Tauranga musician Phil Rudd feels he has been given the 'cold shoulder” from his AC/DC bandmates, despite reaching out to re-join the iconic band.

Phil, 60, was replaced by Chis Slade on drums for their ‘Rock or Bust' world tour after he was charged with threatening to kill, possession of cannabis and possession of methamphetamine.

Phil Rudd feels he is being ignored by his AC/DC bandmates.

The charges were laid after a police raid on his Bureta home last year.

He pleaded guilty to the charges during a hearing in the Tauranga District Court on April 21. Read more here.

Rudd says his current bail conditions would allow him to re-join the band on the tour, but the band have ignored his pleas.

'They haven't called me,” Rudd told the Nine Network's A Current Affair.

'I wrote them a letter and I tried to get in touch with Angus but I have had no contact from anybody.

'I'm very disappointed, but that's life.”

In a statement to A Current Affair, Angus Young explains Rudd has changed from the bandmate they originally knew.

'Phil created his own situation,” he says.

'It's a hard thing to say about the guy. He's a great drummer, and he's done a lot of stuff for us.

'But he seems to have let himself go. He's not the Phil we've known from the past.”