This is the Chisel gig I want to go back in time to see- on the rise, catalogue strong, voices sweet, tight as always- absolutely powering up the Aussie rock music ladder on the way to legendary cultural status- what a time to see them..
I'm with you there. The sound of Walker's keys and Moss' guitar echoing across the warm night sky as Barnes belts out the lyrics ... such a unique Chisel and Aussie sound. What I wouldn't do to go back to that time and place.
These guys were the bedrock of Australian Live Music performances for three decades. Each brought sheer brilliance to make them uniquely whole. Each time I listen to every song, I grow, I admire. There will never be another Cold Chisel.
I was about to disagree mainly due to your choice of words before I re-read your comment. If I was to pick a band I’d call the bedrock of Aussie music I’d probably go with the easybeats but they had a relatively short stint. Massively influential to those that came after them. Positive any Aussie band that’s become a household name between their heyday and at least the late 90’s would cite them as an influence.
yes i agree. Ive seen most of them. Also seen The Divinyls, Dragon, Rose Tatoo, Australian Crawl & Choir Boys & few others.. that will come to me later.. cheers
They had it all, great songs, great rhythm section, unique guitarist that could be a lead singer in his own right and a once in a 100 years fucking powerhouse frontman.
The Manly Vale was a great venue in the 80's. I played there about 4 years after this. I wish I were 4 years older then and 4 years younger now 😉 Cold Chisel were the best.
Ian Moss is an absolute master of the guitar. I've been following guitar bands (mostly Rock) since the 60's and he can look the best of guitarists from anywhere in the world at least eye to eye.
Yep, love him. As a drummer I was a fan of Steve Prestwich. He was super tidy player and a tempo rock. A tremendous band all round, both studio and live, and it helps having a songwriter like Don Walker.
What a FKN Great Band!!! This is GOLD. Anyone who saw this band in this era is truly blessed, sad to say, I did not. Their cover of Knockin' on Heavens Door is the best I have heard, my favourite!
Was witness to Chisel at Selena's at Coogee Bay and Maroubra Seals back in the early 80s.Loved them then and still love them individually talented and such rockers, beautiful people, giving Aussie audiences a great time.. every time!!!
Amazing ! After watching Cold Chisel on Australian Story my wife Liz and I were talking about seeing them in 1980 at the Manly Vale Hotel and here it is beautifully captured. The Manly Vale was a bit of a barn and was demolished to be replaced by a block of flats many years ago
Casey you bloody legend! How have I not seen this before? My youth! I would go back in a heartbeat. Aussie pubs in the 80's were awesome, few thousand beers, bloody good band on stage.. right there in front of you, bit of a dance, winnie blues, might get lucky, someone drove home, I don't remember, good times. I feel sorry for the youth of today.
This is the total epitome of what is CHISEL. Unfortunately, never saw them in the day. Seen them a few times since and they are still great, more professional, not quite as raw. Love CHISEL!
So glad that you’ve discovered the Aussie pub rock scene….their is a hell of a lot of Great Australian bands that cut their teeth in the pubs in Australia and became part of our psyche.
Thanks so much for this video. I'm reading Barnesy's biography & its taken me back to how much I loved Chisel in their prime. The power, attitude, rebellion & simply great musicianship. A special band in a special time.🤟🙏
The family inn rydalmere, the sundowner punchbowl, parramatta leagues club, the comb and cutter blacktown,the roundhouse Sydney uni. Got around sydney due to cold chisel. Those days are long gone unfortunately. I wanna go back too. Life was more livable back then. The world has not changed for the better.
@@jamesw4895 Oh you are so right , our best of days seem like they are exagerated when talking of them to a younger generation. They truly wouldn't understand how great we had it. I think the only thing i whinged about back then was the fuel strikes ! Gawd , the Sundowner ! Seen some blood spilled on those carpets ! And in the carpark ! Lol. A pub on every corner then , and every one of them had a band playing. If only we'd known to savour such times , nobody would have ever believed it would all be gone. We were the luckiest of generations . Once Powderfinger pulled the plug , it really was ALL over , right then. Every day i wanna go back !
Great to hear the band got back together for a tour 2024. It won't be the same as I remember the band playing on small pub stages around Sydney. Encores with Jimmy climbing the speakers waving his bottle of vodka belting out Wild Thing as Mossie took his guitar strings to the limit.
I grew up on the northern beaches , but I wish I grew up in this era going to a chisel show at manly vale but hey , I’m here enjoying there music now on TH-cam. Not many will appreciate ❤
I got my cheap wine and a three day growth. The intro song has got to be one of my favorite chisel songs I reckon. I think My favourite chisel songs would be Khe Sanh, cheap wine, shipping steel and Bow River
I was only ten when that occured. If time travel were possible I'd definitely jump in a time machine as I am now just to be at the long gone Manly Vale Hotel for that gig!
