Trve. Crvp. Pop! Ep.6: AC/DC - Fly on the Wall

It's another look at the world of the worst albums ever made, as we present another Trve. Crvp. Pop!, searching for the most awful moment in the history of music. This week, Steve and Sam are rating and ranking Fly on the Wall, the 10th studio album from hard rock legends Ac/DC, released on the 28th of June 1985. The 80's had been kind to AC/DC initially, their 7th album Back in Black was one of the biggest albums ever made, shifting 25 millions copies in the US alone. But as the decade wore on, so the profile of the band began to wane somewhat. 25 million sales became 4 million, which then became "only" 1 million as they continued to release album in the first half of the decade. By 1985, with glam metal on the rise, AC/DC were considered by many to have peaked, the band themselves wanted nothing to do with MTV ready pop-metal and decided to self produce their next record. The result was an album in Fly on the Wall that is usually cited as their weakest moment... but is it really that bad? Or did a link to a serial killer, the ire of the PMRC and a bunch of confusing videos starring the band, a bunch of goofy actors and a cartoon fly all combine to kill it?  ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★