Larry Van Kriedt

Larry Van Kriedt (born 1954 in California, United States) was the first bassist of the Australian hard rock band AC / DC, which was founded in 1973 by Malcolm Young. Kriedt can except the bass other instruments, like the saxophone playing.

Biography

Early life

Larry was born into a musical family, who lived at that time in San Francisco. His father is a well known jazz musician named David Van Kriedt. His whole life revolved around music. So he began with nine years of playing bass and guitar at age twelve. Starting to sing and play the saxophone, he has 15 he studied jazz, harmony, composing and musical arrangements with his father.

In 1969, at age 15, he moved with his family to Sydney, Australia. There he met briefly Angus Young after his arrival. This brought him to an audition to Malcolm Young, who wanted to found the band AC / DC. After successfully played, he was bass player and one of the founding members of AC / DC.

With AC / DC

Kriedt was only four months with AC / DC because in February 1974, he was replaced by Neil Smith. However, he stepped in some, early club performances every now and then with, since his successor was frequently prevented. His permanent replacement then followed by Rob Bailey.

By AC / DC

After a short time with AC / DC, he experimented with different styles of music as a musician and producer. From 1997 to 1999 he lived in Morocco, where he often made ​​appearances in small radios and TV shows. Today Van Kriedt has worked as a jazz musician.