Around 11pm on this day in 1974, at the Old Lion Hotel in North Adelaide, Australia, during a rehearsal with the Mount Lofty Rangers, a very drunk, distressed and belligerent Bon Scott had a raging argument with a member of the band. He stormed out of the venue, threw a bottle of Jack Daniel’s to the ground, and sped off on his Suzuki GT550.
On the way, Scott got in to an accident with a car, suffering serious injuries. He spent three days in a coma and a further eighteen in hospital. During his recovery, Vince Lovegrove and his wife gave Scott odd jobs, such as putting up posters and painting the office for their nascent booking/management agency. Shortly afterward, Lovegrove introduced him to AC/DC, who had been on the lookout for a new lead singer. Malcolm and Angus Young thought Scott might be too old (he was 28) and Bon thought the band might be a bit too inexperienced (Angus was 19). Still, an all-night jam session ensued and the rest, as they say, is rock and roll history.