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From this week's Time Out (Michael Hodges' Slice Of Life)


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"...On that memorable 1978 day, Bon Scott provided the lead vocals. Less than two years later, my school had succeeded in expelling me and Scott was dead. The found the body on a February morning in 1980 outside 67 Overhill Road, a nondescript building just off the South Circular. After a night of presumably catastrophic drinking in the Music Machine nightclub, Scott took the highway to hell (East Dulwich), for the last time, choking on his own vomit in a Renault 5. Is there a less dignified way to go than choking to death in a Renault 5 in East Dulwich?

Choking to death in a Renault 5 in West Dulwich I suppose.

East Dulwich resident Robert Boswell feels so strongly about Scott's demise in SE22 that he is campaigning to have a blue plaque erected outside 67 Overhill Road. 'Bon brought so much pleasure to so many people,' he tells me. 'Surely the death site of such a titan of Rock should be recognised? In Australia Bon's gravesite is recognised as a heritage site.'

No doubt it is, though the country is a little short of cultural highlights. Nonetheless, those of you who agree should email boz@blackmask.org.uk..."

I think that would be a great gesture to place a plaque in memory of Bon, So what did you get expelled from school for David?. I shall email the address you have added, I remember when the campaign for Hendrix was being implemented because Handel lived at 25 Brook Street a plaque was installed, it was highlighted that Hendrix lived at number 23 and that a plaque should be mounted to commemorate the great mans life and after a similar campaign and rightly so it was commissioned.

Blue Plaques are used to commemorate someone of historical importance who lived or died in a property, did he actually live at that property when he died?; then there's the question of his 'historical importance', hardly in the same league as Hendrix...


Blue Plaques

Is there a less dignified way to go than choking to death in a Renault 5 in East Dulwich?


Choking to death in a Renault 5 in West Dulwich I suppose. Yes choking to death in Camberwell, probably would have turned into a murder hunt, with all these criminals lurking.

Bon Scott was absolutely fantastic, [i used to have a Bon Scott patch on the back of my teenage denim jacket!?!]. AC/DC were my favourite band growing up and they have never reproduced the same standard of material since his death (imo).

Highway to Hell is one of the best ever rock albums.

Live in 1979 Bon Scott - Highway to Hell

AC DC LIVE 1977 - Bon Scott and Angus

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