AC/DC's Phil Rudd: 'I Want My Job Back'
AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd is determined to clear his name and return to the band after his upcoming court case.
The rocker hit headlines last month (Nov14) when he was charged with attempting to have two as-yet-unidentified men killed. The murder plot accusation was later dropped by authorities in New Zealand, but he still faces charges of drug possession and threatening to kill.
Rudd, 60, has pleaded not guilty and the case is expected to go to trial in the new year (15), prompting the band to hire a new drummer for their upcoming world tour, but the musician is adamant he wants to return to AC/DC after resolving his legal troubles.
He tells New Zealand TV channel TVNZ, "I want my job back and I want my reputation back and I'm going to get them... It's all wrong and I'm very upset about the whole thing. It's ludicrous, ludicrous - as if I'd need anybody to do that... This has just been a big ball of cheese and all the rats are gathering and having a piece.
"That's not who I am... I'm going back to work with AC/DC, I don't care who likes it or who doesn't. Everyone listens to the wrong people, they should listen to me, I'm a good guy, and I'm a pretty good drummer by the way - ask Angus (Young), he'll tell you."
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