Debra Messing

She and Zelman, who were married on September 3, 2000, live in Los Angeles. Video: 'Let There Be Rock' features the band in a 1980 Porsche 928 racing a bi-plane. Messing met her future husband, Daniel Zelman, an actor and screenwriter, on their first day as graduate students at NYU. Former Members. Messing?s big-screen roles also include turns as a happily married but ill-fated wife in the supernatural thriller The Mothman Prophecies (2002), which stars also Richard Gere. Current Members. After he offered his first words of guidance, on the fifth day, Messing felt herself undergoing a transformation. One country music band has named themselves Hayseed Dixie, as a parody of the AC/DC name.

In an interview later, Messing described the method Allen used to enable her to discover the essence of her character ? one that resulted in nerve-racking uncertainty for the actress, who during her first four days on the set got no feedback from Allen. The name AC/DC is pronounced one letter at a time, although the band is also known to its Australian fans as "Acca Dacca". Messing was hand-picked by Woody Allen for a small role in his movie Celebrity (1998). It is near Swanston Street, the location where the band recorded their 1975 video "It's a Long Way to the Top". In 1998 Messing had a lead role as the bioanthropologist Sloan Parker on ABC's dramatic science-fiction television series Prey. Meanwhile, Messing?s agent had approached the actress with the pilot script for the television show Will & Grace, Messing was inclined to take some time off, but the pilot for Will & Grace intrigued her. On 1 October 2004 Melbourne's Corporation Lane was officially renamed ACDC Lane in honour of the band (street names in the City of Melbourne cannot contain the "/" character). The actress turned down a starring role in another television sitcom to appear in Donald Margulies?s two-character play Collected Stories, which opened at the Manhattan Theater Club, an Off-Broadway venue, in 1997. messing portrayed the protégé ? and, ultimately, literary betrayer ? of a famous short-story writer (Maria Tucci). Some have suggested that the name stood for "Anti-Christ/ Devil Children"; though this is certainly not the case, the rumour has long persisted both among conservatives who, already disliking the band's image, use it to paint the band as Satanists, and among some fans who, especially in the 1980s, enjoyed the counter-cultural offense such a meaning would cause.

This exposure led the Fox network to make her the co-star of the television sitcom Ned and Stacey; the series, about a young man and a young woman who marry for reasons other than love after knowing each other for only a week, lasted for two seasons (1995-1997). Messing appeared as Jerry Seinfeld?s date in two episodes of the hit television show Seinfeld: ?The Wait Out,? in 1996, and ?The Yada Yada,? in 1997. The term has a bisexual connotation that they were supposedly unaware of at the time, a perception that was exacerbated by the "glam rock" image of other bands at the time, such as Alice Cooper, The Rolling Stones, David Bowie, Marc Bolan, Gary Glitter, and Queen. In 1995 Messing made her film debut, in the director Alfonso Arau?s love story A Walk in the Clouds, in which she had a small role as the wife of a World War II veteran (Keanu Reeves). The name "AC/DC" (alternating current/direct current) was suggested by their sister Margaret after she read it on an electric sewing machine's label. Before long she broke into television, playing the part of Dana Abandando ? the conniving sister of one of the main characters ? in three episodes of the award-winning television series NYPD Blue; those installments aired in late 1994 and early 1995. 2003 also saw the Recording Industry Association of America certify the classic Back in Black album as Double Diamond (20,000,000) sales in the US. Later in 1993 Messing won praise for her acting in the pre-Broadway workshop production of Tony Kushner?s much-lauded play Angels in America: Perestroika. On July 30, 2003, the band gave an amazing performance at Sarsfest in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, with The Rolling Stones before an audience of 500,000 to help the city overcome the effects of the 2003 SARS epidemic.

