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LISTEN: AC / DC’s Brian Johnson Sang a Commercial for Hoover Vacuums in the 80s

The same day BRIAN JOHNSON auditioned to replace BON SCOTT as AC/DC’s lead singer, he recorded the jingle for a Hoover vacuum cleaner commercial.

Apparently, he wasn’t that confident about AC/DC, because he was 32 and, quote, “an old fart.”  Plus, the Hoover gig paid around 700 bucks.

But his audition blew the band away, and he was announced as their new lead singer on April 1st, 1980.  That same month, his Hoover commercial aired.

And to this day, no vacuum cleaner has risen to that level of coolness again.

Image by Samuel Morazan from Pixabay

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