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A Canadian boffin has put one of life’s more interesting questions to the test. Who is better? Bon or Brian. The results can be found in the paper On the Efficiency of AC/DC: Bon Scott versus Brian Johnson. In this paper, we explore this issue. Since it is difficult to ascertain which vocalist was better given the heterogeneity of musical tastes, our analysis does not focus on the aural or sonic quality of the vocalists’ performances. Rather, using tools from the field of experimental economics, and we consider which vocalist results in individual arriving at more efficient outcomes in a simple bargaining game. Our results suggest that having participants listen to songs by AC/DC in which Brian Johnson served as vocalist results in participants realizing more efficient outcomes. Thus, in terms of a singer’s ability to implement efficient behavioral outcomes among listeners, our results suggest that Brian Johnson was a better vocalist than Bon Scott. There are obvious problems with the experiment’s design. Using Canadian dollars for a start is just perplexing. Also, only two songs were used (A Long Way to the Top and Shoot to Thrill). The sample size is too small and needs to be extended across multiple albums. . How about Bon singing Let There Be Rock versus Brian doing For Those About To Rock? Even with those caveats in mind, I do hope this is the start of a boon in the long overdue scientific examination of AC/DC. One day we may get an answer to the question, which I am often asked by people in the street, AC/DC: A transformative hermeneutics for the dialectic paradign of narrative or just good beer drinkin’ music?