Not much is known about AC/DC's original frontman Bon Scott here in America. We still hear him on classic rock radio belting "Highway to Hell" or "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap," but how did he reach that point? What was Scott like before stardom? A new documentary and biopic about the frontman are in the works, so we'll have some answers soon enough, Billboard notes.
"He's just the most popular singer ever to come out of Australia. I don't think America really appreciates how much he's held in high regard in Australia," one of Scott's pre-AC/DC bandmates, Peter Head, explained.
Some of the singer's friends and admirers will be involved with the projects, which have yet to receive a release date. The doc, Looking for Bon, will be out in 2015. The biopic will follow.
"The purpose of the documentary is to chronicle what was a very creative period for Bon from 1970 to 1974 and give the viewer an insight into a very creative period of Bon's life and to enlighten all on just how great a singer he was before he joined ACDC," executive producer Shemori BoShae said.
Scott was featured on seven AC/DC records from 1975 to 1979. The band had begun work on Back in Black when the singer died of alcohol poisoning in 1980. He was 34.
"It's really weird because he's one of thousands of people I interacted with, but in hindsight, it seems he's the most important musician I ever interacted with," Head added. "When he joined AC/DC he had five or six years with them before he died and the rest of the world has only seen that. So they missed out on the Bon era, a lot of it, which is a bit of a pity because it's the favorite one for Australians and the favorite one for me, too."
Head also said that had Scott lived, he would probably have recorded an album of the great American songbook by now because he was a fan of all types of music.
"He had a lot more soul in his voice and blues, just feel, which he got from listening to people like Ray Charles and Nina Simone."
