History Music / ColdChisel

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Drummer and sometimes composer Steve Prestwich died of cancer in 2011, and was replaced by Charley Drayton who has worked with Music/TheRollingStones and the Music/TheB52s.

* BandOfRelatives: In his recent solo career, Jimmy has been backed by his daughters Mahalia, Elly-May, and Eliza-Jane, with drums provided by his son Jackie.

* SentimentalDrunk: Barnes drank a lot while on stage, and would usually reach this state somewhere in the second half of the show. Even now that he's been sober since the early 2000s, he can still be pretty sentimental onstage, telling stories about the band's younger days, talking fondly of his wife and kids, and reminiscing about over late drummer Steve Prestwich. In his one-man show from 2018, he is sentimental about other Aussie musicians who have passed, and specifically mentions [[Music/{{INXS}} Michael Hutchence]].

* SentimentalDrunk: Barnes drank a lot while on stage, and would usually reach this state somewhere in the second half of the show. Even now that he's been sober since the early 2000s, he can still be pretty sentimental onstage, telling stories about the band's younger days, talking fondly of his wife and kids, and reminiscing about over late drummer Steve Prestwich. In his one-man show from 2018, he is sentimental about other Aussie musicians who have passed, like [[Music/{{INXS}} Michael Hutchence]], and credits Hutch’s death with compelling him to sobriety.

* SentimentalDrunk: Barnes drank a lot while on stage, and would usually reach this state somewhere in the second half of the show. Even now that he's been sober since the early 2000s, he can still be pretty sentimental onstage, telling stories about the band's younger days, talking fondly of his wife and kids, and reminiscing about over late drummer Steve Prestwich.

* {{Mondegreen}}:
** The line in ''Khe Sanh'' is "The last plane out of Sydney's almost gone", not "The last train". (How are you supposed to take a train from Sydney to Hong Kong anyway?)
** "Cheap Wine and a three-legged goat"

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar:
** "Cheap Wine" sneaks in a reference to death by heroin overdose by saying the protagonist's friend "on a needle... was crucified."
** "Flame Trees" is a fixture on free-to-air commercial radio, despite including the word "bullshit".

* StepUpToTheMicrophone: Guitarist Ian Moss does lead vocals on a few songs, usually one or two each album, and sometimes split vocal duties with Barnes, as on "Saturday Night" and "When The War Is Over". He also filled in whenever Jimmy Barnes quit the band. His "Bow River" was a staple of the band's live set. They sound pretty similar, with Moss having a slightly lower register and a more narrow range.

* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion: [[AvertedTrope Averted]] with "Choirgirl," where a kind young woman has had an abortion and is dealing with emotional and physical trauma in the afermath.

* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortions: [[AvertedTrope Averted]] with "Choirgirl," where a kind young woman has had an abortion and is dealing with emotional and physical trauma in the afermath.

* GoodGirlsDontGetAbortions: [[AvertedTrope Averted]] with "Choirgirl," where a kind young woman has had an abortion and is dealing with emotional and physical trauma in the afermath.

* EpicRocking: most live performances of ''Bow River''.

* HotBlooded: Jimmy Barnes

* {{Mondegreen}}: The line in ''Khe Sanh'' is "The last plane out of Sydney's almost gone", not "The last train". (How are you supposed to take a train from Sydney to Hong Kong anyway?)

* SentimentalDrunk: Barnes drank a lot while on stage, and would usually reach this state somewhere in the second half of the show.

* LyricalColdOpen: "Letter to Alan"