For a generation of Australian music fans, Cold Chisel are the Aussie pub rock band who broke the mould and whose songs are celebrated as anthems.

Barry Humphries’ recording career has paralleled his stage and screen activities.

In this excerpt from a 1978 episode of Nightmoves, presenter Peter Grace reviews Cold Chisel's self-titled debut album which was released in April 1978.

This sequence describes the impact of the 1960s development of the Sydney skyline on the work of labourers building its new skyscrapers. Summary by Susan Lambert.

Aunt Edna (Barry Humphries) takes Bazza (Barry Crocker) to meet distant upper class relatives, the penniless and pompous Gorts.

'Khe Sanh' was the first Cold Chisel single and remains a popular anthem about the Australian experience of the Vietnam War and the lingering after effects on those who served there.

A look at the Canberra Day parade 1978, shot by then CTC7 cameraman Neil Johnston. Cartoonist Larry Pickering was crowned King of Canberra that year, and dunked by Minister Ken Fry.
 

This single was released by Asylum Records in 1977. The B side contained the track 'Pamela’s Song'.

A portrait of Jeff St John, taken in the late 1970’s, by unknown photographer.

We pay tribute to one of Australia’s greatest rock voices.