Three years later she earned a master’s degree in fine arts from NYU. Along side Malcolm, Angus, Phil, Cliff and Brian were two of Bon Scott's nephews and in a brief acceptance the band again thanked the fans for their support. After graduating summa cum laude from Brandeis, in 1990, with a bachelor’s degree in theater arts, Messing gained admission to the elite Graduate Acting Program at New York University (NYU), which accepts only about 15 new students annually. In March 2003 the walls at New York's historic Waldorf Astoria hotel shook as AC/DC performed Highway To Hell during part of their induction to the American Rock'n'Roll Hall Of Fame. During her junior year she studied theater at the prestigious British European Studio Group of London program, in England, an experience that fueled her desire to act. sales figures, increasing their cumulative sales from 46.5 million to 63 million, making AC/DC the fifth-best-selling band in U.S. music history, behind The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd and The Eagles. Heeding their advice, she attended Brandeis University, in Waltham, Massachusetts. In 2003, the Recording Industry Association of America upgraded the group's U.S.

While Messing’s parents encouraged her dream of becoming an actress, they also urged her to get a liberal-arts education before deciding on acting as a career. In 2002, Q magazine named AC/DC as one of the "50 Bands To See Before You Die". As a youngster Messing took lessons in dance, singing, and acting. Over the next eight years, the Young brothers and Johnson wrote nearly all of their songs, but in 1990, with Brian Johnson committed elsewhere, it was left to the Young brothers to carry on the creation of the group's music, while Johnson assumed all the vocals, lead and background, a feat unable to be duplicated in the band's live concerts (in the same manner Freddie Mercury's overdubbed vocal style could never have been duplicated when he and his band Queen toured live). Her father, Brian Messing, is a sales executive for a jewelry manufacturer; her mother, Sandy Messing, has worked as a professional singer, banker, travel agent, and real estate agent. This became their biggest-selling album to date, a hard-rock landmark that would ultimately be named in tribute to Bon. Debra Messing was born into a Jewish family in the New York City borough of Brooklyn on August 15, 1968. When she was three she moved with her parents and her older brother, Brett, to a quiet town outside Providence, Rhode Island. Shortly after, the band brought in a new lead singer—Brian Johnson, formerly of the band Geordie—completed the song-writing and began recording Back_in_Black.

In 2003 she won an Emmy Award for Best Actress in a Comedy Series for the role. He died from both choking on his own vomit and hypothermia (Ozzy Osbourne would later write and record a song about Scott's death, the widely misinterpreted "Suicide Solution"). She became widely known as interior designer Grace Adler in the sitcom Will & Grace. In 1980, Angus and Malcolm had begun working on the music and guitar riffs for their forthcoming new album when after a night of hard drinking, Bon Scott was found in the back seat of his friend's car. She is married to screenwriter Daniel Zelman, and on April 7, 2004, gave birth to their son, Roman Walker Zelman. The band were also a pivotal influence to the then emerging New Wave of British Heavy Metal scene, with artists such as Def Leppard and Saxon clearly displaying simililarities to the trademark sound of AC/DC. Debra Messing (born Debra Moessing on August 15, 1968), is an United States actor. Their meaty hard-rock sound and Bon Scott's provocative, leering stage persona are also reputed to have been significant influences on Johnny Rotten and The Sex Pistols.

showing his buttocks) to the audience and the group was banned from several British venues because of this. They gained a solid cult following in the UK with their powerful performances and outrageous stage antics; Angus Young quickly became notorious for mooning (i.e. They survived the punk rock upheavals of 1976-78, partly because they were (erroneously) tagged as a punk band by the British music press. Ozzy and Bon stayed in contact however.

