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On Thursday, March 19, 2026, 69-year-old AC/DC guitarist Stevie Young was hospitalized in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The medical admission follows the Australian band's recent performance in Santiago, Chile, and comes just days before their scheduled concerts in the Argentine capital as part of the South American leg of the Power Up Tour.
How were now-famous music albums received when they were released? Did they always elicit instant raptures, mass approval and streams of enthusiastic reviews? Here are the ironic, skeptical and downbeat reviews of 13 albums that are now regarded as rock classics.
Perhaps the most telling statistic is that only six 2017 releases figured among the top selling metal (as defined by Metal Insider) albums for the first half of 2017.
Pyromania is still my favorite album by Def Leppard and our Headhunter album earned Krokus our first USA Platinum






