Artist
Cold Chisel
Cold Chisel is a rock artist from Adelaide,Australia formed in 1973. 42 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Rock · Adelaide,Australia · Best rock albums
- 42
- Releases
- 1981–2025
- Active years
- 1973
- Formed
Discography
30
Most popular
East
2000 · 15 tracks
Circus Animals
2000
Cold Chisel
2000
Breakfast at Sweethearts
2000
The Perfect Crime
2015
Swingshift
1981
Twentieth Century
2000
Last Stand
1992
No Plans
2012
The Last Wave of Summer
1998
Ringside
2003
The Barking Spiders Live 1983
1984
Teenage Love
1994
The Big Five-0 Live
2025
50 Years - The Best Of
2024
The Live Tapes Vol. 5: Live At The Bondi Lifesaver Feb 29, 1980
2020
Blood Moon
2019
The Live Tapes Vol 4: The Last Stand of the Sydney Entertainment Centre, December 17 and 18, 2015
2017
The Live Tapes Vol. 3: Live At The Manly Vale Hotel, June 7, 1980
2016
The Live Tapes Vol. 2: Live At Bombay Rock, April 27, 1979
2014
Covered
2013
Live At The Wireless 29.3.77
2013
Besides
2013
The Live Tapes Vol. 1: Live At The Hordern Pavilion, April 18, 2012
2013
Never Before
2011
The Best of Cold Chisel - All for You
2011
Live In St Leonards Park 28.5.78
2011
Rockpalast 1982
2007
Chisel
1991
Radio Songs: A Best Of
1985
Singles & EPs
12Star Hotel (Recorded live at The Bondi Lifesaver, Bondi Junction on February 29, 1980)
Single · 2020
Choirgirl / The Nazz Are Blue (Recorded live at The Bondi Lifesaver, Bondi Junction on February 29, 1980)
Single · 2020
My Turn To Cry / Tomorrow (Recorded Live At The Bondi Lifesaver, Bondi Junction On February 29, 1980)
Single · 2020
I Hit The Wall
Single · 2019
All For You
Single · 2017
Khe Sanh
Single · 2017
Four Walls
Single · 2017
Don't Let Go
Single · 2017
All Hell Broke Lucy
Single · 2017
You're Thirteen, You're Beautiful And You're Mine
EP · 2013
Last Stand Out-Takes
EP · 2013
The Things I Love in You
Single · 1998
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About
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.
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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.
Cold Chisel in brief
- How many Cold Chisel releases are on Riffiter?
- 42 releases are catalogued, spanning 1981 to 2025.
- When was Cold Chisel formed?
- Cold Chisel formed in 1973, in Adelaide,Australia.
- What genre is Cold Chisel?
- Cold Chisel is catalogued under Rock.
- What is the most recent Cold Chisel release on Riffiter?
- The Big Five-0 Live, released in 2025.