Artist's Bio:
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Jimmy Barnes was born April, 28 1956 in Glasgow , Scotland . His original name was 'James Dixon Swan' and his father was a featherweight boxing champion in Glasgow . In 1961/62 his family moved to Australia . After playing in a school band ( ' Orange ') he replaced Bon Scott (who joined AC/DC) as lead vocalist in the band Fraternity.
Then, aged 16 and a half, he joined Cold Chisel in 1973. |
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Don Walker was born in Ayr , North Queensland , on 29th November, 1951 .
He grew up on a farm in Northern N.S.W., studying science and maths at the University of New England .
In 1973, while working at the Weapons Research Establishment at Salisbury in South Australia , he helped form Cold Chisel with Les Kaczmarek, Ian Moss, Steve Prestwich and Jim Barnes. |
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Ian Moss was born and raised in the outback town of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory
After various musical stints, Moss moved to Adelaide where he joined the band that was to become a legend in Australia. He became a highlight of the night with songs like Never before, Bow River, and a cover rendition of Georgia . His main job in Cold Chisel was to play guitar, and that he did. |
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Steve Prestwich was
born in Liverpool , England , to a musician father and poet mother, Steve is the eldest of six brothers. The family moved to Adelaide , South Australia when Steve was 17. He joined a band soon thereafter
when he met Lez Kazmaric who was to later introduce him to Don Walker and Ian Moss in 1973.One the most talented drummers in this country and indeed a driving force in Cold Chisel
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Phil Small could never be describe as simply a quiet unassuming bass player.
Quiet and unassuming he may be but as one fifth of the greatest Australian rock band of all time Cold Chisel his position in Australian music history is unchallenged.
Then of course there is the minor details such as the fact that he is a superb musician and was part of the "engine roomof Cold Chisel. *coldchisel.com.au |
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Track’s:
1. Standing On The Outside
2. Rising Sun
3. You Got Nothing I Want
4. No Sense
5. Misfits
6. Breakfast At Sweethearts
7. My Baby
8. Bow River
9. Choir Girl
10. Cheap Wine
11. Forever Now
12. Saturday Night
13. Flame Trees
14. Merry-Go-Round
15. Star Hotel
16. Goodbye (Astrid Goodbye)
17. When The War Is Over
18. Khe Sanh
Review:Cold Chisel started life as just another pub rock band, but it finished as one of Australia 's all-time greatest acts. This disc provides the perfect retrospective of one of the seminal Australian acts of the early '80s.
Cold Chisel was a band that was able to rock hard, but it also showed a deceptive depth and perceptiveness in their lyrics. They managed to record songs that covered not only a range of styles but a full range of emotions, from the bitter "You Got Nothing I Want" to the tender "Choir Girl." They wrote tales of drunken excesses ("Cheap Wine") and resigned sadnesses ("Flame Trees"), and their superb ode to a returned Vietnam War veteran, "Khe Sanh," is a song that will forever epitomize this period of Australian music.
While the drug and alcohol excesses of Cold Chisel and their lead singer Jimmy Barnes are the stuff of legend, their music never suffered for it. These songs are classics, and to have them all collected here makes this disc nothing short of sublime.
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