When one thinks of AC/DC, they generally don’t also think of bagpipes.
There is one Australian musician who is working to change all that, however.
His name is the Badpiper, and you’ve likely never seen anything like him before.
Sporting a mohawk and a noticeable punk rock attitude, the Badpiper belted out AC/DC’s “Thunderstruck” in Perth, Australia to the delight of numerous on-lookers.
The performance was captured on film and shared around the world.
You’ve been Thunderstruck by the Badpiper
It’s hard not to get into this unique version of a classic heavy metal tune. Not only does the Badpiper belt out the tune through his bagpipes, but fire also begins shooting out of his instrument as well.
This is truly a heavy metal performance for the ages!
The Badpiper took to his Facebook page to talk about how viral the video has gone:
“So apparently a thunderstruck street video is going viral in the United States, made it onto breakfast tv or something !! Hopefully Im gonna Blow up in a big way now !!
This viral video has spread so far and so wide , Im not a very good tech guy so if anyone has any info on how far this has reached please let me know !! And a big welcome to all the new fans, welcome aboard!!”
The Badpiper on Australia’s Got Talent
The Badpiper rose to fame in his home country of Australia. He auditioned for the show “Australia’s Got Talent”. During his audition, he impressed the judges with his ability to shred the bagpipes like some can the guitar.
“You treated that like a lead guitarist in a rock band, I’ve never heard a bagpipe used like that before.” Brian McFadden said on his Australia’s Got Talent audition
“The Badpiper! It’s one of those things that you see and you go… I didn’t know I wanted to see that until I saw it… It was brilliant.” Dannii Minogue also said during his Australia’s Got Talent audition
The Badpiper goes on tour.
After a memorable performance on Australia’s Got Talent, the Badpiper was invited to tour Australia with a band of daredevil freestyle motorcyclists known as The Crusty Demons.
This rather bizarre menagerie of stunts and music played to sold-out shows in Perth, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, and Brisbane.
“The worlds only flame throwing, leather clad, tattooed Heavy Metal Piper !! There can be only one , The Badpiper,” his Twitter profile reads.
The Badpiper rocks AC/DC’s Thunderstruck in public.
The reaction it has gotten online has caused his level of fame to shoot to the moon.
He gained more exposure from this viral video than he did his sold-out shows across Australia or his appearance on Australia’s Got Talent. That’s the reach YouTube and social media have.
Not long after the video went viral, The Badpiper received an invite to play in front of 70,000 people at a huge heavy metal festival in Australia.
The impact the viral video of him playing AC/DC on the bagpipes continues to reach new people daily.
As of this writing, the video has been viewed over 12 million times.
Watch the Badpiper belt out “Thunderstruck” below.
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