AC/DC fans prepare for Aussie rockers' return to Edmonton
'We’re all soaking wet and we’re all losing our minds for one guy in his underwear with a guitar in hand'
It is a truth universally acknowledged that every warm-blooded rock fan worldwide knows the lyrics to at least one AC/DC song.
Pinpointing the moment you first hear the song, however, can be tricky.
After much thought, superfan Chad Hoschka came up with his own first time. Rooting through his father's cassette tapes, a young Hoschka came across Back in Black.
The black cassette looked dangerous, he remembers.
"It looked mean. I threw that on and the first time you hear that first note of Back in Black there's no turning back."
Since that first play, Hoschka has listened to everything else the band has done, and was there in 2009 when AC/DC last played in Edmonton, sitting in one of the highest rows. In a torrential downpour.
"You're soaking wet, you're freezing cold, but you did not care," he said.
"We're all soaking wet and we're all losing our minds for one guy in his underwear with a guitar in hand. You can't script moments like that."
And then the skies opened further, letting out a bellow of thunder as the band played the first notes of Thunderstruck.
"The rock gods were truly watching in Edmonton in 2009," Hoschka said. "That was probably the coolest moment of rock and roll I ever experienced in my life."
So when the band announced it was returning to Edmonton for a show this Sunday, Hoschka wasted no time buying a ticket.
He and a group of friends were all perched at their computers as online sales were opened, coordinating credit card numbers to ensure they could get their seats together.
On Sunday, the group will be meeting in Olds, Alta., where they'll pile into a limo together for the drive into Edmonton.
And Hoschka is confident it will all be worth it.
"It could be AC/DC's last time ever in Edmonton. If that's the case, then I think we're all in for a treat."