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The Dissociatives is an Australian band consisting of Daniel Johns of Silverchair and Australian dance producer Paulmac. Their debut single Somewhere Down the Barrel” entered the Australian Top 40 charts on debut on March 15, 2004 and was one of the five most played tracks on Australian radio in March. The debut album The Dissociatives was released on the April 4, 2004 and was expected to do spectacularly but album sales lagged after it debuted in the top 10 of the ARIA album charts for one week and fell rapidly. The first single release “Somewhere Down the Barrel” reached #8 during its debut week.

Daniel Johns and Paul Mac met in 1997 when Paul Mac remixed

Freak off Silverchair’s Freak Show album. The two became friends and Paul Mac worked on the subsequent Silverchair albums Neon Ballroom, Diorama and Young Modern. The two worked on the experimental I Can’t Believe It’s Not Rock EP released in 2000.
In mid 2003, Daniel Johns and Paul Mac got together to produce the album recording the basic tracks in London and finishing it off in Sydney and Newcastle. The pair produced all the instrumental tracks and vocals themselves with Johns writing the lyrics and recording them in Newcastle.

The pair described the music and lyrics in the April 2004 Australian edition of Rolling Stone. “The music is, for me, a combination of excitement, happiness, rambunctiousness and viciousness, done to whimsy,” Johns said. “I’d add with a hint of melancholy, but it’s more outweighed by joy,” added Mac.

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1	Forever and a Day full track	128
2	Somewhere Down the Barrel full track	124
3	Horror With Eyeballs full track	110
4	We're Much Preferred Customers full track	106
5	Thinking in Reverse full track	96
6	Lifting the Veil From the Braille full track	89
7	Sleep Well Tonight full track	81
8	Aaängry Megaphone Man full track	73
9	Paris Circa 2007 Slash 08	62
10	Young Man, Old Man (You Ain't Better Than the Rest) full track	47
11	Young Man, Old Man	23
12	Young Man Old Man	12
13	Young Man, Old Man, (You Ain't Better Than The Rest)	11
14	Rain	10
15	Young Man, Old Man (You Aint Better Than The Rest)	8

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bmwendel2 wrote:
23 days ago

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scrapstrify wrote:
July 2009

Every single song was/is the best thing I've ever heard.

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igottrouble wrote:
May 2009

so, we still need more stuff

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arbelaez wrote:
May 2009

i'm not trying to make things worst, BUT, you're thinking in reverse

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weemies wrote:
April 2009

The one album they did was absolutely excellent. I'd love more stuff like this from Daniel Johns.

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grutti wrote:
March 2009

Somewhere Down the Barrel causes me goose bumps... superb!

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stefanoperfili wrote:
March 2009

Love the Dissos! Somewhere Down the Barrel and Aaängry Megaphone Man are both fuckin awesome!

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TippinMyStuff wrote:
March 2009

nothing awesome

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dodi_av wrote:
January 2009

o god they suck =\ silverchair rock this is so not grunge

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RedMosquito1 wrote:
December 2008

I need new stuff from this #7

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Troegie wrote:
December 2008

I need new stuff from this #6

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tatteredreverie wrote:
November 2008

"All of that time I was dead; limbless in bed, sedated experiment."

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saulvillalba wrote:
October 2008

better with silverchair, but it's a great album anyway. Thinking in reverse the best!

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byourocky wrote:
October 2008

questa band e ok

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flavioflow wrote:
October 2008

I need new stuff from this #5

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Tannyz wrote:
September 2008

'Young Man, Old Man (You Ain't Better Than The Rest)' it's my fave!

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Dirona wrote:
September 2008

I need new stuff from this #4

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Bbmin7b5 wrote:
September 2008

love this band!

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anka_pw wrote:
September 2008

"Young Modern" is the Silverchair's new album ;] well, maybe not so new, but last ;) great by the way!

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scott_sea wrote:
September 2008

The 2nd album by The Dissociatives is called "Young Modern"...

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