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Cold Chisel

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The Perfect Crime (2015)	No Plans (2012)	Teenage Love (2011)
Twentieth Century (2011)	Twentieth Century (2011)	Last Stand (2011)
Ringside (2011)	The Barking Spiders Live ... (2011)	The Best of Cold Chisel -... (2011)
Rockpalast 1982 (2007)	The Last Wave of Summer (2001)	Breakfast at Sweethearts (2000)
The Last Wave of Summer (1998)	Chisel (1991)	Circus Animals (1982)
Circus Animals (1982)	Swingshift (1981)	East (1980)
East (1980)	Breakfast at Sweethearts (1979)	Cold Chisel (1978)
Cold Chisel (1978)

Members
5 Male

Popularity

57

Followers
809,368

Origin
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Adelaide,Australia

Genre
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Rock

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Born

1973

Active
1973 to Present...

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Most Loved Tracks

Track	Last.FM Listens	Loves
Bow River	39,872	4 users
Cheap Wine	57,106	4 users
Flame Trees	72,990	4 users
Khe Sanh	115,185	4 users
Standing on the Outside	33,587	4 users

Music Video Links

Saturday Night	Flame Trees	You Got Nothing I Want
You Got Nothing I Want

Artist Biography
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Originally named Orange, the band was formed in Adelaide in 1973 as a heavy metal cover band by bassist Les Kaczmarek, keyboard player Don Walker, guitarist Ian Moss and drummer Steve Prestwich. Seventeen-year-old singer Jimmy Barnes—known throughout his time with the band as Jim Barnes—joined in December 1973, taking leave from the band in 1975 for a brief stint as Bon Scott's replacement in Fraternity. The group changed its name several times before settling on Cold Chisel in 1974 after writing a song with that title. Barnes' relationship with other band members was volatile; as a Scot he often came to blows with Liverpool-born Prestwich and he left the band several times. During these periods Moss would handle vocals until Barnes returned. Walker soon emerged as Cold Chisel's primary songwriter. Walker spent 1974 in Armidale, completing his studies and in 1975 Kaczmarek left the band and was replaced by Phil Small. Barnes' older brother John Swan was a member of Cold Chisel around this time, providing backing vocals and percussion but after several violent incidents he was fired. In May 1976 Cold Chisel relocated to Melbourne but found little success and moved to Sydney in November. Six months later, in May 1977, Barnes announced he was quitting Cold Chisel in order to join Swan in Feather, a hard-rocking blues band that had evolved from an earlier group called Blackfeather. A farewell performance took place in Sydney that went so well the singer changed his mind and the following month Cold Chisel was picked up by the Warner Music Group.