To the grandchildren of my grandchildren's grandchildren, whom I will never meet. It's nice to think that these words connect us. I wish you a wonderful life, whatever you may be. With love, your great-great-great-grandfather Brian Johnson
Experience is what you have when you don't get what you want. This book talks about what happened when I didn't have what I wanted, but I never stopped believing and I never gave up. And luck played its part, of course – but I truly believe that you can achieve almost anything if your dreams are important enough and you don't just sit around waiting for something to happen. Others will have different memories of the events I describe in these pages. After all, it's been over forty years since we made Back in Black – and half a century since the glorious days of my first band, Geordie. This is simply my version of how everything happened.
Finally, I would like to say a big thank you to Angus, Malcolm, Cliff, and Phil, who rolled the dice and gave me a second chance at a professional music career under some of the most difficult and tragic conditions any band could face. Malcolm, if there's an afterlife, my friend, when I come there, I'll buy you and Bon a beer.
