting for us."   
      
   Malcolm Young last performed live with AC/DC when their tour for 2008's Black   
   Ice concluded in June 2010 with a concert in Bilbao, Spain.   
      
      
   Malcolm Young, like his older brother George and younger brother Angus, was   
   born in Glasgow, Scotland before the whole Young family emigrated to Sydney,   
   Australia in the early Sixties.   
      
   Malcolm and Angus' first brush with rock stardom came courtesy of their   
   brother George, who found global fame thanks to his band the Easybeats and   
   their song "Friday on My Mind." Although Malcolm's two older brothers found   
   success in the music industry,    
   their father still made Malcolm work as a mechanic in a bra factory after   
   leaving school at 15.   
      
   "I've never felt like a pop star – this is a nine-to-five sort of gig,"   
   Malcolm told Rolling Stone in 2008. "It comes from working in the factories,   
   that world. You don't forget it."   
      
   In 1973, Malcolm recruited Angus to form a new band, which the brothers named   
   after the "AC/DC" electrical current marker they spotted on their sister's   
   sewing machine. After a few lineup changes, the Young brothers were introduced   
   to singer Bon Scott by    
   their brother George, who would serve as AC/DC's producer on their early   
   albums.   
      
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   Throughout AC/DC's tenure, Malcolm and Angus Young served as the band's main   
   creative force, crafting the unmistakable riffs that would make AC/DC one of   
   the biggest bands in music. Together, the brothers would create the music for   
   hits like "Back in    
   Black," "Hells Bells," "Highway to Hell," "Thunderstruck," "For Those About to   
   Rock (We Salute You)," "You Shook Me All Night Long" and dozens more rock   
   staples.   
      
   However, Malcolm's time in AC/DC was not without strife: A heavy drinker, he   
   briefly left AC/DC in 1988 during the Blow Up Your Video Tour – his only   
   absence from the band up to and until his dementia diagnosis – to go to   
   rehab to curb his drinking    
   problem. After a few months, Malcolm returned to the band and remained sober   
   ever since. "I was not surprised," George Young said of his younger brother's   
   sobriety. "When Malcolm puts his mind to something, he does it."   
      
   E Street Band guitarist Steven Van Zandt said in a statement to Rolling Stone,   
   "Malcolm was the essential rhythm guitarist of the world’s greatest working   
   class Hard Rock band. An irreplaceable loss."   
      
   Eddie Van Halen wrote following Young's death, "It is a sad day in rock and   
   roll. Malcolm Young was my friend and the heart and soul of AC/DC. I had some   
   of the best times of my life with him on our 1984 European tour. He will be   
   missed and my deepest    
   condolences to his family, bandmates and friends."   
      
   Megadeth's Dave Mustaine, who regarded Malcolm as one of rock's greatest   
   rhythm guitarists, tweeted Saturday following Young's death, "I have to go...I   
   am losing it that Malcolm is gone. I hate this..." Kiss' Paul Stanley added,   
   "The driving engine of AC/   
   DC has died. A tragic end for a sometimes unsung icon. One of the true greats.   
   RIP."   
      
   The Young brothers and AC/DC were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame   
   in 2003. With over 110 million albums sold, AC/DC is also the best-selling   
   Australian act of all time.   
      
   When Rolling Stone asked the Young brothers in 2008, Who runs AC/DC?," Malcolm   
   replied, "We both do, because we were there from the start."   
      
      
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