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{{short description|Australian rock band}}
{{About|the Australian rock band|the cutting tool|Chisel#Cold chisel}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2019}}
{{Use Australian English|date=May 2011}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name              = Cold Chisel
| image             = IMG 6539 - Flickr - jeaneeem.jpg
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| alt               = A stage shot with four men clearly visible. The man at left is leaning at a rectangular box; he has a microphone nearby. The second man is shown in right profile; he is playing a guitar and singing into a microphone while seated. The third man is standing in the middle of the stage with arms at his sides; he carries a microphone in his right hand. The fourth man is also seated while playing a guitar and at a microphone. A fifth man is obscured seated behind and to the right of the middle one. The men are surrounded by stage equipment including speakers, lights and additional microphones. A drum kit is partly visible but the drummer is obscured.
| caption           = Don Walker, Ian Moss, Jimmy Barnes, Charley Drayton (behind him) and Phil Small at [[AIS Arena]], Canberra in November 2011
| alias             = {{flatlist|
* Orange
* The Barking Spiders
}}
| origin            = [[Adelaide]], [[South Australia]]
| genre             = {{flatlist|
* [[Pub rock (Australia)|Pub rock]]
* [[Rhythm and blues|R&B]]
* [[hard rock]]
* [[rock and roll]]
}}
| years_active      = {{flatlist|
* {{start date|df=yes|1973}}–{{end date|df=yes|1983}}
* {{start date|df=yes|1997}}–{{end date|df=yes|1999}}
* 2003
* {{start date|df=yes|2009}}–present
}}
| label             = {{flatlist|
* Atlantic
* Elektra
* [[Warner Music Australasia|WEA]]
* [[East West Records|East West]]
* [[Mushroom Records|Mushroom]]/[[Sony Records|Sony]]
* [[Universal Music Australia]]
}}
| associated_acts   = 
| website           = {{URL|coldchisel.com.au}}
| current_members   = * [[Ian Moss]]
* [[Don Walker (musician)|Don Walker]]
* [[Jimmy Barnes]]
* [[Phil Small]]
* [[Charley Drayton]]
| past_members      = * [[Steve Prestwich]]
* Ted Broniecki 
* Les Kaczmarek 
* [[Swanee (singer)|John Swan]]
* [[Ray Arnott]]
}}

'''Cold Chisel''' are<!-- This article is written is Australian English, which commonly treats collective nouns as plural. Please do not change "are" to "is". Thank you. --> an Australian [[Pub rock (Australia)|pub rock]] band, which formed in [[Adelaide]] in 1973 by mainstay members [[Ian Moss]] on guitar and vocals, [[Steve Prestwich]] on drums, Les Kaczmarek on bass and [[Don Walker (musician)|Don Walker]] on piano and keyboards. They were soon joined by [[Jimmy Barnes]] on lead vocals and, in 1975, [[Phil Small]] became their bass guitarist. The group disbanded in late 1983 but subsequently re-formed several times. Musicologist [[Ian McFarlane]] wrote that they became "one of Australia's best-loved groups" as well as "one of the best live bands", fusing "a combination of [[rockabilly]], [[hard rock]] and rough-house soul'n'blues that was defiantly Australian in outlook."

Eight of their studio albums have reached the Australian top&nbsp;five, ''[[Breakfast at Sweethearts]]'' (February 1979), ''[[East (Cold Chisel album)|East]]'' (June 1980), ''[[Circus Animals]]'' (March 1982, No.&nbsp;1), ''[[Twentieth Century (Cold Chisel album)|Twentieth Century]]'' (April 1984, No.&nbsp;1), ''[[The Last Wave of Summer]]'' (October 1998, No.&nbsp;1), ''[[No Plans]]'' (April 2012), ''[[The Perfect Crime (Cold Chisel album)|The Perfect Crime]]'' (October 2015) and ''[[Blood Moon (Cold Chisel album)|Blood Moon]]'' (December 2019, No.&nbsp;1). They have achieved six number-one albums on the [[ARIA Charts]], the latest being their 2024 compilation ''50 Years – The Best Of''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/news/cold-gold|title= Cold Gold|website=ARIA|date=23 August 2024|access-date=24 August 2024}}</ref> Their top-10 singles are "[[Cheap Wine (song)|Cheap Wine]]" (1980), "[[Forever Now (Cold Chisel song)|Forever Now]]" (1982), "[[Hands Out of My Pocket]]" (1994) and "[[The Things I Love in You]]" (1998).

At the [[ARIA Music Awards of 1993]] they were inducted into the [[ARIA Hall of Fame|Hall of Fame]]. In 2001 [[Australasian Performing Right Association]] (APRA) listed their single "[[Khe Sanh (song)|Khe Sanh]]" (May 1978) at No.&nbsp;8 of the all-time best [[APRA Top 30 Australian songs|Australian song]]s. ''Circus Animals'' was listed at No.&nbsp;4 in the book ''[[100 Best Australian Albums]]'' (October 2010), while ''East'' appeared at No.&nbsp;53. They won [[APRA Awards (Australia)#The Ted Albert Award for Outstanding Services to Australian Music|The Ted Albert Award for Outstanding Services to Australian Music]] at the [[APRA Music Awards of 2016]]. Cold Chisel's popularity is almost entirely confined to Australia and New Zealand, with their songs and musicianship highlighting [[working class]] life. Their early bass guitarist (1973–75), Les Kaczmarek, died in December 2008; Steve Prestwich died of a [[brain tumour]] in January 2011.