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COLD CHISEL "chisel" cd,2001.

twenty track singles collection by the tough blues group that were, in their day, the equal to if not bigger than AC/DC here in Australia...bigger as in sales,fan base and live performance reviews....these guys were "it".
from the cracking debut 1978 single "khe sanh" which details the struggles of returned Nam vets, through to their swansong of 1984ish's doo-wopish "saturday night".
lead vocalist Jimmy Barnes had a bigger reputation here for hard drinking than AC/DC counterpart Bon Scott...was nothing for Barnes to down a quart of Vodka before a gig then swill down another during their performances, all of which added to their "bad boy" image,along with trashing the stage and instrumenst at the end of shows...
hard to say these guys sound like anyone else...a bit like John Couger's "scarecrow" sound but with a harder edge maybe??i dont know!
after their demise both vocalist Barnes and principle writer/guitarist Jon Moss had successful solo careers.
these guys have reformed on several occasions,mainly for charity gigs but also for a couple of fullscale tours not just here but also abroad...Mr.Soul recently saw Chisel in scotland and loved them...not sure if i put him on to them or he discovered them himself??!!,
also MH now has a copy of their most successful studio album "east"...looking foreward to his thoughts on that one sometime...pretty sure he will like it, but also that he can tell me who they sound like.
all up this one gets 11 ***'s, 7 **'s and 2 *'s,giving a rating of 2.4

I LOVE THIS ALBUM

from the album,several of the tracks that got three stars:

khe sanh
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tv24elfqC-I
cheap wine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBlsP_z_iE4
flame trees
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILd1O44BDqc
when the war is over
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsFFBc7dhD0
forever now
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcjZrf_g-lQ