AC/DC, may not be on many lists of the greatest bands produced by Scotland - yet they are now getting official recognition in Holyrood.
Few realise that the band, who are generally recognised as one of the world's most successful rock acts, had its roots in Scotland.
Brothers Angus and Malcolm Young, the core of the band, and late front man Bon Scott were all born in Scotland.
Now South of Scotland SNP MSP Christine Grahame has lodged a motion at the Scottish Parliament that officially recognises the contribution the band has made to music, ahead of their performance at Hampden Park in Glasgow next June.
Ms Grahame said: "The Young brothers emigrated to Australia with their family in the 1960s, as many Scots did, and went on to establish what has become the definitive rock band of all time.
"It is worth noting that they made an effort to hold on to their Scottish origins and that is reflected in a couple of their tracks."
Founding members Angus and Malcolm Young were born in Glasgow before the family, including six siblings, moved to Australia in 1963.
Former lead singer Bon Scott also emigrated to Australia and joined AC/DC in 1974. Born in Kirriemuir, where there is a memorial plaque in his honour, he died of alcohol poisoning in 1980, aged 33.
AC/DC were formed in 1973 and have sold more than 150 million records worldwide, with songs such as Highway to Hell, Back in Black and For Those About to Rock (We Salute You). They have just released a new album called Black Ice.
Ms Grahame added: "It is clear Scott had strong sense of his identity, from the Scotland forever' tattoo he had on his arm to his playing the bagpipes on the AC/DC track It's a Long Way to the Top.
"The band also recorded a version of the traditional Scottish folk song, Loch Lomond.
"When they played Glasgow in 1978 the whole band wore the Scotland national football strip as their concert took place just ahead of the World Cup finals and it would be fitting if they were to do the same when the band play Hampden national football stadium next June."
Why are you making commenting on The Herald only available to subscribers?
It should have been a safe space for informed debate, somewhere for readers to discuss issues around the biggest stories of the day, but all too often the below the line comments on most websites have become bogged down by off-topic discussions and abuse.
heraldscotland.com is tackling this problem by allowing only subscribers to comment.
We are doing this to improve the experience for our loyal readers and we believe it will reduce the ability of trolls and troublemakers, who occasionally find their way onto our site, to abuse our journalists and readers. We also hope it will help the comments section fulfil its promise as a part of Scotland's conversation with itself.
We are lucky at The Herald. We are read by an informed, educated readership who can add their knowledge and insights to our stories.
That is invaluable.
We are making the subscriber-only change to support our valued readers, who tell us they don't want the site cluttered up with irrelevant comments, untruths and abuse.
In the past, the journalist’s job was to collect and distribute information to the audience. Technology means that readers can shape a discussion. We look forward to hearing from you on heraldscotland.com
Comments & Moderation
Readers’ comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers’ comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. You can make a complaint by using the ‘report this post’ link . We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments.
Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours.
Read the rules hereComments are closed on this article