A blast from the past.
A work colleague of mine with whom I share some musical tastes recently asked me if I had anything by ‘Cold Chisel’, a band I had never even heard of. I told him that no, I didn’t, but intrigued as to what kind of music they might play, I looked them up and listened to a few songs. I was very impressed!
It turns out that ‘Cold Chisel’ were a big name act in Australia & New Zealand in the late 70’s and early 80’s and their lead vocalist Jimmy Barnes on leaving the group in 1984 achieved wider success with a string of successful albums and collaborations with the likes of INXS, Tina Turner, Joe Cocker and John Farnham.
‘Cold Chisel’ don’t fall into any particular musical genre rather they incorporate elements of rock, blues, rock’n'roll and pop. I’d recommend you check out their greatest hits album ‘The Very Best of Cold Chisel’ - even though the songs are now approaching 30 years old they really are worth a listen.