Jimmy Barnes

Jimmy Barnes has been there and back. He's tasted glory as the most successful Australian rock & roll singer. He's also struggled with the pressures of being a tall poppy and he's wrestled his own demons. It's been a wild ride.

As lead singer for Cold Chisel, he fronted Australia's (arguably) most successful rock band.

Within a month of Cold Chisel finishing, Jimmy Barnes was on the road with a new band (1984) and soon released his first solo album, Bodyswerve, and it entered the charts at #1.

The next year he recorded 1987's Freight Train Heart - another #1 debut. Around this time, to celebrate the massive tour 'Australian Made', Jimmy and INXS recorded an...

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