AC/DC kept reunion secret from their sound engineer.
The legendary rock group are back with their first new music since 2014's 'Rock or Bust' album on Wednesday, when the single 'Shot In The Dark' will be released.
And Mike Fraser, the group's long-time engineer, has revealed they kept the news of the singer, bassist and drummer's return so under wraps, he didn't find out until they all arrived at Vancouver’s Warehouse studio to start work on the record, which appears to be called 'PWR UP'.
As far as I knew, Brian had retired, Cliff had retired, and with Phil and some of his problems he's had in his home country [of New Zealand], who knew if he was even gonna be allowed out of his country, Fraser told the AC/DCFans.Net podcast:.
Walking into the studio … the first day, I had no idea what was gonna happen. When I got there, none of the band had arrived yet, but a lot of their techs were there … and one of the guys said, ‘Hey, you know what's going on?’ And I said, ‘I have no idea. , Fraser told the AC/DCFans.Net podcast:.
I just know we're here and we're setting up.’ And he goes, he says, ‘Well, the whole band’s here: Brian, Cliff, Phil and Stevie, and they’re here and we’re ready to rock another record.’ So, man, it was such a shocking, awesome surprise, Fraser told the AC/DCFans.Net podcast:"As far as I knew, Brian had retired, Cliff had retired, and with Phil and some of his problems he's had in his home country [of New Zealand], who knew if he was even gonna be allowed out of his country.
“Walking into the studio … the first day, I had no idea what was gonna happen. When I got there, none of the band had arrived yet, but a lot of their techs were there … and one of the guys said, ‘Hey, you know what's going on?’ And I said, ‘I have no idea. I just know we're here and we're setting up.’ And he goes, he says, ‘Well, the whole band’s here: Brian, Cliff, Phil and Stevie, and they’re here and we’re ready to rock another record.’ So, man, i
