In the end we only ended up playing a handful of dates in the US 30 years ago, and the most extensively we toured in Europe was Germany. We really didn't have a serious try before we broke up. You really need to spend two years in a country and we didn't do it, to our enormous regret ever since.

Is cold chisel a country?

Cold Chisel are an Australian pub rock band, which formed in Adelaide in 1973 by mainstay members Ian Moss on guitar and vocals, Steve Prestwich on drums and Don Walker on piano and keyboards.

Why was Steve Prestwich fired?

In 1979 Walker insisted all members of the band write songs for the album East. This was a problem for Prestwich, who could play only drums. He devised a melody and hummed it to Moss who provided backing chords. ... On tour in Germany, the band imploded and Prestwich was dismissed.