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17 Jan

Cold Chisel's Steve Prestwich and Sherbert's Harvey James lose fight with cancer

IT WAS a sad weekend for the Australian rock world, with the deaths of two legends.

Cold Chisel drummer Steve Prestwich died on Sunday from a brain tumour at the age of 56, with Sherbert guitarist Harvey James also losing his battle with cancer on Saturday night.

Steve's brother Simon confirmed to the Daily Telegraph's Undercover that Steve passed away on Sunday at around 3.30pm.

Prestwich was born in Liverpool, England but moved to Adelaide, Australia when his family migrated in 1971.

He was was a founding member of the band Orange in 1973, featuring Jimmy Barnes, Ian Moss, Don Walker and Les Kaczmarek.

In 1974, they changed their name to Cold Chisel.

In Cold Chisel, Steve Prestwich wrote the now classics When The War Is Over and Forever Now and co-wrote Flame Trees with Don Walker.

He also wrote Best Kept Lies from Chisel?s classic East album.

After Chisel broke up in 1983, Steve joined Little River Band who also recorded When The War Is Over, with John Farnham as lead singer.

He released two solo albums Since You?ve Been Gone in 2000 and Every Highway in 2009.



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