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Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia (1992 – present)
Silverchair are one of Australia’s most successful alternative rock (and formerly post-grunge) bands. The group has had more top twenty hits during the last decade than any other local artist and they have sold over six million albums worldwide.
The band formed in 1992 in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. In 1994, at the age of 15, Silverchair got their big break when the band won a national competition called “Pick Me” with the demo of their song, “
Tomorrow”. The demo became one of the most played songs in the history of the Australian station Triple J, and they played that year’s Big Day Out as part of the prize for their win.
Silverchair’s earlier material is “post-grunge” and the huge influence of contemporaries such as Nirvana and Pearl Jam were incredibly obvious. Daniel Johns insists they have been inspired by bands such as Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple, however these claims are refuted by music fans and critics alike; for example, prominent publications, such as Rolling Stone and Guitar World were quoted as saying “Silverchair’s first two albums were radio-friendly, commercial derivatives of grunge music, which was popular at the time”. Allmusic.com, while praising the overall sound of the first two albums (both received 4 stars out of 5) and stating “for their age, their instrumental capabilities are quite impressive”, describes them as “concentrating too heavily on Pearl Jam and Nirvana” and “their songwriting abilities aren’t as strong”.
From their third album (Neon Ballroom) onward, the band have tried to experiment with slightly more complex song structures, pop influences, and the usage of orchestral backing on a few songs, most notably on their fourth album Diorama with composer Van Dyke Parks contributing to three of the tracks.
The band formed in 1992 in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. In 1994, at the age of 15, Silverchair got their big break when the band won a national competition called “Pick Me” with the demo of their song, “
Tomorrow”. The demo became one of the most played songs in the history of the Australian station Triple J, and they played that year’s Big Day Out as part of the prize for their win.Silverchair’s earlier material is “post-grunge” and the huge influence of contemporaries such as Nirvana and Pearl Jam were incredibly obvious. Daniel Johns insists they have been inspired by bands such as Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple, however these claims are refuted by music fans and critics alike; for example, prominent publications, such as Rolling Stone and Guitar World were quoted as saying “Silverchair’s first two albums were radio-friendly, commercial derivatives of grunge music, which was popular at the time”. Allmusic.com, while praising the overall sound of the first two albums (both received 4 stars out of 5) and stating “for their age, their instrumental capabilities are quite impressive”, describes them as “concentrating too heavily on Pearl Jam and Nirvana” and “their songwriting abilities aren’t as strong”.
From their third album (Neon Ballroom) onward, the band have tried to experiment with slightly more complex song structures, pop influences, and the usage of orchestral backing on a few songs, most notably on their fourth album Diorama with composer Van Dyke Parks contributing to three of the tracks.
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Neon Ballroom
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Frogstomp
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Freak Show
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Diorama
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Miss You Love
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Ana's Song (Open Fire)
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Anthem for the Year 2000
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Freak
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Emotion Sickness
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Israel's Son
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Abuse Me
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Suicidal Dream
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Pure Massacre
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Cemetery
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Shade
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Shoutbox
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louieeee wrote:
WTF? Young Modern is great! But my fav it's still Neon Ballroom.
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trailways wrote:
i can't stand anymore this discussion about how they sound after diorama.
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Itose wrote:
stomp the frog and stop.... [2]
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Dylbear wrote:
Well, they've only had one album since Diorama..
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Nonclique343 wrote:
This band used to be so good... why can't they make another album like Diorama? Diorama was awesome, then they went into a lame decline.
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igottrouble wrote:
Obviously, comparing the grown-up sound of Young Modern with the dramatic-teenage Freakshow or Frogstomp (even Neon Ballroom to an extent), is not viable. [2] MTE!!!
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tehredhead wrote:
I think they have improved over the years. Their sound has become far more bubblegum in some instances, but all in all, on a musical note, they have improved. Obviously, comparing the grown-up sound of Young Modern with the dramatic-teenage Freakshow or Frogstomp (even Neon Ballroom to an extent), is not viable.... but I guess it's called evolution.
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Itose wrote:
Frogstomp was awesome, then they went into a lame decline.
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trailways wrote:
yes, they do, they came back to studio.
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tehredhead wrote:
Do they have any plans on releasing anything new? It's been two years now.
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Tais_Johns wrote:
<333
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Allan_Moreira wrote:
This was one of the bands I've heard more.
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Dj4eN wrote:
stomp the frog and stop....
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Snipes_ wrote:
tuna in the brine is my all time fav [3] and the pic is fucking hot ^^
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schadelkopf wrote:
diorama marked the last best one
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Alliban wrote:
Nah they are just shit now, they should have stopped in 1997 when Freakshow came out. That was actually their best album all together so if they had left it there I would still respect these guys, but not now.
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Watari-des wrote:
tuna in the brine is my all time fav [2] and the pic is fucking hot ^^
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igottrouble wrote:
tuna in the brine is my all time fav
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lesviolonsivres wrote:
nICE
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dawnville wrote:
anybody knows any band who sounds like silverchair since Neon ballroom till today?
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VAN DYKE PARKS
24 Sep 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/silverchair
Our dear friend Van Dyke Parks recently visited Australia as part of a music industry convention held in Brisbane. As you might know Van Dyke has been a long time member of the Silverchair family work. …
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