Editing Brian Johnson (section)

==Early life==
Johnson was born on 5 October 1947 in [[Dunston, Tyne and Wear|Dunston]], County Durham.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hQ4mEAAAQBAJ&q=Brian+Johnson+DUNSTON |title=The Lives of Brian |last=Johnson |first=Bryan |publisher=Penguin Books Limited |isbn=978-1405-9456-08 |date= 13 October 2022|access-date=22 April 2024}}</ref> He is the oldest of four siblings. His English father, Alan, was a coal miner and [[sergeant major]] in the [[British Army]]'s [[Durham Light Infantry]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/the-filter/10771266/Brian-Johnson-cars-give-me-the-same-thrill-as-music.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140417152952/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/the-filter/10771266/Brian-Johnson-cars-give-me-the-same-thrill-as-music.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2014 |title=Video: Brian Johnson: 'cars give me the same thrill as music' |publisher=Telegraph |access-date=13 February 2016}}</ref> who died in 1996. His Italian mother, Esther (''née'' De Luca), was from [[Frascati]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Il cantante degli AC/DC: "Mia madre era dei Castelli. Forza, io sono con voi"|work=Corriere.it|url=https://video.corriere.it/cantante-acdc-mia-madre-era-castelli-forza-io-sono-voi/9557edc6-945b-11ea-9026-0ed4807e0a45}}</ref> When he was young, Johnson performed in various shows with the [[The Scout Association|Scouts]], appeared in a play which aired on television, and joined a local church choir.<ref name="acdc.cc">{{cite web|title=Johnson biodata|work=Bedlam in Belgium|access-date=21 December 2006|url=http://www.ac-dc.cc/10th_anniversary/10th_anniversary_06.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061215103924/http://www.ac-dc.cc/10th_anniversary/10th_anniversary_06.html|archive-date=15 December 2006}}</ref> He served in the [[Army Reserve (United Kingdom)|Territorial Army]] with the [[17th Parachute Battalion (United Kingdom)|17th Parachute Battalion]] in Germany for two years.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/189-ac-dcs-brian-johnson/id1457552694?i=1000492056632|title=We Have Ways of Making You Talk: 189. AC/DC's Brian Johnson on Apple Podcasts|website=Podcasts.apple.com|access-date=1 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=AC/DC: Maximum Rock & Roll|last1=Engleheart|first1=Murray|last2=Durieux|first2=Arnaud|publisher=Harper Entertainment|year=2008|isbn=978-0-06-113391-6|pages=[https://archive.org/details/acdcmaximumrockr00murr/page/310 310]|url=https://archive.org/details/acdcmaximumrockr00murr/page/310}}</ref>