AC/DC singer Brian Johnson has told an amazing story about a US prisoner of war in who was found, thanks to the song `Hell`s Bells`.
Speaking to motortrend.com, Johnson tells how soldier Michael Durant asked for permission to use the lyrics of the song in his book. He was a pilot who was shot down in Somalia and later consulted for the book 'Black Hawk Down'.At motortrend.com, Brain says, “I said, 'Surely, but why would you do that?' 'Brian, they threw me in prison, my legs were broken, and they kept opening the door and shooting at me. That was terrifying. I sat there thinking, I'm going to die. My buddies back in the helicopter squadron hooked some huge speakers to the skids of the helicopter and flew over the city, playing 'Bambababam! ['Hells Bells']. They knew it was my favorite song. I crawled to the window, ripped my shirt off, waved it out the window. That's how they found me.' I still get goosebumps when I think about it," Johnson says.
Johnson was a recent guest of Howard Stern’s radio show. One listener called in afterwards to say that when he was on a tour of duty, they would play ‘Highway To Hell’ before going on a dangerous mission.
Johnson also told motortrend.com how he had heard that the CIA has been known to use ‘Back In Black’ as a weapon. "Someone said the CIA have AC/DC in the weapons inventory. When they got Noriega out of the building, they played 'Black in Black' till it drove him mad. Out in the desert when the Imams go ([Johnson pretends to chant], the troops just go [and he belts those first few power chords of 'Back in Black'] on the loudspeakers. You know what I mean?"
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Motor Trend interview with Brian Johnson
