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Brian Johnson Was Abruptly Fired By AC/DC, Not Because Of Hearing Loss, Report Suggests
By Brian Storm -
April 18, 2016
AXL/DC
After thirty six years with vocalist Brian Johnson, which makes up the majority of AC/DC‘s storied history, the group announced just a few days ago that they have parted ways. Back in February when the band first made the announcement, it sounded temporary. The word “fill in” was used and it seemed as though Johnson would be back after finding some way to work around it.
Now, Eddie Trunk has offered a fascinating look behind the scenes of what went down with the firing of Brian Johnson and the hiring of Guns N’ Roses vocalist Axl Rose. Trunk says that nobody he knows is buying the excuse that he was let go due to a hearing loss.
“The release from AC/DC made it pretty clear they are done with Brian Johnson. What really happened with Brian is anyone’s guess. But nobody is buying the hearing thing that I know. My sources tell me Brian was slowing down and didn’t want to work as hard as Angus (who is younger) did.” Eddie Trunk wrote on his new blog.
As Jim Breuer also said, the hearing issue is a small part of it, it’s more of an excuse to get him out of the band so they can keep playing large shows.
“I also know that on the latest tour Brian only wanted to do 2-3 shows max a week. Something that is expensive for a band when off that much on the road (Aerosmith has to do this with Tyler). It comes with age and guys slowing. I suspect it reached a breaking point and that was that. I can not believe it was a sudden hearing issue. Maybe it played a small role, but no way is it the real story in full. I can’t believe after 36 years AC/DC would say goodbye to their singer and not find a work around. MANY have hearing issues and find a way to make it work in rock. And until Brian speaks, we will never know. Brian is a total class act. So very possible he takes the high road here. But it still blows me away how so many fans are not demanding a real answer on Brian and are so quick to move on.” he continued.
He’s absolutely spot on here. Remember, back in February when they first initially made the announcement about his hearing loss, this was portrayed as a temporary issue. Now, they “wish him well in his future endeavors” as their statement said over the weekend when they announced Axl Rose as his replacement on the upcoming tour. That definitely sounds like someone got fired — which really sucks when he was your vocalist for more than 35 years and you can kick him to the curb just like that.
The fans will make the final decision.
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Brian Johnson Was Abruptly Fired By AC/DC, Not Because Of Hearing Loss, Report Suggests
By Brian Storm -
April 18, 2016
AXL/DC
After thirty six years with vocalist Brian Johnson, which makes up the majority of AC/DC‘s storied history, the group announced just a few days ago that they have parted ways. Back in February when the band first made the announcement, it sounded temporary. The word “fill in” was used and it seemed as though Johnson would be back after finding some way to work around it.
Now, Eddie Trunk has offered a fascinating look behind the scenes of what went down with the firing of Brian Johnson and the hiring of Guns N’ Roses vocalist Axl Rose. Trunk says that nobody he knows is buying the excuse that he was let go due to a hearing loss.
“The release from AC/DC made it pretty clear they are done with Brian Johnson. What really happened with Brian is anyone’s guess. But nobody is buying the hearing thing that I know. My sources tell me Brian was slowing down and didn’t want to work as hard as Angus (who is younger) did.” Eddie Trunk wrote on his new blog.
As Jim Breuer also said, the hearing issue is a small part of it, it’s more of an excuse to get him out of the band so they can keep playing large shows.
“I also know that on the latest tour Brian only wanted to do 2-3 shows max a week. Something that is expensive for a band when off that much on the road (Aerosmith has to do this with Tyler). It comes with age and guys slowing. I suspect it reached a breaking point and that was that. I can not believe it was a sudden hearing issue. Maybe it played a small role, but no way is it the real story in full. I can’t believe after 36 years AC/DC would say goodbye to their singer and not find a work around. MANY have hearing issues and find a way to make it work in rock. And until Brian speaks, we will never know. Brian is a total class act. So very possible he takes the high road here. But it still blows me away how so many fans are not demanding a real answer on Brian and are so quick to move on.” he continued.
He’s absolutely spot on here. Remember, back in February when they first initially made the announcement about his hearing loss, this was portrayed as a temporary issue. Now, they “wish him well in his future endeavors” as their statement said over the weekend when they announced Axl Rose as his replacement on the upcoming tour. That definitely sounds like someone got fired — which really sucks when he was your vocalist for more than 35 years and you can kick him to the curb just like that.
The fans will make the final decision.
The final decision on what?
Whether Brian Johnson was abruptly fired? Or that his departure was due to his hearing loss as initially reported?
Eddie Trunk (whose probably the biggest hard rock and metal fan on the planet) was not saying whether Axl is a good choice or not - he's just giving another side of the story which might be closer to the truth.
This is pretty much what Jim Breuer reported initially, and he was raked over the coals and forced to retract his statements.Quote
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Brian Johnson Was Abruptly Fired By AC/DC, Not Because Of Hearing Loss, Report Suggests
By Brian Storm -
April 18, 2016
AXL/DC
After thirty six years with vocalist Brian Johnson, which makes up the majority of AC/DC‘s storied history, the group announced just a few days ago that they have parted ways. Back in February when the band first made the announcement, it sounded temporary. The word “fill in” was used and it seemed as though Johnson would be back after finding some way to work around it.
Now, Eddie Trunk has offered a fascinating look behind the scenes of what went down with the firing of Brian Johnson and the hiring of Guns N’ Roses vocalist Axl Rose. Trunk says that nobody he knows is buying the excuse that he was let go due to a hearing loss.
“The release from AC/DC made it pretty clear they are done with Brian Johnson. What really happened with Brian is anyone’s guess. But nobody is buying the hearing thing that I know. My sources tell me Brian was slowing down and didn’t want to work as hard as Angus (who is younger) did.” Eddie Trunk wrote on his new blog.
As Jim Breuer also said, the hearing issue is a small part of it, it’s more of an excuse to get him out of the band so they can keep playing large shows.
“I also know that on the latest tour Brian only wanted to do 2-3 shows max a week. Something that is expensive for a band when off that much on the road (Aerosmith has to do this with Tyler). It comes with age and guys slowing. I suspect it reached a breaking point and that was that. I can not believe it was a sudden hearing issue. Maybe it played a small role, but no way is it the real story in full. I can’t believe after 36 years AC/DC would say goodbye to their singer and not find a work around. MANY have hearing issues and find a way to make it work in rock. And until Brian speaks, we will never know. Brian is a total class act. So very possible he takes the high road here. But it still blows me away how so many fans are not demanding a real answer on Brian and are so quick to move on.” he continued.
He’s absolutely spot on here. Remember, back in February when they first initially made the announcement about his hearing loss, this was portrayed as a temporary issue. Now, they “wish him well in his future endeavors” as their statement said over the weekend when they announced Axl Rose as his replacement on the upcoming tour. That definitely sounds like someone got fired — which really sucks when he was your vocalist for more than 35 years and you can kick him to the curb just like that.
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Brian Johnson Was Abruptly Fired By AC/DC, Not Because Of Hearing Loss, Report Suggests
By Brian Storm -
April 18, 2016
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Now, Eddie Trunk has offered a fascinating look behind the scenes of what went down with the firing of Brian Johnson and the hiring of Guns N’ Roses vocalist Axl Rose. Trunk says that nobody he knows is buying the excuse that he was let go due to a hearing loss.
“The release from AC/DC made it pretty clear they are done with Brian Johnson. What really happened with Brian is anyone’s guess. But nobody is buying the hearing thing that I know. My sources tell me Brian was slowing down and didn’t want to work as hard as Angus (who is younger) did.” Eddie Trunk wrote on his new blog.
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RollingFreak
I'm off the AC/DC train anyway if Brian is out. But for what its worth, I don't believe what Brian's saying. Seems like they are making him say that to give them more clout. Angus and Cliff barely get a sentence? Like I said, doesn't affect me as I'm done with the band anyway, but doesn't scream "legit" to me. I still think Breuer was telling the truth and had to backtrack.
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RollingFreak
I'm off the AC/DC train anyway if Brian is out. But for what its worth, I don't believe what Brian's saying. Seems like they are making him say that to give them more clout. Angus and Cliff barely get a sentence? Like I said, doesn't affect me as I'm done with the band anyway, but doesn't scream "legit" to me. I still think Breuer was telling the truth and had to backtrack.
I'm not into conspiracy theories and I feel somewhat stupid for entertaining this line of thought, but something isn't right. As you said, Angus and Cliff were barely acknowledged.
I've kept saying over and over that I wouldn't believe this whole "hearing loss" excuse until Brian himself spoke, but even now that he has, I'm still not convinced.
AC/DC is my second-favorite band after the Stones, so I take this whole thing seriously. It's very depressing.
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Doc
Brian seems to say that he's still in the band, currently unable to tour but willing to take part to a new record if there will be one.
Wondering if Angus' perception of the situation is identical...
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Hahaha...things are getting serious.
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Wry Cooter
I find some of the speculation here hard to comprehend. What part of "if I don't quit playing large venues I will become permanently deaf" are we not able to take in?
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I find some of the speculation here hard to comprehend. What part of "if I don't quit playing large venues I will become permanently deaf" are we not able to take in?
Why so suddenly? They've been touring for a year. How did that happen overnight? At least not before that US leg. He had a doctor's appointment in the middle of the tour and they discovered that?
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Hahaha...things are getting serious.
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The fans will make the final decision. Thanks Hairball.
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I find some of the speculation here hard to comprehend. What part of "if I don't quit playing large venues I will become permanently deaf" are we not able to take in?
Why so suddenly? They've been touring for a year. How did that happen overnight? At least not before that US leg. He had a doctor's appointment in the middle of the tour and they discovered that?
Because it makes way more sense than that Angus "fired" him in between two gigs because of "Brian's desire to tour less" as all the articles say. Whatever Brian's desires are, to "tour less" was impossible for him to achieve during the current tour anyway, so there was absolutely nothing to gain in this respect in this particular moment for Angus. He only got in big trouble with finding another singer and risking cancellation of the rest of the tour, which no insurance company would pay a single penny for if the reason was he "fired" the singer.
Plus after no doubt a lot of effort they have a singer they might play those 22 gigs with, which they would have with Brian too of course. They don't have a singer who will go on for another decade with them. Right now both present and future is way more uncertain for them than if Brian was on board, no matter what doubts he might had had.
If there was any kind of disagreement between them, all logic says they would have finished those 22 dates and then they would have plenty of time to see and decide what comes next. The constantly repeated story about getting rid of Brian just makes absolutely no sense to me no matter how I look at it - nobody gained anything, everybody lost, which was clear from the start, so it makes no sense that it was done on purpose. Serious health problems is the only reason that gives sense to this situation which is extremely difficult for everybody, including Angus, who, as I said, hasn't gained anything except of some sleepless nights I imagine.
I agree, that the sudden stop makes it hard to believe, but for me, it is the most believable version nevertheless.
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Sorry to say but the loss of Malcolm Young and now Brian Johnson marks the end of the band as we know it. Great run boys.