After touring throughout much of 1977 with Black Sabbath and Rainbow, AC/DC fired Evans. "It was a shock, not necessarily so much a surprise. Personally it was tough. I think what hit me was not so much that I was out of the band, it was the personal things, you know, that affected me. The way it was abrupt, that's the way the guys are — Angus and Malcolm," Evans later told Ultimate Classic Rock. "I don't think it's any real revelation that they can make some very strong and sudden decisions. At the end of the day, you'd have to stand back and say they made the right choice, to be honest. If I was the right guy, I'd still be in the band. There was also a definite amount of relief — 'Phew, f---- thank Christ that's over' — it was a pressure-filled situation, and ultimately I would question whether I was cut out for it or not.”
