Troubled AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd vows he will be behind the drumkit when they tour the world in 2015. He is currently on bail after being charged with threatening to kill and possession of drugs in November, and faces a jail term of up to seven years if he is found guilty.

He has claimed that the charges are “ludicrous” and adds:

“Everyone listens to the wrong people. They should listen to me. I’m a good guy – and a pretty good drummer, by the way. Ask Angus; he’ll tell you.”

He says of his current predicament:

“This has just been a big ball of cheese, and all the rats are gathering and having a piece. That’s just life. But that’s not who I am.”

He adds:

“I’m going back to work with AC/DC – and I don’t care who likes it and who doesn’t.”

Angus Young has said last month how Rudd had been difficult during the recording of their 17th album Rock Or Bust, and then failed to appear for a video and photo shoot in London in October. He was replaced on screen by Bob Richards of Welsh blues outfit Buck & Evans.