I still remember that hours multi movie theatre on George st. And that really large army disposal store further on down towards ultimo. There used to be a small cafe owned by a Greek guy on the other side of George st.. that dad would take me to after the pictures. Does anyone remember ashwoods and Lawson used records.
I saw Chisel before they became huge in Sydney lots. At first we used to skip them on the gig guide because of their name. Then I saw them performing Georgia before the Foreigner concert - wow! I have another memory of an especially quiet gig and the band was covering Jeff Beck's Before We Ended As Lovers. I was standing right at the front watching Ian Moss being brilliant. Bliss!
What was it like? Did the band meet fans after the gig or drink with fans or anything? Would love a better understanding on what they were like back in the days from the fans eyes. Not some knob journalist
Thankyou boss fucken awesome...u cant beat that era...kings cross sat night ..rowdy pub..0h chisel n wa wa nee...concert..rough raw..and just mind blowing...barnzy farnzy..acca dacca moss chisel dragon inxs cars rose tattoo...and dont forget to check your radiator...and pseudo echo too....😝🤗🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺😋😋😋
Best Australian Pub Rock band. Chisel did their hard yards playing live like this right from the start. They were no strangers to hard work or adversity and that's what tended to set them apart from many of their peers. They took no shit from anybody including the Countdown show. Chisel did it their way or no way. They were the essential brothers-in-arms and would have died for one another if necessary. However the one problem that haunted the band was the paying arrangement of their managers especially long time manager Rob Willis. The issue heavily influenced the band's breakup. Although Don Walker was the band's spokesman it was Jimmy Barnes who was the 'union delegate'...And all Barnesy wanted was essentially a fair deal i.e. getting paid fairly & reasonably. Remember Barnesy was the first to get married and start a family. So he had more family responsibilities than the other members. There were other issues that divided the band and eventually led to their breakup, nevertheless they were pioneers in the Australian Pub Rock genre and set the high standard many attempted to follow. if you want a decent read can I suggest both Jimmy Barnes' autobiographies 'Working Class Boy' & 'Working Class Man' - so so reader friendly and brutally honest. Well as honest as Barnesy would have us think anyway! Bit like Mark 'Chopper' Read; 'Don't ever let the truth get in the way of a good story'...(And I'm a Kiwi too!)
Blackscorpion1963 saw a recent interview with Mossy where he said he remembers almost everything completely differently, lol. Still enjoyed the books all the same :)
+Darren Turner - that actually doesn't really surprise me at all - has Mossy written any books on his days in Chisel? I'd like to read any books from all the other members of Chisel other than just Barnesy so it provides a contrast on those Chisel days. I'd take a bet just about all of them have completely contrasting stories of their time in Chisel. So & so said this, then so & so said the exact opposite happened, while so & so said neither occurred and that x x x occurred, and finally so & so said all that was stated by the other so & so's is completely wrong and y y y actually occurred :-) As I said in my final sentence; as Mark 'Chopper' Read once said; 'Never let the truth get in the way of a good story'....kinda says it all really. Meanwhile - fans like me buy books to get an idea of what band member believed life was like in the band thinking that what I'm reading is correct - when in fact it is probably mainly fiction! I've read quite a few books about rock musicians and artists and at the end of the day I tend to take what I have read with a pinch of salt - on a good day - whereas on other days it could be a teaspoon...
Blackscorpion1963 Mossy hasn't written a book yet but he hinted he may be working on something. I doubt Jimmys memory of all those events is too clear after all the drugs and alcohol he has consumed over the years, however, I'm sure he has the gist of the stories right, even if some of the details are cloudy. I'm lucky enough to have worked with Ian on a tour and he is a very humble, quiet bloke who seems to lack confidence. He's very hard on himself post performance and one of the most difficult guys to get a good stage sound for. In my humble opinion, he's one of the greatest guitar players and singers this country has ever produced. He's also one of the nices blokes I've ever met.
