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Cold Chisel were formed in the 70s, during Australia's pub rock boom, which also produced the aforementioned AC/DC, among others. They were fronted by a young man called Jimmy Barnes, with Don Walker writing the bulk of their songs. Even without huge amounts of support from radio or TV in their early days, the band garnered a large following via the pub circuit. In fact, it would be fair to describe them as the definitive Aussie pub rock band. However, despite their popularity in Australia, international success eluded them.

Cold Chisel broke up in 1983, but frontman Jimmy Barnes went on to a solo career, becoming even bigger than he was as a member of Cold Chisel. The band regrouped in 1998 for the album ''The Last Wave of Summer'' and a national tour, and still occasionally comes together again.

 

* [[Album Title Drop]]: "Houndog" for ''Circus Animals''.

* [[Banned in China|Banned in Every State Except South Australia]]: "Khe Sanh" was banned from airplay when it was first released.

* [[Epic Rocking]]: most live performances of ''Bow River''.

* [[Genre Roulette]]: a limited example on ''Twentieth Century'' which featured twelve songs that were in the classic Chisel sound - and a reggae number penned by Barnes ("No Sense").

* [[Lyrical Cold Open]]: "Letter to Alan"

* [[Mondegreen]]: The line in ''Khe Sanh'' is "The last plane out of Sydney's almost gone", not "The last train".

** "Cheap Wine and a three-legged goat"

* [[Non-Appearing Title]]: "Letter to Alan"

* [[Signature Song]]: "Khe Sanh".

* [[Take That]]: "You Got Nothing I Want" is an angry rejection of American music labels that wouldn't accept the band as they were.

 

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