AC/DC Pt. 2: Dirty Deeds, Dead Friends, and Murder for Hire

DISGRACELAND

Jake Brennan

True Crime, Music, Society & Culture

4.6 • 13.1K Ratings

🗓️ 4 November 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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This is the story of the greatest rock ’n’ roll band on earth. AC/DC was forged in discipline, sharpened by grief, resurrected by obsession … and nearly undone by one final dirty deed that no one saw coming: murder. For a full list of contributors, visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠disgracelandpod.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ To listen to Disgraceland ad free and hear an exclusive mini-episode about the making of Back in Black, become a Disgraceland All Access member at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠disgracelandpod.com/membership⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Sign up for our newsletter and get the inside dirt on events, merch and other awesomeness - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠GET THE NEWSLETTER⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow Jake and DISGRACELAND: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠X⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (formerly Twitter) ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook Fan Group⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Double Elvis.
0:07.0	Disgraceland is a production of Double Elvis.
0:10.0	This is a story about contract killings, death threats, drinking with ghosts, rock, and roll,
0:28.4	and a part two continuation of our story on one of the greatest bands of all time, ACDC,
0:34.0	a band that made great music. Yes, some of the greatest rock and roll music these ears have ever heard.
0:41.3	Unlike that music I played for you at the top of the show.
0:44.2	That wasn't great music.
0:46.1	That was a preset loop from my Melotron called Jack and Bloke, MK.K.1.
0:52.3	I played you that loop because I can't afford the rights to shake it off by Taylor Swift.
0:58.1	And why would I play you that specific slice of pre-Kelsea cheese could I afford it?
1:04.4	Because that was the number one song in America on November 16th, 2014.
1:11.3	And that was the day ACDC's Phil Rudd was arrested on charges
1:15.6	that would make the musician seem strangely alike
1:18.7	one of the murderous characters in one of the band's best songs,
1:22.9	Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheat.
1:25.5	On this episode, Concrete Shoes,, neckties, contracts, high voltage,
1:33.4	and part two of our ACBC story.
1:37.1	I'm Jake Brennan, and this is Disgraceland.
1:41.1	This is Disgraceland. is disgrace land. Chapter One, Do Anything You Want Me To.
2:07.6	To transmitters in Queensland and the Northern Territory, this is ABC.
2:15.6	Meet this on his John, the villain of the year.
2:19.3	A crumb e-cromb, a no good bum whose ports a sneakie's near.
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