+Darren Turner - I began my infatuation with Chisel around the start of the '80s over here in New Zealand. I felt New Zealand bands/artists were a little too 'soft' for my liking (after all I began listening to Deep Purple at the age of 10 on a friend's record player - 'Speed King' - thinking the inference to speed was in going fast - ha) and once I heard The Angels & Chisel I was hooked. However I also loved Icehouse. At that time I wasn't really in to AC/DC as much. I got to see Chisel (24 September '83), Icehouse, Jimmy Barnes, and The Angels at the Dunedin Town Hall all between '83-'87. My wife and I came over to the 2015 Gold Coast 600 V8 Supercars event at Surfers Paradise and we also bought tickets to see Chisel play Broadwater Parklands. I am a complete left leg amputee and use elbow crutches for ambulation and wondered about how I would get on...however as soon as Chisel came on I stood up on my one good right leg with crutches and never sat down for the entire concert. I'm reasonably fit. At the end of the gig I believed Chisel played even better than when I saw them back in '83! I couldn't believe their phenomenal performance. My wife bought me Jimmy's 'Working Class Boy' and 'Working Class Man' as he knows I'm a huge Chisel fan. I couldn't believe how detailed, and almost pin-point accurate Barnes' recollection of his life has been...It's more than fair and reasonable to suggest his lifestyle since he formed Chisel has been fueled by booze and drugs and in my opinion no body (not even superman Barnes) on this earth with that lifestyle could have such a highly refined and accurate brain memory to be capable of recalling with such detailed accuracy the facts from such a lifestyle. There just has to be some conjuncture at the very least...And although I congratulate and thank Barnes for revealing as honestly as he can an horrific ugly childhood coupled with a frantic booze and drug fueled rock artists' adult lifestyle - I just cannot accept that his writings are fictional. Only a fool would. I am also aware that Ian Moss is a totally different gentleman than Jimmy Barnes. I have read anecdotally than Moss is and as you describe 'a very humble, quiet bloke who seems to lack confidence'. In essence the total contrast of Barnes. I like his music although I haven't listened to enough of it to compare it with Barnes solo stuff - I admit to loving Barnes solo work from 'Bodyswerve '84 to 'Two Fires '90 and that's it. So I am about 50 pages short of finishing 'Working Class Man'. My wife and I went to see Working Class Boy: An Evening Of Stories and Songs here in Invercargill (NZ) where I live on 6 Feb 2017. We enjoyed it. I previously emailed Barnes manager Frank Stivala as I have a great story to tell Barnes related to when I had my near-death motorcycle accident in 1990 however I received no reply so I re-sent it several times and still no reply. I have tweeted Barnes yet not reply so I have given up. It is a very cool story that I thought would uplift him. Barnes is now scheduled to play in Christchurch for his upcoming Working Class Boy: An Evening Of Stories and Songs tour on 8 May 2018. I won't be attending. As I am beginning to believe he is milking his life story for all its worth...I also have to say I am beginning to develop a different attitude and opinion of him. Don't get me wrong, he is an excellent artist and a true survivor - yet after reading both his books I am beginning to wonder if he is a fraud - and i thought I'd never ever wonder that about him. Put it this way - he certainly knows how to make and spend money. However I am detecting a defect in his character. He certainly portrays he is telling the truth in his books - yet I'm not so sure now. I am wondering if he is dishing up what he believes will sell...and I am wondering if there is very much truth in it at all. Now that is of concern to me. I don't like being ripped off...
Blackscorpion1963 I'm actually a kiwi too. I live in Hobart Tasmania these days. Mossy is also married to a kiwi, she is the cousin of Billy TK Jr who you may know of. One of the things that strikes me about Ian and Jimmy is that neither seem to have any idea how important their music is to the cultural history of this country. Chisel played here in Hobart last month and they are still as awesome as ever. Jimmy's voice isn't what it was but he's still fantastic. I don't think he's a fraud when it comes to his story, I just think he has had a lot of help from a professional ghost writer or someone of that nature. In doing so, they have maybe polished it too much. Yes, he's making money out of his current tour and books etc but at the end of the day he's in the music "business". It's how he feeds his family. No one buys cds anymore so artists have to get creative about how they make money. Personally, im glad he wrote his books. His story is not an excuse for his behaviour but it certainly helps one understand how he ended up the way he did. As for not getting a response to emails etc, I wouldn't take that personally, guys like him get so much fan mail, they would never have time to read it all, Frank certainly wouldn't, they simply have more important things to do.
Always have been and always will be the best band on the planet ! How many bands can switch from rock to blues to soul to rockabilly then back to rock so seamlessly ? Nice work Casey !
Born in New Jersey or somewhere like and they'd all have made hundreds of millions and be revered like Springsteen. Like a lot of incredible Aussie bands they barely broke even at their height.
The name of the hotel was Bryants at Manly Vale. In its day it played host to Inxs, Midnight Oil, ACDC, Dragon, Skyhooks Cold Chisel and so many more. Alas, Bryant's is long gone...demolished..a petrol station now stands on the large block of land it once occupied. It was an integral part of the OZ music scene on the Northern Beaches of Sydney. I spent many a Thursday Friday and Saturday night within its walls.😊
bloody hell, there's even some reggae in there? Truly one of those bands that were meant to be.. acdc, pink floyd, the beatles... Im not overstating their excellence... Thanks alot Casey..
First band that I ever saw! Pier Hotel Frankston, 1980. I was 16 years old. Fan for life... Early 80s aussie pub rock at it's finest. Cold Chisel: My favourite band for life!!! The benchmark that all other bands that I've seen are compared to. Still can't be beaten!!!
bloody hell. just finished reading Jimmy Barnes book Working Class Man. I am astounded that after Drinking the amount that he did before each Gig and sticking the amount of stuff up his nose he could have performed as well as he did is just incredible. however, saw Cold Chisel live in 1977-8 in Perth, and have been a fan ever since. Barnsie iis a dead set legend, along with all the rest of the Band. Our Australia which is gone forever. Shutting down our town is one of his best. My thoughts. Cheers Marty.
