Ian Moss - Biography

Australian rock legend

Born and raised in the Alice Springs, Ian Moss pursued music at an early age, learning classical piano around the age of seven. It was a luke-warm welcome to the world of sound – until he discovered guitar at the age of 11.

Ian thundered through the basics for a couple of years until he was a teen and Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin and Cream exploded onto the scene. He was hooked.

Leaving not long after for Adelaide, Ian immediately fell into the like-minded company of Don Walker, Phil Small, Steve Prestwich and Jimmy Barnes. Cold Chisel was born in 1973 and its imprint on Australian society – Flame Trees, Khe Sanh, Cheap Wine and Bow River – still stands to this day.

After Cold Chisel disbanded in 1984, Ian was quiet until 1989, when he burst back onto the scene with his 1989 debut solo album, Matchbook for which he won five ARIA awards. The first single, Tucker’s Daughter, peaked at No. 1on the singles chart and was followed by Out Of The Fire, Telephone Booth, Mr Rain and Such A Beautiful Thing.

He has followed this with the albums World’s Away, Petrol Head and recently, two acoustic albums, live acoustic Six Strings and his current album, Lets All Get Together.

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