The incident was quickly resolved without conflict, and the conjoined tour promptly ended. Geezer Butler (Black Sabbath's Bassist), in a drunken rage, pulled a knife on Malcolm. Rhythm Guitarist Malcolm Young once recalled in AC/DC's VH1 Behind the Music Series an incident from an England tour with Black Sabbath. Relocating to London in the late 1970s, they worked all over the UK and Europe to establish themselves, touring almost constantly and gaining invaluable experience on the stadium circuit supporting the top hard-rock acts of the day including Alice Cooper, Rush, Aerosmith, Ted Nugent, Boston, Black Sabbath, Cheap Trick, Heart, The Scorpions, Molly Hatchet, Ronnie Montrose, Nazareth, UFO, Journey, Foreigner, Van Halen, Styx, Blue Öyster Cult, Alvin Lee, Rainbow, Savoy Brown, REO Speedwagon, The Doobie Brothers, Thin Lizzy and The Who.

Between 1974 and 1978, aided by regular appearances on the nationally-broadcast TV pop show Countdown, AC/DC became one of the most popular and successful acts in Australia, scoring a string of hits albums and singles including their perennial 1975 rock anthem "It's A Long Way To The Top (If You Wanna Rock and Roll)". The early lineups changed often, but the 1974 enlistment of charismatic singer Ronald "Bon" Scott as their driving frontman signified the beginning of real success. Another vital innovation was Angus Young's adoption of his now-famous school uniform as a regular stage outfit; the original was reputedly Angus' real uniform from his secondary school, Ashfield Boys' High, in Sydney. After The Velvet Underground, Malcolm decided to form a more pure rock and roll band, and enlisted Angus and they were soon signed to the new Albert label, and Vanda & Young produced their first seven LPs. Angus then formed a band called Tantrum.

Young asked the boys to do some session work for a project he was doing (The Marcus Hook Roll Band). After Young and his Easybeats partner Harry Vanda returned to Australia in late 1973, they became the house producers for the newly-formed Albert Productions record label whose owner, Ted Albert (a scion of the venerable Albert & Sons music publishing family), had been the Easybeats' producer between 1965 and 1967. Their older brother George Young had been a member of Australia's most successful Sixties band The Easybeats, who were the first local pop act to score an overseas hit ("Friday On My Mind") in 1967. Malcolm first played with a Newcastle, NSW band called The Velvet Underground (not the Lou Reed group).

Malcolm began playing guitar first, soon followed by Angus. Born in Scotland, the brothers Angus and Malcolm Young moved with their family to Sydney, Australia as children. Some fans have a preference, others point to the merits of both singers and appreciate them equally. AC/DC is generally divided into "Bon Scott era (1974-80)" and "Brian Johnson era (1980-present)".

Their albums have sold in colossal numbers — the total is now estimated to be around 100 million copies worldwide. The group was formed in Sydney, Australia in December, 1973. AC/DC is an Australian rock band and considered pioneers of hard rock and heavy metal music. 2000 - Stiff Upper Lip.

1997 - Bonfire (tribute to the late Bon Scott including several discs of old cuts). 1995 - Ballbreaker. 1992 - Live (released as both a double and a single album). 1990 - The Razor's Edge.

1988 - Blow Up Your Video. 1986 - Who Made Who (soundtrack to the Stephen King movie Maximum Overdrive). 1985 - Fly on the Wall. 1984 - '74 Jailbreak (EP of old cuts).

1983 - Flick of the Switch. 1981 - For Those About to Rock (We Salute You). 1980 - Back in Black. 1979 - Highway to Hell.

1978 - If You Want Blood (Live). 1978 - Powerage. 1977 - Let There Be Rock. 1976 - Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (Australia).

1976 - Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (re-released in the U.S., 1981). 1976 - High Voltage. 1975 - T.N.T. (Australia). 1974 - High Voltage (Australia).

Chris Slade (Drums) 1989-1994. Simon Wright (Drums) 1984-1989. Mark Evans (Bass Guitar) 1973-1977. Bon Scott (Vocals) 1974-1980.

Cliff Williams (Bass Guitar) 1978-. Phil Rudd (Drums) 1973-1983, 1994-. Brian Johnson (Vocals) 1980-. Malcolm Young (Rhythm Guitar) 1973-.

Angus Young (Lead Guitar) 1973-.