34:41 -- Huh! The cover of SWINGSHIFT! Freeze the frame exactly on that time code - it actually is the exact cover! Compare the drum-stands behind him to the cover - exact!
Casey Cooper, you are a bloody legend!Oh lord, I knew this was going to be great when I started it, but it almost reduced me to tears with Knockin on heavens door and just got better from there. Chisel are EPIC and are in their prime here - even after Jimmy has knocked out a bottle for vodka.
I'm guessing this was recorded for Lee Simon's nightmoves back in the day ? It was around here I discovered them when I got East on tape that I played to death at the time. I was only 14 then. Could've seen their Ent Cent Last stand gig but I was at boarding school. Mates of mine went. Loved it. Ian Moss was/is so awesome. I must admit I wasn't aware that Prestwich wrote a number of their classics. I thought it was mostly Walker and to a lesser degree Moss. I still love Star Hotel. Thanks for putting this up
AC/Dc-great band almost my favourite?-Jimmy barnes-has stuck fat with land-he did leave us for dead like them?-aussie they say fifty years aga they left not this man.above them a better aussie-than them he will forever be hope you are well and getting stronger.
So heartbreaking to see these young lads in pursuit of ‘excitement’ and encouraging others to do likewise. Thankfully we here in Sydney have learnt our lessons of those excesses. We can now feel safe at home with our little ones, instead of worrying about the inevitable outcomes of ingesting alcohol along with god knows what else. Rock and roll music has no place in our fair city!!
This is the Chisel gig I want to go back in time to see- on the rise, catalogue strong, voices sweet, tight as always- absolutely powering up the Aussie rock music ladder on the way to legendary cultural status- what a time to see them..
I'm with you there. The sound of Walker's keys and Moss' guitar echoing across the warm night sky as Barnes belts out the lyrics ... such a unique Chisel and Aussie sound. What I wouldn't do to go back to that time and place.
Yeah this concert is definitive
These guys were the bedrock of Australian Live Music performances for three decades. Each brought sheer brilliance to make them uniquely whole. Each time I listen to every song, I grow, I admire. There will never be another Cold Chisel.
I was about to disagree mainly due to your choice of words before I re-read your comment. If I was to pick a band I’d call the bedrock of Aussie music I’d probably go with the easybeats but they had a relatively short stint. Massively influential to those that came after them. Positive any Aussie band that’s become a household name between their heyday and at least the late 90’s would cite them as an influence.
100% there’ll never be another Cold Chisel!
Aw come on no one comes close
Chisel, The Angels (my favourite), Midnight Oil, Hoodo Gurus, INXS, AC/DC, what a great time to be growing up in Adelaide, miss those days
yes i agree. Ive seen most of them. Also seen The Divinyls, Dragon, Rose Tatoo, Australian Crawl & Choir Boys & few others.. that will come to me later.. cheers
Adelaide...do you remember Fat Time ?
How good were Oz bands then ! Completely spoiled in that era
They had it all, great songs, great rhythm section, unique guitarist that could be a lead singer in his own right and a once in a 100 years fucking powerhouse frontman.
26:21 you know when music is so good it actually hurts.
The Aussie bands that came out of the 70's and 80's, are mind blowing. Fucking brilliant, i miss the energy of these bands.
the rest of the world just didnt know it
History on video... Just amazing..
Was anybody else there that night remember it well 2 weeks before I took off around australia with my mates great times you wont get back ever.
The Manly Vale was a great venue in the 80's. I played there about 4 years after this. I wish I were 4 years older then and 4 years younger now 😉
Cold Chisel were the best.
Why did they demolish good pubs on the NB? DeeWhy and Narrabeen too, so sad.
I am BIG in Manly Vale... if ya know what I mean.
Ian Moss is an absolute master of the guitar. I've been following guitar bands (mostly Rock) since the 60's and he can look the best of guitarists from anywhere in the world at least eye to eye.
Mossy is absolutely majestic watching Best Kept Lies..just the phrasing, the dynamics...unmistakable signature feel of Ian. must be one of the best.
Yep, love him. As a drummer I was a fan of Steve Prestwich. He was super tidy player and a tempo rock. A tremendous band all round, both studio and live, and it helps having a songwriter like Don Walker.
hes up there with jimmy page
@@magicmike2319I'd rate Ian moss over page .page is to sloppy
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THE GREATEST AUSTRALIAN BAND EVER.
THE GREATEST BAND EVER.
What a FKN Great Band!!! This is GOLD. Anyone who saw this band in this era is truly blessed, sad to say, I did not. Their cover of Knockin' on Heavens Door is the best I have heard, my favourite!
gr8 moments in rock history... the band at the height of their POWER
una de las voces mas poderosas que he escuchado..
thanks Casey
This is mind blowing. Unbelievably good.
