AC/DC, as any electrician would be happy to tell you after a long sigh and a head shake, is a less than devilish name. In fact, it's the abbreviation of "Alternating Current/Direct Current," which means that the electrical device in question can use both types of power. Beech writes that, reportedly, AC/DC guitarists Angus and Malcolm Young spotted the letters on a household appliance — thought to be either a sewing machine or a vacuum cleaner — and filed them under "cool band names," with the idea that the term was the perfect summation of the band's energy.

Unbeknownst to the band, however, was the fact that "AC/DC" was also a slang term for bisexuality. According to Martin Huxley's book, AC/DC: The World's Heaviest Rock, this caused some pretty interesting misunderstandings during the group's early career. While they initially denied that their band name had any sexual undertones, they eventually just rolled with it. In fact, they even got a few extra gigs because of their name, seeing as they were booked to play at several "gay-themed events."

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