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Jimmy Barnes: Working Class Man
After more than four decades in the spotlight, the NFSA is celebrating the career of an Australian music icon.
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Cold Chisel
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. Cold Chisel formed in Adelaide, South Australia in...
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A Tribute to Cold Chisel
Cold Chisel are the quintessential Aussie band who wrote the soundtrack for a generation.
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Mark Opitz: 'Cold Chisel were like Vegemite'
In this excerpt from Mark Opitz's interview for the NFSA Oral History program, he explains one of the reasons why Cold Chisel were not able to break through in the US market.
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Cold Chisel: On-Stage Chaos
In this excerpt from the NFSA's interview with Jimmy Barnes he talks about wanting the band to be chaotic and how he pushed them hard. 
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Good Times. Cold Chisel: Break Up
This excerpt from the music documentary Good Times. Cold Chisel shows Jimmy Barnes talking about the band starting to fragment and seeing the writing on the wall that it was time to go their separate...
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Jimmy Barnes: Great Aussie Success Stories, Cold Chisel
Channel Nine reporter Mike Munro interviews Jimmy Barnes about joining Cold Chisel and the first time he met his wife Jane.  This clip starts with some fascinating early footage of Cold Chisel; it...
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Good Times. Cold Chisel: Reunited
Jimmy Barnes and Don Walker discuss the Cold Chisel reunion in this excerpt from the Max TV music documentary Good Times. Cold Chisel. They explain how they knew that they were ready to come back...
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Good Times. Cold Chisel: Prison gigs
In this excerpt from Max TV music documentary Good Times. Cold Chisel, Jimmy Barnes and Don Walker talk about performing live gigs in prisons. Many of Walker's songs, such as Four Walls and Tomorrow...
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Good Times. Cold Chisel: Recording 'East' with Mark Opitz
Music producer Mark Opitz and band members from Cold Chisel talk about recording the album East in this excerpt from the Max TV documentary Good Times. Cold Chisel.
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