Ebook: Ringside: A tale of music and mayhem from the man behind rock and roll superstars Cold Chisel

A tale of music and mayhem from the man who made Cold Chisel rock and roll superstars.

At 18 Rod Willis jumped on a boat for London, the Mecca for music and fashion in the 1960s.

A decade on he would return to Australia after working in the US and Europe with UFO, Savoy Brown, Fleetwood Mac and Emerson, Lake & Palmer. A burning desire to find an act that he could help take to the top led him to an unknown band by the name of Cold Chisel. Little did he know that when he took on the role of manager, Rod would begin a remarkably successful 32-year relationship. Along the way he would be forefront in establishing the trailblazing Dirty Pool Management Agency, which would change the local music industry forever.

Ringside takes you behind the doors of the studios and beer barns that were the breeding grounds for bands like Cold Chisel, revealing how they became the biggest band in Australia. After initial struggles, they struck paydirt with the 1980 album...