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Lockdown Lick 404

Lockdown Lick

Lockdown Licks no. 404. ‘Highway To Hell’

by AC/DC.

Angus Young lead solo style play.

Playing an SC500 guitar into a NUX Mighty 8 amp set to metal with slight reverb.

“Highway to Hell” is a song by Australian rock band AC/DC. It is the opening track of their 1979 album Highway to Hell. It was initially released as a single in 1979.

The song was written by Angus Young, Malcolm Young and Bon Scott, with Angus Young credited for writing the guitar riff. AC/DC had made several studio albums before and were constantly promoting them via a grueling tour schedule, referred to by Angus Young as being on a highway to hell, hence the name.