Mark Evans

Evans was born on 2 March 1956 and raised in Melbourne, Victoria.[2] He was originally a guitarist and early in 1975 he was introduced to hard rockers AC/DC at the Station Hotel, Melbourne, by his friend and the band’s roadie, Steve McGrath. AC/DC had formed in 1973 and had released a debut album, High Voltage, earlier that year.[3] At the time, Malcolm Young was playing bass guitar in a four-piece line up alongside his brother Angus Young on lead guitar, Phil Rudd on drums and Bon Scott on vocals.[3][4] Evans had been working as a clerk in the pay section of the Postmaster-General’s Department when he auditioned for AC/DC[5] and joined in March on bass guitar, allowing Malcolm to switch back to rhythm guitar.[3]

Evans learned all the songs from the original version of High Voltage overnight and did not meet Scott until the next gig. In April, with Evans, AC/DC’s first TV appearance was on pop music series Countdown.[6] They played “Baby, Please Don’t Go” (see Family Jewels) with Scott dressed as a school-girl.[6] Evans appeared in several promotional videos, including the “It’s a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock ‘n’ Roll)” and “Jailbreak” film clips.[2] His playing is featured on their early albums T.N.T (1975), High Voltage (international version, 1976), Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (1976) and Let There Be Rock (1977); and the EP ’74 Jailbreak (1984)