#200 AC/DC - HIGHWAY TO HELL - Album Dive

Metal Nerdery Podcast

July 27, 1979

Perhaps one of the most brilliant & haunting albums of AC/DC’s 1970’s output, HIGHWAY TO HELL shows the band at their peak with the most polished production of their career thanks in no small part to the production genius of Robert John “Mutt” Lange. Not only is it the perfect finale to the Bon Scott era of the band, but it perfectly portrays everything the band had evolved to up to this point in their career, including some of the most vividly visual lyrics and darkest, heaviest riffs ever captured on tape.

Get ready to start “hittin’ the hair” as we’ve “technically, literally, seriously” made it to Episode 200! Prepare to find out which brand spank QOTSA song briefly pays tribute to AC/DC, which song is AC/DC’s “Slayer moment” and discover what it means to be “pushing marshmallows”. It’s time to “mark the time” a lot of times, “check all three box holes” and JOIN US as we celebrate our 4th anniversary, our 200th episode, and the most favorite AC/DC album (for some of us) from the Bon Scott era: HIGHWAY TO HELL.

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Show Notes:

(00:01): “Forty ounces of what?” / “The general punchline and/or theme of the story: #twophrases #tobefair #marshmallowdick #vulgaroldladies #happyfathersday / ***WARNING: #listenerdiscretionisadvised *** / #thisepisodesclinkyoftheepisode #thekraken #blackroast ***WELCOME BACK TO THE METAL NERDERY PODCAST WITH NO ANESTHESIA!!!*** #recordscratch / #ballmaintenance / #thisepisodesbeeroftheepisode (“Look at that…timing”) #NewBelgium #1985IPA (“It looks like 1985”) / “Kinda like…the same material…as the #glovesofshame” / #TheVerdict (“Good beach beer and good #daydrinkingbeer”) / Time for Wheeler’s #Refrections (#storytime) / “People say it’s real salty…sometimes they just spit it right out.” / “One of my favoriteist things in the world…” / “It was like pushing marshmallows…” / “Old folks that curse a lot and talk shit are funny…”/ #onmicburp / “We’ll ALL be like that…” / #blessyourheart / “I’m gonna keep this short…” / #RussellsRecommendations #AvengedSevenfold #NewAlbum #LifeIsButADream (“Weird how?”) / “Let me show you a weird one…” #markthetime / “I couldn’t get it all the way there…” / “G” (#DreamTheater meets #FrankZappa meets #MahavishnuOrchestra) / GAME OVER / “You have to listen to the album…” / #QueensOfTheStoneAge #NewAlbum #QOTSA EMOTION SICKNESS (#allthecokelines) / “Shot down in flames!” #sorta #usethoseheadphones / PAPER MACHETE / #futureepisodeidea #backshadowingASMR #foreshadowingASMR / “Technically, literally, seriously…” #EpisodeTwoHundred #HappyAnniversary #MetalNerderyPodcast #FourthAnniversary #instavag #instadick #FaceGram #email us at [e-mail] or GIVE US A CALL AND LEAVE US A VOICEMAIL AT 980-666-8182!!!

(20:39): “For me to go to Atlanta, it’s gotta be #Kreator…” / “The Fourth Nerd…” / Upcoming concerts in the tri-county Atlanta, Georgia area / “Really? You think #Ghost is like #KISS times a thousand?” / “Have you ever seen Tori’s Amos?” / “I feel like we’re stalling for time…” / “That’s a great song to make babies to, even if you’re shooting blanks…” / #turdbabies & #imagery / ***GIVE US A CALL AND LEAVE US A VOICEMAIL AT 980-666-8182!!!*** / #ThePostWithTheMost #PissingPostASMR and a comment regarding the #Painkiller album by #JudasPriest / “Hello there…and goodbye there…”/ #vocalburnASMR #thejourney / “You could really just roll down the window and hang ‘em out the window…” / #propertechnique for handling #cremains / #finalwishes to check all three #boxholes

