Peter Clack is an Australian

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– for ten months he was an early member of hard rock band

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. In April 1974 he joined

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(rhythm guitar),

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(lead guitar), Dave Evans (lead vocals) and Rob Bailey (bass guitar). He appears in early video footage of AC/DC, the ''Last Picture Show Theatre'' video of "

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". Clack was a member of the band during the recording of their debut album ''

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'' but most of the drum parts were recorded by session man Tony Currenti. Clack continued with AC/DC until January 1975 when he was sacked along with Bailey, Clack's permanent replacement was

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. Prior to joining AC/DC, Clack had played with Bailey in Flake. Peter was the drummer of the Allan Hessey Big Band. As of November 2011 he played with Melbourne-based band Raw Sylke. He is now a drum teacher.

References

* ''Two Sides to Every Glory'', Paul Stenning, 2005 * "Metal Hammer & Classic Rock present AC/DC", Metal Hammer magazine special, 2005 AC/DC members Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Australian rock drummers Male drummers {{drummer-stub