BBC News is reporting that plans for a statue of Angus-born AC/DC singer Bon Scott in his home town of Kirriemuir have been approved by councillors.

The 2.4m-high bronze statue, which will stand in Bellies Brae car park, is due to be unveiled at the annual Bonfest event in April. AC/DC backed the fundraising campaign to commemorate the singer who died in 1980, aged 33. The council has received over 80 letters of support for the new statue.

J.P. Quinton’s Bad Boy Boogie: The Adventures Of Bon Scott is now available in a Kindle Edition (Amazon order widget below).

Bad Boy Boogie — The Adventures of Bon Scott is a historical fiction on the life of Bon Scott. Scott was the singer in the Australian band AC/DC. He was 33, in 1980, when he died. The novel intentionally blurs the boundaries between fact and fiction. By drawing on available literature and interviews with people who knew Scott, the novel develops a picture and chronology of his life. The chronology of the narrative is distorted for dramatic effect. Some of the characters are based on real people, and some are fabricated. The objective is to bring Scott to life. The hope is that readers will get a sense of the context and circumstances that bought about his choices.

The intended style of the novel is the picaresque form. The rogue protagonist, Bon Scott, works his way through life moving from one injustice to another. Scott meets most challenges with wit and humour. He is barely able to hold his job and often flirts with the boundaries of criminality. When it appears the main character has finally achieved his goal, once again something or someone conspires to restrict his advance.

The novel is separated into six chapters, covering the most important periods in his life. The first chapter follows Scott’s juvenile delinquent phase. He is sentenced to nine months in detention and discovers his desire to be a rock and roll singer. Chapter Two sees Scott in the pop group the Valentines. In Chapter Three Scott is in Adelaide-based band Fraternity. The chapter ends with Scott crashing a motorcycle and ending up in hospital. Chapter Four follows Scott’s involvement in the early days of the band AC/DC. Chapter Five traces AC/DC’s rise to success. Chapter Six details Scott’s health decline and simultaneous rise to the top of the music world.