Cold Chisel - Wild Colonial Boy (Live At The Playroom)

[@BenjaminBarnes]

$$ Reward- If any viewers have any self-recorded Chisel bootleg gigs from the 70s or 80s, please get in touch with me at [e-mail]

[@MrRhino10]

i fuckin love your work mate

[@jesusislukeskywalker4294]

what's your definition of re_corded. double bill with midnight oil. canberra workers 1979

[@consieau]

@@jesusislukeskywalker4294 would love to see that recording if you still have it.

[@dougieboxell6505]

@@jesusislukeskywalker4294 definitely gotta get that on here

[@MIKA3056]

Fuck !!!!.... How Good Was That..Steves Drumming Throughout, Jimmy's Old Chisel Voice and Mossy at the end..... Classic !!!!!

[@michaelgunning4223]

Michael Evans I totally agree

[@shearn666]

I saw this tour, too. They opened with this one at Bombay Rock in Melbourne & I was right up the front. Barnes got pissed at the audience's lack of enthusiasm & leapt into the crowd from a ballistrade. The people parted & he hit the deck pretty fucking hard. Lol! Back on stage, blood streaming down his face. The show must go on! Showed up the next night with 5 or 6 stitches in his forehead. Great memories. Jim's struggling a bit with the vocal here, but then Chisel's "off" night was still better than most other bands' best. Mossy was on fire on this tour, as you can see here. The best band this country has produced, and that's fucking saying something.

[@dougieboxell6505]

I reckon Jimmy was blind drunk haha

[@stewartmacdonald138]

Bombay Rock !!!!,, Crosskeys Hotel, Croxton Park, Tarmac Hotel, amazing venues for bands,boooze and massive punch ons !!!

[@51501]

I could listen to stories like that all night long haha. There must be more from this "hell razor" of a band. I can just picture jimmy with blood running down the face and carrying on like nothing had happened. Haha. Rock and Roll.

[@492Snoop]

Chisel in their hey day, absolutely iconic, no better band in the world, great players and still bloody close to the best band in the world today even tho they havnt played that much together for over 30 years, god bless Steve Prestwich, sadly missed

[@jonesr227]

What a great song. Always like Mossy 's playing. The great drumming stands out on this song.

[@mickdestiny6542]

What a band. Jim probably been singing twenty odd shows, like a pro soldiers on vodka at hand. Moss looks across at him smiling and goes to town. Easily the greatest rock guitarist to come out of Australia. Even Barnesy knows Moss is is on fire this night. A phenomenal band of musicians. Never to be repeated..

[@jesusislukeskywalker4294]

so far. ... ... ..

[@dougieboxell6505]

Well look, he's no Angus But yes, sick performance

[@antonruddick432]

@@dougieboxell6505 No he's no Angus, and I LOVE Angus but I gotta say, Mossie is a more sophisticated, versatile and nuanced guitarist. There are a lot amazing live performances by him to be seen if you search them out.

[@randymaloney7113]

He is good no doubt but the Young brothers riffs will go down as some of the greatest of all time.

[@mickdestiny6542]

@@randymaloney7113 and that has nothing to do with this moment, but ok..

[@tuxiemama4676]

Favorite track.Favorite band.Best drum song ever! Favorite drummer.

[@UnleashedTraining101]

This is the best recording of this song I've heard

[@stevedoyle3633]

live and raw...one of the best recordings...saw them live many times - those were the days..

[@lornastrachan9234]

Thank you ...... I was there...as we get older we loose people every day.....but the Playroom for me was an awsome place

[@jennine211]

I was there as well 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 loved loved loved the playroom and that was a highlight night 👍👍❤️🧚‍♀️

[@oncall21]

Circus Animals was in my opinion the best guitar album cold Chisel produced! Great stuff!!!

[@BeAGoodDoga]

oncall21 agreed mate!

[@paulstone3528]

Correct

[@roostersbays95]

close ...first album maybe...plus all the others ....

[@trnet1]

@@roostersbays95 Best Chisel album period.

[@AndrewHartney]

I agree with all the comments here, this is pure Chisel. I just love how Don Walker keeps an eye on them all, as you were boys! Love it, thanks for uploading.

[@UnleashedTraining101]

Keep coming back to watch this. Love Jimmy, but love the rest too. Mossy was on fire.

[@donbrashsux]

Love this song and Love Circus Animals even more .. one of the best rock albums period

[@jonob9004]

Outstanding ! This brought back plenty of memories . What a band !!!

[@stevedoyle3633]

Steve gave those drums an absolute fucking flogging....the band are so tight...fantastic

[@raloud8317]

Rhythm without bashing, even better 40 years on.

