Jimmy Barnes is an Australian rock "icon" - he has appeared on stage with Bon Jovi on quite a few occasions. He was the lead singer of a band called "Cold Chisel" who are rated as one of Australia's greatest ever bands. He is one of the hardest drinking and wildest front men in the history of Aussie rock - more so than even Bon Scott. When Chisel split and he went solo he was widely considered an Aussie version of Springsteen, in fact one of his biggest hits was a song called "Working Class Man". Over the years however he has mellowed somewhat but in my opinion he is awesome (but then again I have been a fan since about 1979!). I recommend you download some of his stuff and give it a listen.