They were the antipodean echo to the style and sound of the Beatles in Britain, and the first rock and roll act from Australia to score an international pop hit with the 1966 single, "Friday on My Mind". entertainment; tv & radio; Easybeats drama Friday On My Mind is a tribute to the late, great George Young and Stevie Wright. An official statement was posted on the band’s website confirming his death. Stevie Wright of the Easybeats. AUSTRALIAN songwriter and producer of AC/DC George Young has died aged 70. 2.2K likes. When promoter Marc Christowski out together an Australian supergroup to honour the music of Vanda & Young and The Easybeats he ... Supergroup Keeps The Easybeats Alive. From 1970 to 1986 the musical legacy of The Easybeats is kept alive through a series of compilations, reissues and exhumed previously unreleased material. The rocker – brother of AC/DC’s Angus and Malcolm Young – was a member of the Easybeats … AC/DC Cofounder And Guitarist Malcolm Young Dies, Age 64 : The Two-Way Malcolm Young, who founded one of the world's most enduringly popular hard-rock bands with his … In that time, Wright wrecked his marriage (he has a son, Nicholas, 13), turned down an offer to join Mott the Hoople and worked as a production manager for Albert Records, the Easybeats’ old label. The Easybeats were a British style band composed almost entirely of Brits who formed in a Sydney migrant hostel that still operates, today the site hosts a prison for people who are awaiting deportation named the Villawood Detention Centre. ... still … ... still … Malcolm Young last performed live with AC/DC on tour in June 2010 at a concert in Bilbao, Spain. 2.2K likes. George Young, a pioneer of Australian music as a member of The Easybeats and producer for AC/DC, the band fronted by his brothers Angus and Malcolm, has died aged 70. Famous musicians and celebrity singers who died at the age of 68. Stevie Wright. “The Lonley Surfer” In the early days of The Easybeats – it was just Stevie Wright, Harry Vanda, Dick Diamonde and John Gamage. Dick Diamonde was born on December 28, 1947 in Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Netherlands as Dingeman Ariaan Henry van der Sluijs. Use this page to find out if Steven Wright is dead or alive. entertainment; tv & radio; Easybeats drama Friday On My Mind is a tribute to the late, great George Young and Stevie Wright. During this time, the band would mostly play songs from The Starfighters (Harry Vanda’s former group back home in Holland) play-list with some covers by The Shadows and The Hollies thrown in. And although The Easybeats were only around from 1964-1969, Friday On My Mind is still considered one of the pivotal songs of the 1960s, and via reissues over the years, revealed that The Easybeats were, even with this enduring hit, a highly underrated band at the time.