In 2007, critics noted that AC/DC, along with Thin Lizzy, UFO, Scorpions, and Judas Priest, were among "the second generation of rising stars ready to step into the breach as the old guard waned."
I 2007 omtalte kritikere AC/DC sammen med Thin Lizzy, UFO, Scorpions og Judas Priest som "den anden generation af stjerner, der er klar til at træde ind i revnen, som de gamle forsvindende vagter."