I love AC/DC but Fly On The Wall is a shit album. Can I have my money back?
Jamie Foss, Cambridge
MY: Nothing wrong with that one! Even though it might be one of our worst, it's still f***ing OK. You've got shit taste, mate, simple as that!
Where do you get your flat caps, Brian?
Leo Riddle, Oxford
BJ: New York, now. I used to get them from this old bag lady - no, not a bag lady, this old f***ing bag what was a lady...
AY: It gets worse by the minute!
BJ: She was a miserable old f***er. Had a stall in Kensington market. The hats were £5 - never changed. She used to make the peaks with cardboard, so when I got sweaty, this big lump would come up like a big dick on top of me head. I said to her once, "Do you remember me? I must be your most regular customer." And she went, "Pick up your cap and f*** off!" She must be dead now - the stall's there but there's nae hats on it.
Do you remember where you were when you heard that Bon had died?
Andy Hunns, Sunderland
BJ: I remember exactly. I read it in the Daily Mail on me way to work. I had my own business in Newcastle putting vinyl roofs on. In the band I was in, we were doing two AC/DC songs in our set. Bon's death got two f***in' inches in the paper. I was disgusted.
AY: We were all living in little shoebox flats all over London. One of Bon's girlfriends called but she was in panic. I told her not to worry, there's always some rumour going round. Then a Japanese girl rang about it. I got hold of Mal and he'd heard something. Nobody knew for sure. Then our manager told us.
Brian, you said that you felt Bon watching over you when you were recording Back In Black. Can you describe that feeling?
Don Barker, Sheffield
BJ: I cannae deny it. I feel soft saying it, but there were certain times when I was sitting on me tod in these little recording booths in the Bahamas... Ah, f*** it. I've got goosebumps now, you c***!
Is it true that you tried to contact Bon in a seance?
Sharon Latham, Hastings
AY: Nah, but when Brian first joined us there were lots of guys turning up saying they'd contacted Bon on Ouija boards.
MY: When we went back to Australia with Brian the first time after Back In Black, the headline in the paper was, Brian Speaks To Bon! They were just looking for a big sell on the front page. He had a hell of a time living it down.
Did Malcolm really pull a knife on Black Sabbath's Geezer Butler in the '70s?
Jim Cartwright, Gosforth
MY: It was the other way around. That was when we were all larrikins. We were staying in the same hotel and Geezer was in the bar, crying in his beer, "Ten years I've been in this band, 10 years - wait till you guys have been around 10 years, you'll feel just like us." I said, "I don't think so." I was giving him no sympathy. He'd had many too many and he pulled out this silly flick knife. As luck would have it, Ozzy walked in. "He goes, You f***in' idiot, Butler - get to bed!" Ozzy saved the day and we sat up all night with him.
How did you feel when first Spinal Tap and then Metallica ripped off Back In Black's "none more black" cover?
Simon Perry, Portsmouth
BJ: At least Spinal Tap were taking the piss - them other f***ers were serious!
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