In a recent interview with José Luis Mata Sanchez, original AC/DC singer Dave Evans was posed the question of who he believes deserves the title of the best AC/DC singer. Not entirely unexpectedly, Evans chose himself. When asked to compare AC/DC vocalists Bon Scott and Brian Johnson, Evans opted for a third alternative.
He said: “Well, first, Dave Evans is the best, of course. That’s me, okay? Of course. And most of my fans will tell you exactly that, too. I’m not just making it up. After concerts, if you come to one of my concerts, you can make up your own mind, okay? But they call me maestro, which I love. So it’s nice to be called maestro.”
Evans then deliberated on the two vocalists, saying: “But they’re both completely different, and you can’t compare them. You can’t compare me either with Bon Scott or Brian Johnson. So that’s an unfair question. You’ll only get a Bon or a Brian from someone who’s biased.
“If you’re an AC/DC fan, you must embrace the whole band, because first of all, there was the five founding members, and I’m one of ’em,” he continued. “Without us, there’s no AC/DC at all. So if you’re an AC/DC fan, then you must be a fan of the whole band. And if you’re biased against one or the other, then you’re not really an AC/DC fan.
“If you’re a Bon Scott AC/DC fan or a Brian Johnson AC/DC fan, you’re a fan of part of the band. But if you say you’re an AC/DC fan, then you must embrace the whole band. Otherwise you’re not an authentic and real AC/DC fan.
“Without Bon and Dave, there’s no Brian,” Evans added. “Without Dave, there’s no Bon. And so that’s the whole band. It must be celebrated by all the fans and any fan that disparages any one of us can’t call themselves AC/DC fans, and they should be completely ashamed of themselves.”