marked the return
of drummer
Phil Rudd,
who had played with
AC/DC
from 1975 to 1983.
Rudd had left
during the
Flick of the Switch sessions
due to drug problems
and his
incompatibility
with
Malcolm Young.
According to
Arnaud Durieux's
book
AC/DC:
Maximum Rock & Roll,
Rudd attended
AC/DC's show
in Auckland
in
November 1991 and,
after a friendly meeting
with the band backstage,
made an
"open-ended pitch"
to rejoin
if anything changed
with the band's
current drummer
Chris Slade.
Durieux reports that
the band eventually
invited Rudd
to rejoin
and he accepted
in August 1994,
much to the chagrin
of Slade,
who had been
recording demos
with the band
in London.
Slade told
Rock Hard France
in June 2001
that he was
so disappointed
and disgusted
that he did not touch
his drum kit
for three years.
Slade would eventually
rejoin the band
for their performance
at the
57th Annual
Grammy Awards Ceremony
and the
2015 Rock or Bust
World Tour
following Rudd's
legal issues
involving illegal
drug possession
and threatening
to kill his
former
personal assistant,
both of which
forced him out
of the band
a second time.
Ballbreaker
is the only
AC/DC album
produced by
Rick Rubin.
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