The Various live's of Dave Evans

Before there was Bon ...THERE WAS DAVE...Evans that is, along with Angus and Malcolm Young, Colin Burgess and Larry Van Kriedt he was there for ACDC's formation. He was a member of the band for about a year before being replaced by Bon Scott around October 1974.

I distinctly remember seeing the clip for AkkaDakka's first song Can I sit next to you girl, on tele... I thought they aint too foul, my kinda stuff...but, next time I see 'em Dave has been replaced by Bon, dunno why..dont really care....still its a nice thing for your resume aint it, singer with one of the baddest bands on the planet...

Next time I saw him Evans had joined the kings of Newcastle, the mighty Rabbit, replacing original singer Greg Douglas. Rabbit released 6 singles and two albums between 1975 and 1977. Rabbit were described as frenetic ( dunno by who, whoever said that was a dork) and were famous for their wild stage act and the second album, Too Much Rock n Roll, was released in Europe and Japan with mild success....I actually had the great good fortune to see them live at the Mattara festival in 1977...rockin band indeed

it was at some point in 1980, I lost track of Dave on the pub scene...his had a couple of other bands, including Dave Evans & The Hot Cockerels and Thunder Down Under....I just never got to see any of them....

Dave has also released two solo albums. The first was a live recording, "A Hell Of A Night", which was a memorial gig for the late Bon Scott featuring Rohan Moran on lead guitar, Simon Croft on rhythm guitar, Steve Michelmore on drums, and Dave Ross on bass. On the 20th anniversary of his death, with Melbourne AC/DC tribute band Thunderstruck after Evans was invited to perform by friend and Thunderstruck member, Simon Croft and a live recording was released in the year 2000. The second of which was an album released in February 2006 that was recorded with some of the members of his previous groups, Rabbit and Hot Cockerel plus some of Newcastle's finest rockers, and was entitled Sinner....(check the link at the bottom of the blog ;))

He has toured in Europe with Munich band, Thunderstruck and with his own band, The Badasses in support to USA southern rock legends, Molly Hatchet , and the critics loved him...yeh go figure that one out, a critic not being critical

Dave returned to Australia in late 2008, to perform at the Adelaide International Gu
itar Festival with The Party Boys..makes sense, every other bugger has played with 'em

In 2009 Dave Evans signed a global distribution and publishing agreement with leading Australian indie power house label Blue Pie for his classic rock album "Sinner". "Sold my Soul to Rock and Roll" was the 1st single to be lifted from the album and has been promoted to radio and media globally from July 2009 onwards. Dave toured Australia for three months with The Aussie Badasses and The Classic Aussie Rock show performing his Sinner Album

In April 2010 Dave Evans released his "Judgement Day" album in the UK through independent label Rocksector Records & in May/June 2010 undertook a UK Tour with a UK version of his Baddasses backing band. The band included Chris Appleton from Fury UK on lead guitar, Marshall Gill from New Model Army on lead guitar, Martin McNee from Fury UK on drums & Leon Gill on bass.

With AC/DC
    "Can I Sit Next to You, Girl" (single) (1974)
    "Rockin' in the Parlour" (single) (1974)

With Rabbit
    Rabbit (1976)
    Too Much Rock N Roll (1976)

With Thunder Down Under
    Thunder Down Under (1986)

Solo
    Hell of a Night .(2001)
    Sinner (2006)
    Judgement Day (2008)

SO....There you go...one of the best frontman in Aussie Rock, who deserved so muuch more...but thats a regular story aint it...shame ...