Just brilliant.
So incredibly glad I got to see these guys on the last stand tour in 83
Was witness to Chisel at Selena's at Coogee Bay and Maroubra Seals back in the early 80s.Loved them then and still love them individually talented and such rockers, beautiful people, giving Aussie audiences a great time.. every time!!!
Ah ! Happy days.
Chisel years ahead of their time awesome live rock band
Probably why they still sell out shows today!
Owen Rees my son is 5 and hes their biggest fan :)
Glad to say I saw Chisel at Bombay Rock in Surfers Paradise back in their glory years. Fuck they were great.
Amazing ! After watching Cold Chisel on Australian Story my wife Liz and I were talking about seeing them in 1980 at the Manly Vale Hotel and here it is beautifully captured. The Manly Vale was a bit of a barn and was demolished to be replaced by a block of flats many years ago
Casey you bloody legend! How have I not seen this before? My youth! I would go back in a heartbeat. Aussie pubs in the 80's were awesome, few thousand beers, bloody good band on stage.. right there in front of you, bit of a dance, winnie blues, might get lucky, someone drove home, I don't remember, good times. I feel sorry for the youth of today.
Back when you could see the best bands at the local for little or no cover charge.
This is the total epitome of what is CHISEL. Unfortunately, never saw them in the day. Seen them a few times since and they are still great, more professional, not quite as raw. Love CHISEL!
So glad that you’ve discovered the Aussie pub rock scene….their is a hell of a lot of Great Australian bands that cut their teeth in the pubs in Australia and became part of our psyche.
How good is it to have youtube video of this awesome band and others. Chisel were my go to back then and still today
Thx for uploading
"Do you remember nothing stopped us on the field in our day " just one of so many famous lyrics
David Banks a who needs that sentimental bullshit anyway...
Thanks so much for this video. I'm reading Barnesy's biography & its taken me back to how much I loved Chisel in their prime. The power, attitude, rebellion & simply great musicianship. A special band in a special time.🤟🙏
❤ this is still better than the rest...also evidence of jim playing that ol white telecaster priceless...
Ah , the Manly Vale .
Near brings a tear to the eye reminiscing on all the bands i enjoyed there :(
I wanna go back.
The family inn rydalmere, the sundowner punchbowl, parramatta leagues club, the comb and cutter blacktown,the roundhouse Sydney uni. Got around sydney due to cold chisel. Those days are long gone unfortunately. I wanna go back too. Life was more livable back then. The world has not changed for the better.
@@jamesw4895 Oh you are so right , our best of days seem like they are exagerated when talking of them to a younger generation.
They truly wouldn't understand how great we had it.
I think the only thing i whinged about back then was the fuel strikes !
Gawd , the Sundowner ! Seen some blood spilled on those carpets ! And in the carpark ! Lol.
A pub on every corner then , and every one of them had a band playing.
If only we'd known to savour such times , nobody would have ever believed it would all be gone.
We were the luckiest of generations .
Once Powderfinger pulled the plug , it really was ALL over , right then.
Every day i wanna go back !
But even then you could get a bus and train anywhere.
"I'm going to set fire to the town!" Brilliant upload and you've sent me back decades tonight. Thanks for sharing!
As Kiwi teens in the 80s we loved Chisel! Hastings Municipal Theatre Ian Moss stole the show. Unforgettable.
A very cool piece of Aus Music history. Thanks for sharing 👍🏻
Great to hear the band got back together for a tour 2024. It won't be the same as I remember the band playing on small pub stages around Sydney. Encores with Jimmy climbing the speakers waving his bottle of vodka belting out Wild Thing as Mossie took his guitar strings to the limit.
I grew up on the northern beaches , but I wish I grew up in this era going to a chisel show at manly vale but hey , I’m here enjoying there music now on TH-cam. Not many will appreciate ❤
I got my cheap wine and a three day growth. The intro song has got to be one of my favorite chisel songs I reckon. I think My favourite chisel songs would be Khe Sanh, cheap wine, shipping steel and Bow River
Still the single best live version of "Knocking on Heavens Door" I have heard by anyone anywhere
Tuxie Mama - Roger Waters did a great version too....
my very first Concert I attended in Sydney after my arrival..and the best ever...I was hooked then
A gem of a concert. Energy !
FVKKING AWESOME !!!
I wanna be there!!!!!
I saw Chisel at so many pub gigs in the 80s !!
Just AWESOME to have these YT vids to reminisce!!!!
Earth Soul Blues RocknRoll...Com'on Now!
Brilliant gig! Raw Energy. You dont see bands like this anymore
You do; you just have to look for them.
I was only ten when that occured. If time travel were possible I'd definitely jump in a time machine as I am now just to be at the long gone Manly Vale Hotel for that gig!
