Watch AC/DC Perform “The Jack” Live in 1979

AC/DC have shared a live video of “The Jack,” from their 1976 album, High Voltage, on their official YouTube channel. The performance hails from the Dutch TV show Countdown, recorded July 13, 1979.

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Rich is the co-author of the best-selling Nöthin' But a Good Time: The Uncensored History of the '80s Hard Rock Explosion. He is also a recording and performing musician, and a former editor of Guitar World magazine and executive editor of Guitar Aficionado magazine. He has authored several additional books, among them Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck, the companion to the documentary of the same name.

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