AC/DC Inspired Czech Leader's "Road to Hell" Riff

March 27, 2009

During a meeting of the EU parliament in Strasbourg, France on Wednesday, Czech Prime minister Mirek Topolanek blasted the US administration by saying their solutions to the current economic crisis would lead to "a way to hell."

"AC/DC played here last week," Mr. Topolanek later told the daily Lidove Noviny. "And their cult song 'Highway to Hell' might have led me in that very improvised speech to use the phrase 'road to hell'." According to the Czech newspaper, Mr. Topolanek's prepared remarks included the less resonant phrase "the way to destruction."

Source: New York Times