Sydney in the 80's was like a waking dream , a seemingly endless party.
I still remember that hours multi movie theatre on George st. And that really large army disposal store further on down towards ultimo. There used to be a small cafe owned by a Greek guy on the other side of George st.. that dad would take me to after the pictures. Does anyone remember ashwoods and Lawson used records.
@@jamesw4895 Used to frequent ashwoods and lawson's throughout the 80's and 90's . Good times.
This deserves so many more likes!! Chisel in their prime, cheers heaps for sharing this gem x
I saw Chisel before they became huge in Sydney lots. At first we used to skip them on the gig guide because of their name. Then I saw them performing Georgia before the Foreigner concert - wow!
I have another memory of an especially quiet gig and the band was covering Jeff Beck's Before We Ended As Lovers. I was standing right at the front watching Ian Moss being brilliant. Bliss!
Twas there. My local - bring back the days
Marty G I would have given my left nut to be at that gig!
What was it like? Did the band meet fans after the gig or drink with fans or anything? Would love a better understanding on what they were like back in the days from the fans eyes. Not some knob journalist
Yeah same great gig that was.
Anyone with talent these days are too busy being crucified by psychiatrists.
CANT BEAT 80'S EVER AGAIN!
Thankyou boss fucken awesome...u cant beat that era...kings cross sat night ..rowdy pub..0h chisel n wa wa nee...concert..rough raw..and just mind blowing...barnzy farnzy..acca dacca moss chisel dragon inxs cars rose tattoo...and dont forget to check your radiator...and pseudo echo too....😝🤗🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺😋😋😋
Oh man, those were the days. Just sensational. I've been flogging the CD of this concert to death in the car. Thankyou so much for the post.
Best band ever
Best Australian Pub Rock band. Chisel did their hard yards playing live like this right from the start. They were no strangers to hard work or adversity and that's what tended to set them apart from many of their peers. They took no shit from anybody including the Countdown show. Chisel did it their way or no way. They were the essential brothers-in-arms and would have died for one another if necessary. However the one problem that haunted the band was the paying arrangement of their managers especially long time manager Rob Willis. The issue heavily influenced the band's breakup. Although Don Walker was the band's spokesman it was Jimmy Barnes who was the 'union delegate'...And all Barnesy wanted was essentially a fair deal i.e. getting paid fairly & reasonably. Remember Barnesy was the first to get married and start a family. So he had more family responsibilities than the other members. There were other issues that divided the band and eventually led to their breakup, nevertheless they were pioneers in the Australian Pub Rock genre and set the high standard many attempted to follow. if you want a decent read can I suggest both Jimmy Barnes' autobiographies 'Working Class Boy' & 'Working Class Man' - so so reader friendly and brutally honest. Well as honest as Barnesy would have us think anyway! Bit like Mark 'Chopper' Read; 'Don't ever let the truth get in the way of a good story'...(And I'm a Kiwi too!)
Blackscorpion1963 saw a recent interview with Mossy where he said he remembers almost everything completely differently, lol. Still enjoyed the books all the same :)
+Darren Turner - that actually doesn't really surprise me at all - has Mossy written any books on his days in Chisel? I'd like to read any books from all the other members of Chisel other than just Barnesy so it provides a contrast on those Chisel days. I'd take a bet just about all of them have completely contrasting stories of their time in Chisel. So & so said this, then so & so said the exact opposite happened, while so & so said neither occurred and that x x x occurred, and finally so & so said all that was stated by the other so & so's is completely wrong and y y y actually occurred :-) As I said in my final sentence; as Mark 'Chopper' Read once said; 'Never let the truth get in the way of a good story'....kinda says it all really. Meanwhile - fans like me buy books to get an idea of what band member believed life was like in the band thinking that what I'm reading is correct - when in fact it is probably mainly fiction! I've read quite a few books about rock musicians and artists and at the end of the day I tend to take what I have read with a pinch of salt - on a good day - whereas on other days it could be a teaspoon...
Blackscorpion1963 Mossy hasn't written a book yet but he hinted he may be working on something. I doubt Jimmys memory of all those events is too clear after all the drugs and alcohol he has consumed over the years, however, I'm sure he has the gist of the stories right, even if some of the details are cloudy. I'm lucky enough to have worked with Ian on a tour and he is a very humble, quiet bloke who seems to lack confidence. He's very hard on himself post performance and one of the most difficult guys to get a good stage sound for. In my humble opinion, he's one of the greatest guitar players and singers this country has ever produced. He's also one of the nices blokes I've ever met.
