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Reviewed version: December 23, 2006

| After looking at the IMDb, it doesn't appear that Brian Johnson of AC/DC played any part in Call of Duty: Finest Hour. Just someone with the same name (IV versus XIV). I'm sorry if this isn't the proper way to note errors, but I don't participate in this service. Thank you. Brian is the voice of one of the commanders: [1] Bryan Ferry isn't a Geordie as he is from Washington (which is in Wearside). The article has been changed accordingly. I still left the Bryan Ferry/cap comment there as a cap is a northern/northeastern symbol rather than a specific Geordie symbol.

Bryan Ferry seems to consider himself a Geordie (my dad went to school with him in Washington, which only became "Mackem" territory in the 1990s), and he studied in Newcastle. As I mentioned, if you look at the album Taxi, there's a picture of him standing under the Tyne Bridge wearing a flat cap. He could have just as easily picked Hylton Castle or Roker Park if he identified more with Wearside, I suppose.
BTW, please remember to sign your comments, which you do by adding four tildes ~~~~ at the end. Easy. Regards ProhibitOnions 21:01, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

The album 'Back in Black', rather than being "one of the top 5 selling albums of all time", is more accurately the 2nd biggest selling album of all time, worldwide. I've updated the narrative accordingly. Kiwichipster 01:33, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] pre-AC/DC

i heard he used to be a roadie for ac/dc. ill look it up and it may not be true. just something i heard.

No, Brian never did. Bon Scott did that. He was the driver of the tourbus for a couple of months.

Not quite, he was the driver of the limo, not the tour bus. It served as a kind of tour limo.

What the hell is that they say about him being cloned?! What am i missing?!

[edit] Quick GA suggestion

The images in the article need fair use rationale or the article will get a quick-fail when a GA editor looks at it. --Nehrams2020 00:58, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] GA Fail

Sorry but its a fail.

  • References go right after a full-stop with no space, i saw this once. I also saw a reference in the middle of a setence
  • As Nehrams2020 said, the images need fair use rationale
  • Too many one sentence/short paragraphs
  • Remove or incorporate the trivia into the body as trivia is un-encyclopedic
  • Biography section is way to short, expand
  • When he was a young child, , when he was young, redundancy
  • After a number of other hit singles, after multiple hit singles
  • (Johnson was actually diagnosed with appendicitis later that night, which explains his writhing around on stage). write that better w/o the brackets
  • Buzz Shearman (who passed on the opportunity due to vocal problems), what sort of vocal problems, infection?
  • Ever since he had joined AC/DC, Johnson co-wrote all of AC/DC's songs with the Young brothers until personal matters diverted him in 1990, Since joining AC/DC, Johnson has contributed to all the songs lyrics with the Young Brothers...
  • The full show has yet to premiere, not encylopedia material
  • Not all references are formatted properly, please check {{cite web}}
  • Expand the lead, Geordie is not mentioned in the lead. Remember it is a Summary of the article.
  • At the AC/DC audition, Johnson sang two songs;, remove two with 'the' and no need to mention the AC/DC album it came from.
  • Two references have the same link

Links and dates are ok. This article has promise but it needs a lot of work. I suggest a peer-review and for you to request a rating at WikiProject Biography Here. When these issues are dealt with, feel free to nominate for GA again, good luck. M3tal H3ad 04:50, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the tips, I'll get to work on it. ĤĶ51→Łalk 14:12, 23 December 2006 (UTC)
Sorry, I'm just going to strike through all the things that've just been done in the article so I know what's already been done, hope you don't mind. ĤĶ51→Łalk 23:37, 23 December 2006 (UTC)
That's fine. The article is looking a lot better now, goodjob. M3tal H3ad 01:25, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Question about Johnson's voice

This may be a silly question, but has Johnson ever been diagnosed with vocal nodes? There's a marked difference in the clarity and raspiness of his voice between Back in Black and The Razors Edge and newer albums, and I've never known if it was just a change in his singing technique or if he had damaged his pipes. Willbyr (talk | contribs) 19:11, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

Good question. I've wondered if he has damaged his voice from singing above his natural register. Didn't Bon Scott have a higher register than Brian? And Brian has been singing Bon's material for years. --Design 02:27, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

I've never considered whether Scott had a higher register; to me it's always been about the forcefulnes that Johnson puts into his singing and the degree of rougheness that he uses. I'd say that at times Johnson hits a higher register than Scott, especially on songs like "Hells Bells." Willbyr (talk | contribs) 04:53, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

While Scott sang in his natural voice, Johnson did sing in a much higher screaming register on every song. However, perhaps the difference between BIB and TRE is the fact that he's a heavy smoker.

I wonder the same, as his voice has changed a little; it sounds terrible on Fly on the Wall though I attribute this to the very poor production by the Young brothers; he's in much better voice on Blow Up Your Video, which has better production values (by Harry Vanda and George Young) all around. It's noticeably gone from being more screamy to being more growly; I'm sure there are better technical terms for this.
If you listen to some of the old Geordie records, Johnson doesn't scream all that much; while it's part of his singing voice, he sings normally as well, and has a wide range. You might not even recognize him. ProhibitOnions (T) 18:00, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Vocal technique?

This is just a suggestion, because I'm too lazy to do it, but if anyone wants to it would be a good idea to talk about his voice... he has one of the most unusual ones out there.

Seems to be well-developed falsetto, screamed to give it a fuller sound. Or it could be some kind of ridiculously advanced vocal belting. Any experts want to contribute? 82.32.177.83 12:20, 4 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Brian Johnson date of birth

  • Brian Johnson's date of birth was October 5, 1947, not October 5, 1949. - 68.88.78.49 05:59, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Who is Slesser?

Enough said. 75.73.240.197 (talk) 09:24, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

Terry Schlesser took Brian's place in Geordie brob (talk) 19:11, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Emigration

When did he become an American Citizen? Any details on this? brob (talk) 19:06, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

Sorry I should clarify this a bit. To the best of my knowledge Brian was brought up in the UK (North East England) so I pressumed he had become a British Citizen. Can we get any clarification of this? brob (talk) 19:12, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

It was a bit of vandalism, now reverted. Johnson is British. Bretonbanquet (talk) 20:04, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
Many thanks brob (talk) 14:42, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Sarasota?

When did he start living in Sarasota? And how come there is no confirmation?--Insaneingus (talk) 01:20, 20 May 2008 (UTC)