AC/DC, INXS, Divinyls, Cold Chisel, Midnight Oil, Gang Of Youths and many more made the comprehensive list.
Cold Chisel, Chrissy Amphlett, AC/DC, Powderfinger (Credit: Daniel Boud, Ian Jennings, Supplied)
Triple M listeners have voted for their Top 100 Greatest Australian Artists Of All Time, crowning Cold Chisel as the #1. The vote arrives at the end of Oztober, Triple M’s annual, month-long celebration of Australian music.
With their win, Cold Chisel have been named the G.O.A.T. (greatest of all time), and Triple M has increased the celebrations of the iconic rockers’ 50th anniversary.
Displaying his trademark dry, witty sense of humour, Jimmy Barnes said of the win: “Mate, that’s incredible. I can’t wait to tell the boys. We’re GOATs! That means we can rent the band out to sort of clear paddocks and things. We’re thrilled.”
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In the top ten, Cold Chisel are in good company, with fellow legends AC/DC, INXS, Powderfinger, Icehouse (formerly known as Flowers), Midnight Oil, Men At Work, Divinyls, Paul Kelly, and the Working Class Man himself, Jimmy Barnes.
Earlier this year, Triple M shared its Top 10 Greatest Songs Of All Time after concluding its GOAT 600 Countdown. According to Triple M listeners, the greatest song of all time is Down Under by Men At Work.
You can check out the complete list of the Top 100 Greatest Australian Artists Of All Time, voted by Triple M listeners, below:
Cold Chisel
AC/DC
INXS
Powderfinger
Icehouse/Flowers
Midnight Oil
Men at Work
Divinyls
Paul Kelly
Jimmy Barnes
John Farnham
Australian Crawl
Silverchair
Crowded House
The Screaming Jets
Hoodoo Gurus
The Angels
Ian Moss
Baby Animals
Hunters & Collectors
The Easybeats
Diesel/Johnny Diesel
Daryl Braithwaite
Noiseworks
Bernard Fanning
Skyhooks
The Living End
The Black Sorrows
Split Enz
James Reyne
Jet
The Church
Mental As Anything
The John Butler Trio
Mondo Rock
Grinspoon
Yothu Yindi
The Saints
Spiderbait
Models
Richard Clapton
The Wiggles
Rose Tattoo
Pseudo Echo
Killing Heidi
Russell Morris
Gang of Youths
1927
Missy Higgins
Weddings Parties Anything
Eskimo Joe
Bee Gees
The Superjesus
Dragon
The Rubens
GANGgajang
The Whitlams
You Am I
Little River Band
Birds of Tokyo
Big Pig
Pete Murray
The Sunnyboys
Slim Dusty
Jebediah
Moving Pictures
Wolfmother
Choirboys
Regurgitator
Goanna
Vance Joy
Ratcat
Something for Kate
Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs
The Temper Trap
Boom Crash Opera
The 12th Man
Thirsty Merc
Daddy Cool
Nick Cave
The Badloves
The Radiators
Gotye
Jo Jo Zep and The Falcons
Deborah Conway
Mi-Sex
Amy Shark
The Go-Betweens
Stevie Wright
Real Life
Alex Lloyd
Redgum
v. Spy v. Spy
Dean Lewis
Sherbet
The Cruel Sea
Eurogliders
The Sports
Chocolate Starfish
Rick Springfield