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Ringside

A Tale Of Music And Mayhem From The Man Behind Rock And Roll Superstars Cold Chisel

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A tale of music and mayhem from the man who made Cold Chisel rock and roll superstars.


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. 


In 1996 Rod steered Cold Chisel back into the studio and onto the stage: a remarkable—and seemingly impossible—return that would lead to the 1998 Last Wave of Summer album and the groundbreaking Ringside tour of 2003.


During his 50-year wild ride, Rod would encounter everything and everyone, from The Beatles, notorious groupies and mobsters to music industry legends, while witnessing the creation of a musical catalogue that has become an integral part of the great Australian songbook.

GENRE
Biographies et mémoires
SORTIE
2023
31 octobre
LANGUE
EN
Anglais
LONGUEUR
320
Pages
ÉDITIONS
Allen & Unwin
DÉTAILS DU FOURNISSEUR
Allen & Unwin Pty Limited
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