Ringside
eBook - ePub

Ringside

A tale of music and mayhem from the man behind rock and roll superstars Cold Chisel

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eBook - ePub

Ringside

A tale of music and mayhem from the man behind rock and roll superstars Cold Chisel

About this book

At 18 Rod Willis jumped on a boat for London, the Mecca for music and fashion in the 1960s. A decade on, after working in the US and Europe with UFO, Savoy Brown and Fleetwood Mac, he returned to Australia. A burning desire to find an act he could take to the top led him to an unknown band by the name of Cold Chisel. Little did Rod know, when he took on the role of manager, that it was the beginning of a remarkably successful 32-year relationship. Along the way he would be instrumental in establishing the trailblazing Dirty Pool Management Agency, which would change the local music industry forever. Ringside takes you behind the doors of the studios and beer barns that were the breeding grounds for bands like Cold Chisel, and reveals how Cold Chisel became the biggest band in Australia. After initial struggles, they struck paydirt with the 1980 album East, one of the highest-selling Australian albums of all time. Rod guided 'Chisel' until 1983 and their unforgettable Last Stand tour.

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Table of contents

  1. COVER PAGE
  2. TITLE PAGE
  3. COPYRIGHT PAGE
  4. CONTENTS
  5. PROLOGUE
  6. 1 NORTHERN BEACHES BOY
  7. 2 THE PRIMAL BEAT
  8. 3 THE LEAFY NORTH SHORE
  9. 4 MUSIC MECCA
  10. 5 THE HAZE
  11. 6 UNIDENTIFIED FLYING THING
  12. 7 LAND OF THE FREE WITH SAVOY
  13. 8 SYDNEY TOWN
  14. 9 COLD CHISEL
  15. 10 JUMPING IN THE DEEP END
  16. 11 LOUNGING IN PARADISE
  17. 12 COUNTDOWN TO AMERICA
  18. 13 CIRCUS ANIMALS
  19. 14 THE LAST STAND
  20. 15 DIRTY POOL TOURING
  21. 16 MOVING ON
  22. 17 TEENAGE LOVE: THE CATALYST TO HEALING
  23. 18 OPERA HOUSE
  24. 19 A BRAVE NEW WORLD
  25. 20 ALL ROADS MUST END
  26. EPILOGUE
  27. PICTURE SECTION
  28. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS