Brian Johnson Says He Got Writer’s Block While Working On “Back In Black”
August 29, 2019 6:08AM CDT
- Life could have turned out very different for AC/DC had Brian Johnson never broke through his slump while working on Back In Black, as he details in a new interview with Dan Rather.
- Speaking to the famed journalist for his The Big Interview show on AXS TV, the singer says he suffered from writer’s block, admitting he was “Feeling completely out of ideas”.
- But a storm rolling in while out to breakfast with producer Mutt Lange gave Johnson the creative jolt he needed, inspiring the lyrics to “Hells Bells”.
- “I mean I literally was giving a weather report,” jokes Johnson in the episode that airs on Tuesday, October 1.
- Which other songs have strange inspirations behind the lyrics?
