Ian Richard Moss (born 20 March 1955) is an Australian rock musician from
Alice Springs
Alice Springs ( aer, Mparntwe) is the third-largest town in the Northern Territory of Australia. Known as Stuart until 31 August 1933, the name Alice Springs was given by surveyor William Whitfield Mills after Alice, Lady Todd (''née'' A ...
. He is the founding mainstay guitarist and occasional singer of
Cold Chisel
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. They were soon joined by Jimmy Barnes (at the ...
. In that group's initial eleven year phase from 1973 to 1984, Moss was recorded on all five studio albums, three of which reached number one on the national
Kent Music Report
The Kent Music Report was a weekly record chart of Australian music singles and albums which was compiled by music enthusiast David Kent (historian), David Kent from May 1974 through to January 1999. The chart was re-branded the Australian Music ...
Albums Chart. In August 1989 he released his debut solo album, ''
Matchbook'', which peaked at number one on the
ARIA Albums Chart
The ARIA Charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling songs and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA became the offici ...
. It was preceded by his debut single, "
Tucker's Daughter", which reached number two on the related ARIA Singles Chart in March. The track was co-written by Moss with
Don Walker, also from Cold Chisel. Moss had another top ten hit with "
Telephone Booth
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" in June 1989.
At the
ARIA Music Awards of 1990
The Fourth Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (generally known as the ARIA Music Awards or simply The ARIAS) was held on 26 March 1990 at the Darling Harbour Convention Centre in Sydney. Australian host Glenn Shorrock of L ...
Moss won five categories:
Album of the Year Album of the Year, often abbreviated to AOTY, may refer to:
Awards
* ARIA Award for Album of the Year, Australia
* Brit Award for British Album of the Year, UK
* Grammy Award for Album of the Year, US
* Juno Award for Album of the Year, CA
* Lati ...
,
Best Male Artist,
Breakthrough Artist – Album,
Single of the Year and Breakthrough Artist – Single. Since then his solo music career has been more low-key, his other top 50 albums are ''
Worlds Away'' (November 1991), ''
Let's all Get Together'' (July 2007) and ''
Soul on West 53rd
''Soul on West 53rd'' is the sixth studio album by Australian singer Ian Moss. The album was released in October 2009 and peaked at number 40 on the ARIA Charts, becoming Moss's second top 40 album.
Reception
Amazon said "Respected as one of Au ...
'' (November 2009). In
1993 Cold Chisel, with Moss as a member, were inducted into the
ARIA Hall of Fame
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. Moss has participated with periodic Cold Chisel reunion tours or new studio albums in 1998, 2003 and from 2009 to 2012 (as from August 2013).
Career
Early life
Ian Richard Moss was born on 20 March 1955 in
Alice Springs
Alice Springs ( aer, Mparntwe) is the third-largest town in the Northern Territory of Australia. Known as Stuart until 31 August 1933, the name Alice Springs was given by surveyor William Whitfield Mills after Alice, Lady Todd (''née'' A ...
,
Northern Territory
The Northern Territory (commonly abbreviated as NT; formally the Northern Territory of Australia) is an Australian territory in the central and central northern regions of Australia. The Northern Territory shares its borders with Western Aust ...
, to Geoffery Moss (18 April 1911 – 1989) and Lorna (
née
A birth name is the name of a person given upon birth. The term may be applied to the surname, the given name, or the entire name. Where births are required to be officially registered, the entire name entered onto a birth certificate or birth re ...
Robinson) (born ca. 1922).