Cross-media recommendations across film, TV, games, books & music — picked by taste.
Highway to Hell is AC/DC's sixth studio album, released in July 1979 on Albert Productions and Atlantic Records. It was the first record the band made with producer Robert John "Mutt" Lange, and it turned out to be the last with vocalist Bon Scott, who died in February 1980. Fans drawn to its charged, road-obsessed spirit tend to find resonance in stories of motion, defiance, and music as a cultural force — from biker feuds and frontier lawlessness to rock memoirs and concert films.
Highway to Hell is the sixth studio album by Australian hard rock band AC/DC, released on 27 July 1979, by Albert Productions and Atlantic Records. It is the first of three albums produced by Robert John "Mutt" Lange, and is the last album featuring lead singer Bon Scott, who died on 19 February 1980.
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Highway to Hell
A literal road-to-hell journey that trades hard rock mythology for demons, Vegas, and a bride stolen by a zombie.
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The Way to Hell
Hong Kong police take on a smuggling operation in this 1980 crime-action film.
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Hell Ride
Two rival biker gangs reignite a decades-old feud, channeling the same road-and-danger energy as the album.
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AC/DC: Live at River Plate
AC/DC's own triumphant live document, capturing the band before nearly 200,000 fans across three sold-out shows.
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Highway
Two men on the run, heading west and chased by danger — a road story propelled by desperation and loyalty.
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Rock, Weed and Wheels
An outdoor rock event spirals beyond control when the crowd dwarfs the tickets sold by a factor of eight.
Series
Highway to Heaven
A fallen figure gets a second chance on Earth, wandering roads to quietly repair what's broken.
Series
Hell on Wheels
A man driven by vengeance moves through a lawless, raucous frontier — restless motion as both escape and purpose.
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takt op.Destiny
Music is cast as humanity's last light against monstrous darkness, making it literally worth fighting for.
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AC/DC LIVE: Rock Band
Play through AC/DC's catalog in this dedicated rock band music game.
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Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s
Shred through classic rock tracks with a guitar controller — the same era, the same attitude.
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18 Wheels of Steel: Pedal to the Metal
Life on the open road as business and identity — a trucking simulation built around perpetual forward motion.
Book
Psychotic Reactions and Carburettor Dung
Sharp critical essays on rock performers including Iggy Pop, the Clash, and Lou Reed — music writing with teeth.
Book
Rock and roll, 1955-1970
Traces the roots of rock through rhythm and blues, solo stars, and supergroups across a formative era.
Book
Black Sabbath: Doom Let Loose
Chronicles how one band became the definitive force in heavy metal — a parallel story of hard rock's rise.
Book
Country
Explores country music's shadowy, myth-laden origins — blackface minstrels, honky-tonk, and rockabilly heaven.
Book
Slash
A memoir from one of rock's defining guitarists, written squarely in the tradition of sex, drugs, and rebellion.
The concert film AC/DC: Live at River Plate is the most direct continuation — nearly 200,000 fans and three sold-out shows in Buenos Aires. For something wilder, Highway to Hell (1991) turns the title's imagery into a gonzo fantasy-horror road trip.
AC/DC LIVE: Rock Band lets you play through the band's catalog directly. If you want the broader hard rock era, Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s covers the same guitar-driven attitude with retro venues and unlockable tracks.
It was AC/DC's sixth album and the last to feature Bon Scott, who died in February 1980 — months after its release. Produced by Robert John "Mutt" Lange, it was also the first of three albums he made with the band, marking both a creative peak and the end of an era.