Cold Chisel rev up for V8 comeback

[KiwiCoromandel]

AS 1980 cult movie The Blues Brothers proved, you can pull a crowd when you combine getting a great band back together and blokes doing outrageous things in motor vehicles.

This weekend Sydney's Olympic Park is going to be packed with people watching V8 Supercars and a re-formed Cold Chisel.

Cold Chisel formed in Adelaide in 1973, boasted a legendary live show and brought out their breakthrough album, Breakfast At Sweathearts, in 1979.

Songs like Khe Sanh, Bow River and Flame Trees became the anthems of a generation.

Despite breaking up in 1983, Chisel's massive appeal lives on and getting the band on the bill is a major reason why V8 Supercars is expecting more than 150,000 over its three days of racing that starts on Friday.

With subtle reference to the band's wild ways, frontman Barnes said Chisel had agreed to the V8s gig because: "It just seemed like the right marriage of big event, summer in Sydney and, you know, we have always had a bit of a penchant for speed." It got some laughs.

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Cold Chisel's promo-video for the track 'Star Hotel' taken from the 1981 live album 'Swingshift'. This track also appears on the 1980 album 'East'.

The subject of the song is about a 1979 riot out in the city of NewCastle in Aussie, caused by the closing of the popular pub Star Hotel. New footage of the riot can be seen in this video.

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image: Fair Use/Youtube/Screengrab: JIMMY BARNES/COLD CHISEL