Colin Burgess, original AC/DC drummer, dies at 77

Colin Burgess, AC/DC's first drummer, died on Friday at age 77 of unknown causes. The band announced the news on social media, mourning the death of one of its founding members:

Colin Burgess, from Australia, started AC/DC in November 1973 alongside Dave Evans, Angus Young, Larry Van Kriedt and Malcom Young. However, his career with the band was short-lived.

The Guardian recalls that just three months later, in February 1974, the drummer was fired for being on stage under the influence of alcohol. He was replaced by Phil Rudd. However, his relationship with AC/DC was good, and he came in as a replacement for Rudd in 1975 when the new drummer injured his wrist.

Colin Burgess, a life dedicated to music

His musical career, on the other hand, did not end after AC/DC. He decided to form his own band, His Majesty, which he founded in 1983. In 1998, the band renamed itself Good Time Charlie.

Nor was AC/DC the first band that Burgess was a part of. He first joined the Australian rock group The Masters Apprentices, which signed him in 1965, almost ten years before the drummer became part of AC/DC.

Although this group did not achieve the fame that AC/DC had, it did obtain great recognition in the world of music, entering the Australian Recording Industry Association Hall of Fame in 1998.