[@shakesperezen6078]

This night at the Playroom was a bloody ripper😆..always had a great time at that compact black painted hotbox of Aussie music..even when security got out of hand because most of us were underage and the argy bargy was taken out the side double door in the alleyway and fists would fly n glass be shattered..we would just sneak back in to see the gigs by any means possible af the time..bribery with other staff, sweet talkin, making friends with the roadies and band members..we would just tell em..'hey we paid our cash to come see you guys.'.. and usually a long drive from Brissie with a panelvan full of rock n roller punk kidz with weird short n long haircuts and who just wanted to have some fun n mischief while jumpin about like crazy and singin our lungs out to some fantastic Aussie Rock music that was fueled to overflowing with lightening and body altering substances of all kinds..the gigs were always so exciting..half the time we didn't even know if we'd get in the front bloody doors of a club..and we had been told by older (legal age)friends that if you could crack the entry code of the PLAYROOM, then any club entry was up for grabs after that..'we always kept tik stubs or wrist bands and all sorts of paraphenalia to show that we had become regulars at this mischievious den fiendz..it was a point of pride to say we had managed to lie and cheat and sneak an scurry our ways into every gig possible at the time..even the dodgey barb wire fence at the back of the club where they kept the empty beer kegs and where the band and roadies came in was not off limits to kids who just 'had to' see their favourite Aussie bands..we all bled red to see groups we enjoyed..everything was so vibrant and dangerous and scarg good and oh so bloody fantastically amazing seeing live bands that exploded onto small hot or cold or smelly or beer stained or sweaty or such smoke filled stages covered in milk crates and black roadie gaffa tape that you might have thought you were in a London fog or in a war zone..it was the pure beautiful energy of the crowd then combined with the band and the music that made it the best thing to do six nights a weeks..live n loud music was every where..we spent whole pay packets chasing gig after bloody gig..and I can probably say this for a lot of people who were there at the time period..we would do this gladly and suffer the consequences of being terminally broke from one pay to the next just to be right in the magical mischievious middle of all the raucus rock n bloody roll and sweat n dance an sing and fight n scream n yell an love and go crazy do what music fiendz love doin..burn brightly like there is no tomorrow and that this 'gig' is gunna be 'the gig'..but they were all The Best Bloody Gigs..and if given the opportunity to knock Dr Who over the noggin and steal his TARDIS for a month or two..I would do it in a heartbeat..then pile in all the lads n lasses and even the Doc and go check out Chisel or the Angels or Divinyls, INXS, Midnight Oil, Rose Tattoo, Spy v Spy, Mental as Anything and oh so many more..there isn't enough space here to say the bands, the gigs or the pubs clubs and filthy dives we saw our fave bands in..wecdidn't always feel safe at some shows but hey..thats rock n roll..or it was at the time..it was the scary nature that made it so exciting to kids of 15 16 17 years of age..even as we got legal it was still a blast..and thanks to the music that we still love..I guess it always shall remain so..anyone wanna join me in anmoyin the nursing staff at the old folks home when we get there..we'll crank up some Angels and blow the doors off of the pharmacy and drag race the wheelchairs in the hall till management's eyes bleed...hehehehehehe😄😃😂😁😅😄😆😈😈😈😈.. 😉💜👍(/-\)

[@BenjaminBarnes]

I actually read all that... great portrait of such an awesome time period in Australian music.

[@shakesperezen6078]

Benjamin Barnes cheers Benjamin..had many good nights at that place and chasing Chisel all over the countryside.. always great live and very loud ("/)

[@stevenshaw398]

Playroom is where I first saw them back prior this. Awesome Chisel and playroom

[@johnholland127]

Great analogy, spot on

[@adriang6259]

More. These guys are the greatest. Thanks BB.

[@michaelduthie264]

Here's a question. Two actually. Why can't we see the rest of this gig? I'd pay $50 for a DVD of this era Chisel. And yeah, who's the six numpties who gave this video a thumbs down. FFS...

[@oneflightupsyd]

FUCKING CLASSIC.

[@mercatoroma2712]

I saw them at the old melbourne hotel in perth in 83 open the show with this. Never forget how raw it was, Barnesy throwing the mic stand and the crowd going crazy. Been looking for a memory like this for ages. well done and thanks!!

[@michellekearney8675]

Started a gig in tathra with this no early 80s blew us all away couldnt hear 4 days great show great band

[@UnleashedTraining101]

In my will I have stated that this is the song to be played at my funeral. People might as well be rocking out on the day.

[@guitarstevehobbs]

So good. What a band!

[@codyratcliffe9840]

Ooh that's raw jimmy live it

[@Bdog166]

Was at that gig 👍

[@arjannijhuis8805]

OMG Mossy!! Big song this one. One of the best bands I ever saw.

[@BeAGoodDoga]

Jimmy had laryngitis during this gig, that's why he's struggling through song. Especially during the intro (you can hear Mossy over the top of him). Also Mossy's using the same guitar from the "Forever Now" clip. Just wish more of the gig was released! Thanks mate!