+Darren Turner - I began my infatuation with Chisel around the start of the '80s over here in New Zealand. I felt New Zealand bands/artists were a little too 'soft' for my liking (after all I began listening to Deep Purple at the age of 10 on a friend's record player - 'Speed King' - thinking the inference to speed was in going fast - ha) and once I heard The Angels & Chisel I was hooked. However I also loved Icehouse. At that time I wasn't really in to AC/DC as much. I got to see Chisel (24 September '83), Icehouse, Jimmy Barnes, and The Angels at the Dunedin Town Hall all between '83-'87. My wife and I came over to the 2015 Gold Coast 600 V8 Supercars event at Surfers Paradise and we also bought tickets to see Chisel play Broadwater Parklands. I am a complete left leg amputee and use elbow crutches for ambulation and wondered about how I would get on...however as soon as Chisel came on I stood up on my one good right leg with crutches and never sat down for the entire concert. I'm reasonably fit. At the end of the gig I believed Chisel played even better than when I saw them back in '83! I couldn't believe their phenomenal performance. My wife bought me Jimmy's 'Working Class Boy' and 'Working Class Man' as he knows I'm a huge Chisel fan. I couldn't believe how detailed, and almost pin-point accurate Barnes' recollection of his life has been...It's more than fair and reasonable to suggest his lifestyle since he formed Chisel has been fueled by booze and drugs and in my opinion no body (not even superman Barnes) on this earth with that lifestyle could have such a highly refined and accurate brain memory to be capable of recalling with such detailed accuracy the facts from such a lifestyle. There just has to be some conjuncture at the very least...And although I congratulate and thank Barnes for revealing as honestly as he can an horrific ugly childhood coupled with a frantic booze and drug fueled rock artists' adult lifestyle - I just cannot accept that his writings are fictional. Only a fool would. I am also aware that Ian Moss is a totally different gentleman than Jimmy Barnes. I have read anecdotally than Moss is and as you describe 'a very humble, quiet bloke who seems to lack confidence'. In essence the total contrast of Barnes. I like his music although I haven't listened to enough of it to compare it with Barnes solo stuff - I admit to loving Barnes solo work from 'Bodyswerve '84 to 'Two Fires '90 and that's it. So I am about 50 pages short of finishing 'Working Class Man'. My wife and I went to see Working Class Boy: An Evening Of Stories and Songs here in Invercargill (NZ) where I live on 6 Feb 2017. We enjoyed it. I previously emailed Barnes manager Frank Stivala as I have a great story to tell Barnes related to when I had my near-death motorcycle accident in 1990 however I received no reply so I re-sent it several times and still no reply. I have tweeted Barnes yet not reply so I have given up. It is a very cool story that I thought would uplift him. Barnes is now scheduled to play in Christchurch for his upcoming Working Class Boy: An Evening Of Stories and Songs tour on 8 May 2018. I won't be attending. As I am beginning to believe he is milking his life story for all its worth...I also have to say I am beginning to develop a different attitude and opinion of him. Don't get me wrong, he is an excellent artist and a true survivor - yet after reading both his books I am beginning to wonder if he is a fraud - and i thought I'd never ever wonder that about him. Put it this way - he certainly knows how to make and spend money. However I am detecting a defect in his character. He certainly portrays he is telling the truth in his books - yet I'm not so sure now. I am wondering if he is dishing up what he believes will sell...and I am wondering if there is very much truth in it at all. Now that is of concern to me. I don't like being ripped off...
Blackscorpion1963 I'm actually a kiwi too. I live in Hobart Tasmania these days. Mossy is also married to a kiwi, she is the cousin of Billy TK Jr who you may know of. One of the things that strikes me about Ian and Jimmy is that neither seem to have any idea how important their music is to the cultural history of this country. Chisel played here in Hobart last month and they are still as awesome as ever. Jimmy's voice isn't what it was but he's still fantastic. I don't think he's a fraud when it comes to his story, I just think he has had a lot of help from a professional ghost writer or someone of that nature. In doing so, they have maybe polished it too much. Yes, he's making money out of his current tour and books etc but at the end of the day he's in the music "business". It's how he feeds his family. No one buys cds anymore so artists have to get creative about how they make money. Personally, im glad he wrote his books. His story is not an excuse for his behaviour but it certainly helps one understand how he ended up the way he did. As for not getting a response to emails etc, I wouldn't take that personally, guys like him get so much fan mail, they would never have time to read it all, Frank certainly wouldn't, they simply have more important things to do.
Always have been and always will be the best band on the planet !
How many bands can switch from rock to blues to soul to rockabilly then back to rock so seamlessly ?
Nice work Casey !
Absolutely mate, greatest band in the bloody world, for sure. Enjoy.
And 50s cafe jazz - eg "Just How Many Times"
And it helps when you have Messrs. Walker and Moss in your line-up
ian bertenshaw - Lots of bands do it, another boring band for example would be Dire Straits.....
They play damn fine reggae as well.
great vision of Steve Prestwich
Born in New Jersey or somewhere like and they'd all have made hundreds of millions and be revered like Springsteen. Like a lot of incredible Aussie bands they barely broke even at their height.
i like this concert especially the end.
