"Cold Chisel" - the most famous Australian
pub-rokovoya team sold out at home for more than three million records.
The band formed in 1973 in Adelaide and at first changed its name almost
every show. End of confusion with the signs put keyboardist Don Walker
(later chief songwriter) who wrote little thing "Cold Chisel", which
gave the team the desired name. A few years have gone musicians to
perform in various parts of the continent before they offered the
contract company "WEA Records". During this time, the team happened a
few personnel changes, and at the time of the transaction partners
Walker were guitarist Ian Moss, a great lover of vodka and a female
vocalist Jimmy Barnes, drummer Steve Prestwich and bassist Phil Small.
At
the beginning of 1978 "Cold Chisel" under the supervision of Peter
Walker recorded their debut album, which hit the national output of Top
40. The single "Khe Sanh" fell under the ban ether (because the lines
"Their legs were often open / But their minds were always closed "), but
some stations put a song in the program, and this thing later became a
frequent visitor to the concert. The second release was a mini-live
"You're 13, You're Beautiful and You're Mine", and when the team warmed
up coaching Rod Stewart, Sales appeared LP "Breakfast At Sweethearts".
Richard
Batchens, who produced the record, most smoothed the rough edges and
gives the songs a refined sound that is bound to affect the commercial
success. The album brought "cold chisel" first platinum, but the
relationship with the musicians Batchensom did not exist, and at regular
sessions taxied Mark Opitz. If, before the "East" almost all the songs
composed Walker, now deeply involved in the creative process and the
rest of the team. Thanks to the hit single "Choir Girl" with a ballad
about a girl who had an abortion, the album climbed to the second line
of the Australian charts and further sales growth. Concert audience
"Cold Chisel" now is not measured in tens and thousands, and while the
team was wound on cities and villages within the "Youth In Asia Tour",
edition "East" thrice crossed the platinum mark. In March 1981, released
a double live "Swingshift", securing the success of the team at home
and in neighboring New Zealand.
In the same year, the band attempted
to enter the US market, but the idea did not produce the expected
results. Upon returning home, "Cold Chisel" in company with the same
Opitz released a CD "Circus Animals" brought them another home platinum
and the highest position in the national charts. Among all the tracks
allocated composition Barnes "You Got Nothing I Want", directed against
the American show business, and Prestwich ballad "When the War Is Over",
which later made the covers of "Uriah Heep" and John Farnham.
At the
end of 1982, the group paid a visit to Europe, and while there she had a
warm welcome, relations in the collective disorder. First out Prestwich
(first briefly, and then at all). In the summer of 1983, for the
installation sat Ray Arnott from "Spectrum", but less than two months,
as a result of clashes with the management of Barnes was decided to
disband the team. However, "Cold Chisel" first held a farewell tour and
finally recorded the disc "Twentieth Century" and then officially turned
activity. More than ten years, the group was inactive, but from time to
time on behalf of out different disks. Thus, in 1987, appeared
demosbornik "Razor Songs", in 1991, came out a compilation of the best
things "Chisel", in 1992 the market entered soundtrack-album "The Last
Stand" (recorded as far back as 1983), and in 1994 hit the shelves
anthology "Teenage Love" with a previously untapped material.
In the
second half of the 90s began to circulate rumors about the reunion
teams, was groundless. In the autumn of 1997, the long-term silence was
interrupted by the appearance of "Cold Chisel" in public, then do the
recording musicians fresh studio album. Despite the fact that "The Last
Wave Of Summer" took the top position, and the accompanying tour were
sold out, the band once again went on a long vacation. Another reunion
was held in 2003, but it was limited to two-month tour and the release
of live album "Ringside".
All songs by Don Walker, except as noted
1. Juliet (2:44) (Walker, Jim Barnes)
2. Khe Sanh (4:13)
3. Home and Broken Hearted (3:25)
4. One Long Day (7:22)
5. Northbound (3:14)
6. Rosaline (4:46)
7. Darskarzine (5:09)
8. Just How Many Times (5:24)
Bonus Tracks
9. Teenage Love Affair (6:03)
10. Drinkin' in Port Lincoln (3:25)
11. H-Hour Hotel (3:26)
12. On the Road (5:45)
Jimmy Barnes - lead vocals, guitar
Ian Moss - lead guitar, vocals
Don Walker - keyboards, backing vocals
Steve Prestwich 1954-2011 - drums, backing vocals
Phil Small - electric bass
Charley Drayton - drums, vocals (2012)
~Enjoy~
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