Ear of Newt

AC/DC's Malcolm Young reportedly suffering from dementia

by Steve Newton on September 25th, 2014 at 6:51 PM
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      Yesterday AC/DC announced on its website that it would be releasing a new album, Rock or Bust, on December 2. The band also made it known that founding rhythm-guitarist Malcolm Young would no longer be performing with the group, as he had fallen ill with an undisclosed condition.

      Now comes word that Young, 61, has been admitted into a nursing home in Sydney, Australia, suffering from dementia.

      According to the Sydney Morning News, sources connected to the Young family have confirmed the sad news.

      "If you were in the room with [Malcolm Young] and walked out, then came back in one minute later, he wouldn't remember who you are," reports the source. "He has a complete loss of short-term memory. His wife, Linda, has put him in full-time care."

      We here at Ear of Newt send all our best wishes to the man whose stalwart rhythm work has set so many millions of heads a-bangin' over the years.

      Stay strong, Mal!

      Comments

      5 Comments

      A. MacInnis

      Sep 26, 2014 at 12:40am

      Wasn't the story that he'd had a sudden, debilitating stroke, and couldn't remember how to play his guitar? If so, and his capacity to remember has been fried by a stroke, is that really the same thing as dementia? I mean, I don't know, but I generally take the two to be different...

      Bless the Man

      Sep 26, 2014 at 8:36am

      Regardless, he helped us make sense of the 70s and gave us a place to rock out when it did not add up. Bless you, Malcolm.

      Cranky Mom

      Sep 26, 2014 at 9:47am

      How very sad. I saw AC/DC in 1980 at Maple Leaf Gardens on the first tour after Bon Scott died. My ears are still ringing. AD/DC got me through high school.

      canali

      Sep 26, 2014 at 5:06pm

      a fab band with some truly air punching hair raising on your arms rock and roll...anyone remember 'sarsfest' of yrs back in Toronto? AC/DC was to go on 2nd last, before the Stones...but they blew away the crowd, more than the Stones did, for sure.
      Kudos to them.