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Since the late sixties and early seventies, Chain has been one of the most influential blues/rock bands in Australia. They became an iconic symbol for the working class, performed songs that represented the feelings of the anti-Vietnam War movement, and were more suited to the alternative life-style people of the late sixties / early seventies than the mainstream pop world. Chain formed in late 1968 in Melbourne. The band immediately captured the imagination of the vibrant underground music scene of the day with their musicianship and cohesion. The line-up changed over a period of time until, by 1970, original member Phil Manning (guitar and vocals), bassist Barry Sullivan and Drummer Barry Harvey were a loud brash trio and living in Brisbane. With the joining of Matt Taylor on vocals and harmonica the band took on a tougher, bluesier edge and returned to Melbourne. For more than the past decade the line-up of Taylor, Manning, Harvey and Dirk Dubois (bass) has been a constant one. They are a great live act and the experience of seeing and hearing Chain is something anyone interested in the roots of blues in Australia should have.
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