Angus Young of AC/DC has described Jimi Hendrix as a guitarist operating on “another level”, saying Hendrix transformed his idea of what could be done with the instrument. The article matters as it highlights the formative influence Hendrix had on one of hard rock’s most recognisable guitarists.

Young said he began concentrating seriously on guitar in his early teens and was enthralled when he first heard Hendrix’s 1967 song ‘Purple Haze’. Although Young and his brother Malcolm had seen Jimmy Page play with The Yardbirds in Australia, Young regarded Hendrix’s recorded playing as incomparable; Hendrix died before the pair could meet or perform together.