[@trnet1]

Where do you go after this? I just stared at the screen for 10 minutes after it finished. Mixed feelings of sadness and elation were profound and complex.

[@jennine211]

I was in the crowd that night playroom was my old stomping ground 🎉🎉 great band ,great night and Ian Moss slaying it 👌😁😁😁👍❤️🧚‍♀️great memories 🎉

[@sc-bz8wq]

This guy.. Pulling diamonds out of his arse! Keep 'em coming!

[@pubcrawlchannel3619]

Aussie Rock Gold - Cheers for Posting

[@scotthallo7735]

Ian Moss owns that song!!

[@DaniellaBreen]

Magic! Just a few blocks from where I lived :)

[@marcushudswell7389]

rock and roll dont get any better than this- WOW!!!

[@dewscay]

F#@!in Classic!

[@marcushudswell7389]

Aussie Gold! that rythym section driving it along- WOW111

[@Bdog166]

Was at that gig 👍👍

[@chisel83]

Fucking awesome upload dude!

[@UnleashedTraining101]

I didn't much care for this song from chisel when I first heard it. It's grown on me.

[@markt717]

Steve drives this song, one of their best, fuckin classic!

[@johnbrennen6778]

and this is why they are fucking legends.

[@DavidMiller-xo8xi]

If there are more tracks from this night- release them all on CD - never seen Mossy play as good as this.

[@mickdestiny6542]

Mossy is on fire. Even Barnes is impressed here..

[@guyholland9276]

Good grief, this is brilliant.

[@JasonCairns8]

Fuckin CLASSIC!

[@ledheadgreg]

Wow!! Pure Chisel awesomeness. I have not seen footage from this show before. Is there more? Chisel in their absolute prime.

[@lenor5251]

Awesome!!!!! My fave chisel song!!!

[@lukedunn5787]

RIP Steve Prestwich

[@chriswarren-smith62]

Epic!

[@nealefrazer7780]

Australian music..as Barnesy once shouted in the The Barking spiders live..."fucking Classic"

[@RealtreeGrizzlyBear]

Gold

[@billba]

I bow to the Masters.

[@raresaturn]

Jimmy is so pissed :)

[@bigden63]

WOW! Just Fucking WOW!

[@terrycunningham4974]

Unbelievable🤪 thanks

[@UnleashedTraining101]

Fuck, Mossy was working out in those days.

[@kathmandoo]

These guys should have been world stars. Would probably blow most of the big bands off the stage.

[@UnleashedTraining101]

I've been saying for years that this song will be played at my funeral when they take me off to be cremated.

[@mickdestiny6542]

Hey Benjamin Barnes, where is the footage from the rest of this show? Lots of camera angles suggest it was being documented for viewing at a later stage. There has to be more than this around?

[@dkdodds8837]

If it's larges hotel he got shot

[@grengeg7373]

wow

[@hoppa1979a]

Not an easy song to play live, and they do it well here, even though Barnesy makes a bit of a meal of the vocals with his vodka swill. The aggression is there in the drumming, Barnesy helps visually by conducting the beat like an orchestra conductor with his clapping, even when he isnt singing.

[@roostersbays95]

thats right .its a pity when JB is not, lets say " in tune"...

[@stuartbirchall184]

Fuck yeh.

[@roostersbays95]

phil small on bass , playing like a heavy lead ....as well

[@siloman888]

Holy Crap!!!

[@johnwebb2562]

" WOW" I mean what more is there to say, are they the greatest or what? Wigan John.

[@johnstewart4651]

what are the football jerseys that Jimmy is wearing and were can I find them

[@roostersbays95]

first one on you got nothin i want was Central Districts from jimmies home town Elizabeth in south oz...

[@WhamBang]

I love that on the Rockpalast version you can't hear Don Walker at all.

[@nicktucker900]

Impossible to even try and cover......where do you start?

[@BugsyBoy8]

This song's about using the unions against the fat cats, yeah?

[@roostersbays95]

plus independents...who were a force in the day re interstate trucks

[@bullshitumpire]

Love the song but don’t think it works as well live as the studio track.

[@gaetanobevilacqua2700]

AFC Rock.

[@UnleashedTraining101]

I’ve created a Will that stipulates they use only cardboard and that they cremate me to this song. I’ve lived an awful life, so I only require this instruction to accompany the groove.

[@wagthedog9]

Rip Steve

[@deanbritt9131]

Did he have extra drums for this song ?

[@roostersbays95]

wash ya mouth with soap....lol ....

[@deanbritt9131]

@@roostersbays95 I apologise lol

[@roostersbays95]

@@deanbritt9131no sorry expected ... its all fun ...ya do know SP the drummer ,he passed in 2011?

[@deanbritt9131]

@@roostersbays95 yeah brilliant song writer I love Water into wine how good is that song

[@mooneyes9324]

By me a boat

[@PatriotGuitarSlinger]

this song reminds me of sympathy for the devil by the stones