Bon Scott

Ronald Belford Scott (July 9 1946 - February 19 1980), better known as Bon Scott, was the lead singer and frontman of the Australian hard rock band AC/DC.

Born in Kirriemuir, Scotland, his family relocated to Australia in 1952.

By 1970 Scott had already enjoyed some limited success in various rock and R&B groups, as a singer and sometimes a drummer as well. In the early 1970s his band Fraternity seemed to be well on it's way to fame and fortune. In 1973, just after returning to Adelaide after a touring England, Scott was seriously wounded in a motorcycle accident. Fraternity continued on without him but never achieved the kind of success Scott would enjoy with his next band.

The following year, while working as a roadie and part-time chauffeur in the local Sydney music scene, that Scott first met the members of AC/DC. The band was driven by the brothers Angus and Malcolm Young, younger siblings of Scott's friend George Young of The EasyBeats. Scott was amazed by the band's energy and drive, and the naive bandmates were, in turn, quite taken with the experienced frontman. When singer Dave Evans left AC/DC a few months later to start his own group, the band knew who they wanted. Bon Scott joined AC/DC near the end of 1974.

Scott, known for his heavy drinking binges, was found dead in his parked car outside a friend's apartment in south London. He had suffocated on his own vomit although the international press made false accusations about a drug overdose.

Scott is buried in Fremantle Cemetery's Memorial Garden in Australia, which is in the town of Australia where Scott grew up.