The name of the hotel was Bryants at Manly Vale. In its day it played host to Inxs, Midnight Oil, ACDC, Dragon, Skyhooks Cold Chisel and so many more. Alas, Bryant's is long gone...demolished..a petrol station now stands on the large block of land it once occupied. It was an integral part of the OZ music scene on the Northern Beaches of Sydney. I spent many a Thursday Friday and Saturday night within its walls.😊
bloody hell, there's even some reggae in there? Truly one of those bands that were meant to be.. acdc, pink floyd, the beatles... Im not overstating their excellence... Thanks alot Casey..
First band that I ever saw! Pier Hotel Frankston, 1980. I was 16 years old. Fan for life...
Early 80s aussie pub rock at it's finest.
Cold Chisel: My favourite band for life!!!
The benchmark that all other bands that I've seen are compared to.
Still can't be beaten!!!
lovin it
10:08 - wait for it #choirgirl .
Feels like yesterday.
bloody hell. just finished reading Jimmy Barnes book Working Class Man. I am astounded that after Drinking the amount that he did before each Gig and sticking the amount of stuff up his nose he could have performed as well as he did is just incredible. however, saw Cold Chisel live in 1977-8 in Perth, and have been a fan ever since. Barnsie iis a dead set legend, along with all the rest of the Band.
Our Australia which is gone forever.
Shutting down our town is one of his best.
My thoughts.
Cheers
Marty.
That brought back some memories. Thanks
This still resonates. A++.
Class, cheers mate!
No worries mate, enjoy.
34:41 -- Huh! The cover of SWINGSHIFT!
Freeze the frame exactly on that time code - it actually is the exact cover! Compare the drum-stands behind him to the cover - exact!
Wow
And this thing about #tvweek - #manlyvalehotel #nineteeneighty #coldchisellive #caseycooper
Solo at 29.20 - awesome!
Cheers @CaseyCooper - awesome posting
Casey Cooper, you are a bloody legend!Oh lord, I knew this was going to be great when I started it, but it almost reduced me to tears with Knockin on heavens door and just got better from there. Chisel are EPIC and are in their prime here - even after Jimmy has knocked out a bottle for vodka.
No doubt jimmey-legend!.love and respect for ian-don-steve-like jimmy-they are all hero's and gods of Australian music😂.
I'm guessing this was recorded for Lee Simon's nightmoves back in the day ? It was around here I discovered them when I got East on tape that I played to death at the time. I was only 14 then. Could've seen their Ent Cent Last stand gig but I was at boarding school. Mates of mine went. Loved it. Ian Moss was/is so awesome. I must admit I wasn't aware that Prestwich wrote a number of their classics. I thought it was mostly Walker and to a lesser degree Moss. I still love Star Hotel. Thanks for putting this up
Back when they were great.....
I've given up the wine but I still have the three day growth.....
its the best there is
Great rendition only surpassed by andrew durant memorial concert at the palais renee geyer and jimmy were amazing
good concert
Rough, poetic, storytelling at its finest
❤❤❤❤💯🤘👊
Mate, you've made my day!!
No worries mate, cheers for everything you upload too mate.
Casey Cooper jjuhj
Thank God for his missus jain, she kept Jimmy alive.
Thanks for this . Hard to find decent quality version of this concert.
That fucking kicked arse
I reckon I came across them 1 year later in Darwin in 80'. Me thinks...
Oh man
Gone are the days,BUT we still say Merry Christmas where I live!!Cold CHISEL,TIME TO ROCKNFUKNROLL,Cheers cob Epic post
18:39 what is this rumbly riff? #caseycooper #coldchisel #manlyvalehotel #nineteeneighty #coldchisellive
FUN AWESOME...THAT'S ALL.
What edition of this DVD? I bought it, but there's no song 'My Turn To Cry'(only 9 songs).Casey Cooper, help, please.
My turn to cry is on Swingshift
Pretty sure the concert is on the East Deluxe Edition 2011
Jim is wearing a regular (au) army issue belt. 🙃 !?
...and with the banana doesn't look so evily looking good
Was there just saying at the Manly Vale previously Bryants
😁
Where did you get this ?
No idea mate, just appeared on me computer one day....
I wish that would happen to my computer sometime. :)
is from East deluxe 2011
AC/Dc-great band almost my favourite?-Jimmy barnes-has stuck fat with land-he did leave us for dead like them?-aussie they say fifty years aga they left not this man.above them a better aussie-than them he will forever be hope you are well and getting stronger.
I'm drinking cheap wine right now. Could with a shave as well
So heartbreaking to see these young lads in pursuit of ‘excitement’ and encouraging others to do likewise.
Thankfully we here in Sydney have learnt our lessons of those excesses. We can now feel safe at home with our little ones, instead of worrying about the inevitable outcomes of ingesting alcohol along with god knows what else. Rock and roll music has no place in our fair city!!
Back in the days before they had wardrobe people 😅