(31:16): #TheDocket (Russell’s favorite #ACDC album) METAL NERDERY PODCAST PRESENTS AC/DC’s HIGHWAY TO HELL / #markthetime (“Now he’s holding it…”) #firstgarten / Can you imagine hearing THIS album as your very first ever AC/DC experience EVER!? / #MuttLangeProduction (“Their Master of Black Album? Or The Master of Justice?”) / #analysis #analogies / Released July 27, 1979 / “Powerage was the link between the older albums and Highway to Hell” / #noteven / “You’re bloody well right…” / “H-E-double hockey sticks” / “He’s drunk…” / #prephotoshop / “He looks like a #honeybadger you don’t wanna fuck with…” / #killeropener HIGHWAY TO HELL (“Even the #gangvocals sound better…”)

(41:11): “If I’m going left, stop trying to push your ass right…” GIRLS GOT RHYTHM / “I want THAT guy again!” / “He’s like the Aussie Ozzy…” #AussieOzzy #seewhatididthere / #alltheballs WALK ALL OVER YOU (“Take off the high heels, let down your hair…paradise ain’t far from there…”) / “It sounds so much heavier than anything they’ve done prior…” / #yepdurp ***Check out our Bon Era episode*** / “I’ve gotta step up my blood and my fire game…” / TOUCH TOO MUCH (“I asked for shaved ham and you gave me Arby’s”) #hugeflaps / The tuning of the #HighwayToHell album and the impact on the heaviness of the sound / #killercloser #sideone (“Hittin’ the hair…”) #hittingthehair #OhWell #FleetwoodMacASMR (“This guitar riff is #prethrashthrash”) / “It’s sorta close…it’s kinda the same shape.” / BEATING AROUND THE BUSH / “All over the bread around the roast beef…”

(56:38): #sidetwo #killeropener (“I used to be a musician, now I play bass…”) / SHOT DOWN IN FLAMES (“I said baby, what’s the going price? She told me to go to Hell…”) / ***NOTE: Everything said for the next several seconds actually applies to THE NEXT SONG after THE NEXT SONG! *** / #recordscratch (“I totally missed it, totally fucked it up…”) / “Just fix it in post, it’s fine…” / GET IT HOT (“I like this riff…that’s such a good riff.”) / #noteven / #snotrocket #nostriltorpedo (“Just blow your nose in your hand…it’s already up to room temperature.”) / Okay so THIS is the one I was talking about earlier… / “So he was leaving merch…”/ IF YOU WANT BLOOD (YOU’VE GOT IT) #recordscratch (The part right after the guitar solo) / “Go to the very end…” / #thesamemistake / “We #bolth fucked up on #sidetwo

(1:08:43): Kinda sounds like a weird title… / LOVE HUNGRY MAN (“This is their ‘I Was Made For Lovin’ You’”) / “Those are all flahns too, there’s no junts…” / #flahnsandjunts #nunsandduns “Turn it off” #mouthshapes (“Put it on the list”) #jahnsandflunts / #killercloser (“Kinda creepy…”) NIGHT PROWLER (“We’ve gotta get to the end…”) / “One more verse, why not?” / #RussellsRequestASMR #MorkAndMindy / A moment of misunderstanding… / #reverseworkingout (“You’ll never look like this!”) #MetalNerderyFitnessCorner (“Seven pounds of clothes?”) / Tracking changes (if any) / “Anywhere you put it…” / #dontdenythepowerof #MuttLange / #bionicarm #AI / ***HAPPY 200 EVERYBODY!!!*** Please note that there will be an OFFICIAL #EpisodeTwoHundredCelebrationEpisode / ***THANK YOU FOR JOINING US!!!*** #untilthenext #bunkerpoongiftshoppe (“Come #purchandise some #MetalNerderyPodcastMerchandise at metalnerdery.com/merch “) #hehahuh #hittinthehair