AC/DC Lane

AC/DC lane is a rock n roll themed, graffiti-plastered laneway adjacent to Duckboard Place

In 1976, AC/DC rode along nearby Swanston Street on a flatbed truck to film the video clip for It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll). The band was later immortalised by the renaming of this laneway.

In 2005, Lord Mayor John So launched the renamed laneway with the words, "As the song says, there is a highway to hell, but this is a laneway to heaven. Let us rock." Bagpipers then played "It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll)."

Key artworks include a massive tribute to the band's guitarist and songwriter Malcolm Young which went up soon after his death in 2017. The following year, a 3D sculpture of former lead singer Bon Scott went up which can be seen bursting through the wall.

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July 7, 2022