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Iris - Thunderstruck [live Festivalul Rock '92]

Iris - "Thunderstruck"
Music by: Angus Young, Malcolm Young
Lyrics by: Angus Young, Malcolm Young
Original by: AC/DC
Song released on: "The Razors Edge", 1990
Video recorded at: "Rock '92" International Festival, Bucharest, Arenele Romane, September 12th 1992
Performed by: Cristian Minculescu - lead vocals, Nelu Dumitrescu - drums, Doru Borobeică - bass guitar, Valter Popa - lead and rhythm guitar

This 1990 song created by the famous Australian band AC/DC was released on "The Razors Edge" album and it peaked at number 5 on the Billboard's Mainstream Rock Tracks. "Thunderstruck" was released as a single in Germany, Australia and Japan. It's one of the most known AC/DC songs and it is said to be inspired by lead guitarist Angus Young's hair-raising experience when a plane he was on was struck by lightning. The Romanian hard rock band Iris was influenced by AC/DC in their early days, when Iris covered many AC/DC songs: "Shot Down in Flames", "Shake a Leg", "Thunderstruck", "Rocker", "High Voltage", "The Jack", "What Do You Do for Money Honey" and, of course, "Highway to Hell" (a song that Iris continues to play once in a while to this day). Here we have a video with Iris playing live "Thunderstruck" at the "Rock '92" International Festival, where the group performed besides Ian Gillan and Uriah Heep. At this festival Iris had the greatest opening act for a Romanian artist or band, ex-Deep Purple's vocalist Ian Gillan singing before them.