Music, also from Australian band, tried to luck even though he knew he had few chances – and admits that he didn’t convince Angus Young
When the vocalist Brian Johnson temporarily turned away from AC/DC In 2016 due to hearing problems, the band tested several candidates for the Vago Post. One of them was Nic Cesterfrom Jet.
Like AC/DC, jet is also Australian. On the other hand, the group has a lean discography (only three albums) and became known for having much less hits. Only one, in fact, enters this category: “Are you gonna be my girl”. With effort, “Look What You’ve Done” It can be classified in this way, however, the stream numbers in Spotify of the first track are seven times larger than the second (728 thousand vs. 111 thousand).
Aware that the mission of winning the vacancy was unlikely, Cester says he decided to try anyway. In a chat with the Ucr podcast (via Ultimate Guitar), the vocalist recalled the episode:
“Honestly, I didn’t think I could get the vacancy, so I thought: I’ll enjoy the trip. What an experience! And I was right. I couldn’t get the job, of course, but it was quite an experience. I spent two days singing in a small rehearsal studio with AC/DC.”
The NIC CESTER TEST FOR AC/DC
Interaction with Angus YoungHowever, it was not the most convincing. In another interview, this time to Triple mNic says that even started the rehearsal and managed to handle the message by singing the most famous songs of AC/DC:
“I knew ‘Back in Black’ because I had touched the Muse. Rehearsed ‘Highway to Hell’ Hey and ripped. I touched ‘Back in Black’ And it was doing very well. I thought: ‘I did it. It’s getting good. ‘ Then I did ‘Whole Lotta Rosie’that I also knew very well. “
Following, the guitarist decided to play less obvious songs and apply a real fire proof to the postulant to the vacancy. NIC recognizes that it did not do so well in the face of pressure:
“So Angus started firing several songs, one after another. Looking back, I think it was totally intentional, just to see how I would react to this kind of pressure. In fact, every aspect of that hearing was orchestrated in a very intentional and purposeful way, just to create pressure and see how I would react.”
On April 16, 2016, AC/DC announced Axl Rosefrom Guns n ‘Rosesas a provisional substitute for Brian Johnson. Having the vocalist on board, the band completed the album tour Rock or Bust (2014), which had been interrupted because of Johnson’s health problems. This, in turn, returned to the album Power up (2020) and its subsequent excursion.
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