October 02, 2004
A street name that rocks

This is great:

THE City of Melbourne will today rename a back lane in the city centre after legendary Australian rock band AC/DC.

Guitarist Angus Young, a founding member of the band, had a special message for fans and users of the lane: "Welcome to the Highway to Hell".

City of Melbourne councillors on Wednesday agreed to change the name of Corporation Lane, which runs off Flinders Lane near Swanston St in central Melbourne, to ACDC Lane after considering the proposal since June this year.

Council workers will today erect new street signs proclaiming the name change.

The band resided in Melbourne during the 1970s and filmed a video for its 1975 classic It's a Long Way to the Top on the back of a truck rolling down Swanston St.

Two members of the band were also born in Melbourne.

In a brief recorded statement, Angus Young and brother Malcolm thanked the City of Melbourne and fans for the honour.

I love it, although I think I would have preferred it if they'd kept the forward slash. Now that rock and roll is so respectable, there must be lots of other such roads, including some equally bizarre ones.

Next, road names taken from vicious gangsta' rap ditties. You-can-be-my-bitch Avenue, etc.

Posted by Brian Micklethwait at 02:24 PM
Category: This and that