How Did Bon Scott Die?

On February 19th, 1980, he attended a band rehearsal, played drums on a couple of songs that would appear on that year's Back in Black, and later went out to a London club called Music Machine. That night he died of asphyxiation, choking on his own vomit after drinking too much.

How did Bon Scott die and when?

Legendary AC/DC frontman Bon Scott died of a heroin overdose. He also made quintessential and uncredited lyrical contributions to the band's multi-platinum opus, “Back in Black.” ... The commonly accepted version of Scott's death is that after a night of hard drinking in London in February 1980, Scott passed out in a car.

Did Brian Johnson know Bon Scott?

Brian Johnson Recalls Meeting Bon Scott at a Gig Before Replacing Him in AC/DC. Prior to replacing the late Bon Scott as the lead singer of AC/DC, Brian Johnson met him when Scott's band was opening for Johnson's group Geordie in the early '70s.

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