# AC/DC drummer accused of murder hire plan. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 6, 2014, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ac-dc-drummer-accused-of-murder-hire-plan/703851 "2014-11-06T04:15:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2014, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ac-dc-drummer-accused-of-murder-hire-plan/703851/1 "2014-11-06T04:15:38Z")
> **[AC/DC Drummer Phil Rudd Accused of Murder-for-Hire Try](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/ac-dc-drummer-phil-rudd-accused-murder-hire-try-n242441)** > > The 60-year-old drummer for Australian rock band AC/DC was accused Thursday of trying to arrange two killings as well as possession of drugs. Phil Rudd from ac-dc has been accused of trying to hire someone to commit murder. “Tauranga District court records showed that Rudd, 60, was free on bail pending a court appearance Nov. 27. Those records gave no details of the case. But the official government Radio New Zealand reported that the trying to procure murder charge and the threatening to kill charge related to incidents on Sept. 25 and 26. It said Rudd was also charged with possession of cannabis and methamphetamine.” I wonder who he wanted dead. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2014, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ac-dc-drummer-accused-of-murder-hire-plan/703851/2 "2014-11-06T04:18:33Z")
Maybe he was having trouble with his high school head… ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2014, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ac-dc-drummer-accused-of-murder-hire-plan/703851/3 "2014-11-06T04:32:37Z")
He “tried” to hire someone? Maybe the killer wasn’t willing to do the dirty deed dirt cheap. ---
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2014, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ac-dc-drummer-accused-of-murder-hire-plan/703851/4 "2014-11-06T04:58:41Z")
The word is out that he’s about, and he’s come gunnin’ for you. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2014, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ac-dc-drummer-accused-of-murder-hire-plan/703851/5 "2014-11-06T05:05:29Z")
It takes big balls to murder someone for hire. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2014, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ac-dc-drummer-accused-of-murder-hire-plan/703851/6 "2014-11-06T05:29:11Z")
I wonder if they were going to use TNT or maybe even dynamite. Either way that’s a power load. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2014, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ac-dc-drummer-accused-of-murder-hire-plan/703851/7 "2014-11-06T05:31:33Z")
If you want blood, apparently you can’t actually have it. ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2014, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ac-dc-drummer-accused-of-murder-hire-plan/703851/8 "2014-11-06T06:08:19Z")
I wish I’d been a fly on the wall when this was going down. ---
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2014, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ac-dc-drummer-accused-of-murder-hire-plan/703851/9 "2014-11-06T06:25:38Z")
Cold-hearted, man. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2014, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ac-dc-drummer-accused-of-murder-hire-plan/703851/10 "2014-11-06T06:34:02Z")
Well hells bells, he’s on the highway to hell, that’s for sure. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2014, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ac-dc-drummer-accused-of-murder-hire-plan/703851/11 "2014-11-06T06:43:24Z")
Good user-name & thread combo - I certainly didn’t expect this! ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2014, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ac-dc-drummer-accused-of-murder-hire-plan/703851/12 "2014-11-06T06:57:45Z")
Just ring 36 24 36 ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2014, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ac-dc-drummer-accused-of-murder-hire-plan/703851/13 "2014-11-06T09:12:37Z")
No, see, he’s innocent. He said “Shoot to thrill” and the guy thought he said “Shoot to kill.” He was just misunderstood, that’s all. Yeah, that’s the ticket. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2014, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ac-dc-drummer-accused-of-murder-hire-plan/703851/14 "2014-11-06T09:35:44Z")
Think he’ll get 15 years in Hell? ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2014, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ac-dc-drummer-accused-of-murder-hire-plan/703851/15 "2014-11-06T10:54:51Z")
> [@Johnny\_Q](#): > > Think he’ll get 15 years in Hell? Bet he’ll make a jailbreak. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2014, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ac-dc-drummer-accused-of-murder-hire-plan/703851/16 "2014-11-06T11:58:54Z")
Good lord. He’s gone shootin’ - spent too much time in Sin City and now is facing rock n’ roll damnation for messing with riff raff. Better give him a bullet to bite on. Why, yes, I had a copy of Powerage in my car recently. This is sad, weird and too bad. I love AC/DC - well, the Bon Scott years - and Phil Rudd’s simple, wonderful groove is essential to that. I have never known anything about the guys in the band except the basics - they aren’t that kind of band. But with Malcolm dealing with dementia and now this, perhaps they are. If Rudd did what he is accused of, it will come out. Oi. ---
**Author:** ![Cubsfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2014, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ac-dc-drummer-accused-of-murder-hire-plan/703851/17 "2014-11-06T13:06:35Z")
I heard he was trying to buy “A Bazooka to the Anus”. hehe… ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2014, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ac-dc-drummer-accused-of-murder-hire-plan/703851/18 "2014-11-06T13:31:31Z")
> [@Cubsfan](#): > > I heard he was trying to buy “A Bazooka to the Anus”. > > hehe… ??? Sorry, don’t get it. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2014, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ac-dc-drummer-accused-of-murder-hire-plan/703851/19 "2014-11-06T14:35:49Z")
Looks like Phils plan was shot down in flames. ---
**Author:** ![SykoSkotty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@SykoSkotty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SykoSkotty)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2014, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ac-dc-drummer-accused-of-murder-hire-plan/703851/20 "2014-11-06T15:08:39Z")
Maybe he was trying to have Malcom killed in a “mercy killing” type of thing? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ac-dc-drummer-accused-of-murder-hire-plan/703851.md?page=2)