At least three Australian bands have included Bon Scott as a member.
Bon Scott . He performed in several other bands including The Valentines and Fraternity before replacing Dave Evans as the lead singer of AC/DC in 1974 . Fraternity were an Australian rock band which formed in Sydney in 1970 and relocated to Adelaide in 1971 . The Valentines were an Australian pop band active from 1966 -- 1970 , chiefly noted for their lead singers , Bon Scott , who later went on to great success as lead vocalist with AC/DC ; and Vince Lovegrove , who subsequently became a successful music journalist and manager of Divinyls .