“There was alcohol, plenty of fighting, sometimes guns. That was just the women”: the wild career of Cold Chisel, the Aussie hellraisers who should have been as big as AC/DC

Cold Chisel in 1982.

Cold Chisel may not have the international profile of countrymen AC/DC, but they’re bona fide Australian national treasures – albeit ones whose combustible career is littered with onstage and offstage brawls, bust-ups and splits. But when Classic Rock sat down with the recently reunited band in 2012, they were unrepentant about the highs and lows of their rollercoaster career.

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