By Luke Voogt
Rock veteran and former Cold Chisel member Ian Moss will bring his best to Geelong as he tours with the album that made his career.
Moss’ 1989 debut album, Matchbox, was all “all killer and no filler”, he said.
“It should be, it took me long enough to get it out,” he said.
“We’re a couple of years off the 30th anniversary for that album.
“I might be biased, but I don’t think it’s got a bad song.”
Moss wrote the album, which features the catchy classic Tucker’s Daughter, after splitting with Cold Chisel.
“We sort of got on each other’s nerves so much we couldn’t wait to get away from each other,” he said.
Moss said after leaving the band it was daunting with no mates “to lean on”.
“I kind of didn’t really do anything for a couple of years,“ he said. “It took a little while to get used to.”
But Moss put the writing skills which created Chisel’s Bow River to work and the record won Album of the Year at the Aria Awards in 1990.
The Sydney-sider said it had been a while since he had been to Geelong.
“It’s kind of off the beaten track for me,” he said. “When I do go, it’s usually to play a gig.”
Moss will perform Tucker’s Daughter along with few Chisel classics like Choir Girl and Saturday Night at the Gateway on 17 June.
“I’ve been careful to come up with my own versions not just be a Cold Chisel jukebox,” he said.
Moss has been touring since February and has been busy recording his first album in eight years.
“I’m doing the last track now,” he said. I’m definitely showing off a couple of new songs.
“There’s a song called Broadway which seems to be captivating people just with the opening line.
“It’s amazing – it can be difficult to get 100 per cent of people’s attention in a pub, but the room just goes dead quiet.”
