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Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia (1992 – present)
Silverchair is 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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Tomorrow
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Miss You Love
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Anthem for the Year 2000
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Ana's Song (Open Fire)
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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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Shade
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Cemetery
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Shoutbox
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valentimpruden wrote:
Muito foda!
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Brotection wrote:
an das alte zeug kommen die nie mehr ran... schade drum
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metalfacedean wrote:
i forgot how fucking good this band is, ive found them again, this time its more epic and meaningful to me. Diorama = FUCK YEAH BEST ALBUM
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Sulphite wrote:
still hard to believe they're the same band as from 95 to 99
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grungeislive wrote:
Group de grunge pra reunir pessoas que curtem o som group59412@groupsim.com
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DavidBN wrote:
Merry Christmas For All Silverchair Listeners! ;]
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Illumynatuz wrote:
as good as their name.
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egyptianhead wrote:
Me is cav maan, me lyk old unowiganol and wabbish sulvachaer albams lyk fwagstomp and fweak show. Me no lyke new sulvachaer lyk neon bollwooom and diowama and yang modin becos me is stoopid hed and me no compwehend compwex and safisdicated and owiganol toons. Me is nawow mindad eedeeot who oanleee appwesheates big noiseee gitaas becos me has I.Q of zewo. Face it, the people who like early Silverchair (ie shit) but son't like new Silverchair (amazing) must be either cavemen or just plan anally retarded.
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Matame_Nena wrote:
The best Band Of Australia!!!.
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wizzxx wrote:
Was the only australian grunge band, except for King Snake Roost.
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Misslilpuffy wrote:
The best australian grunge band!
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igottrouble wrote:
@hibernative no, and for a looong time.
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hibernative wrote:
is he still romancing imbruglia, that lucky bastard?
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icepink wrote:
Miss You Love <333
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igottrouble wrote:
love the main pic
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EveryonesFan wrote:
Silverchair fans checkout the "Everyone's Talking" album 'Dragonflies' produced by David Bottrill (producer on Diorama) http://www.last.fm/music/Everyone%27s+Talking/Dragonflies
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PaulFromOz wrote:
Those Thieving Birds is an amazing song.
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juliadeth wrote:
Ana is short for Anorexia....not a girl....
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severalg wrote:
If you don't like totally awesome pop rock it is. But I do... so it's not.
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trailways wrote:
they've represented my last 6 months, my feelings about the past-present-future, they rule!
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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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