Silverchair
Silverchair is an Australian alternative rock band. The band formed as Innocent Criminals in Newcastle, New South Wales, in 1992, with their current lineup of vocalist and guitarist Daniel Johns, bass guitarist Chris Joannou, and drummer Ben Gillies. Silverchair have been highly successful in the Australian recording industry, receiving the industry's flagship awards, the ARIA Awards, a record 20 times. The band has also received six APRA Awards.
Silverchair found early success when one of their first songs, "Tomorrow", won a local music competition run by Australian television network SBS. The band were soon signed by Murmur, and were successful on the Australian and international rock stages. In 2003, following the release of Diorama, the band announced a hiatus, during which time members recorded with side projects The Dissociatives, The Mess Hall, and Tambalane. Silverchair were reunited at the 2005 Wave Aid concerts, and went on to release Young Modern and play the Across the Great Divide tour with Powderfinger.
Silverchair's sound has evolved throughout their career, differing sounds on specific albums steadily growing more ambitious over the years, from grunge/post-grunge on their debut to their more recent orchestral prog-infused chamber-pop. The songwriting and singing of Daniel Johns has been noted as improving steadily while the band has developed an increased element of complexity in later works.
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Neon Ballroom (1999)
Neon Ballroom is the third studio album by Silverchair and was released on March 9, 1999. The album is certified gold in the United States and contained the singles "Anthem for the Year 2000", "Ana's Song (Open Fire)", "Miss You Love" and "Paint Pastel Princess"
The single "Anthem for the Year 2000" retained much of the band's youthful rock energy, whereas all the other singles marked musical leaps from the style then associated with Silverchair, and thus were somewhat alienating to fans. However, Neon Ballroom, marking as it did the second stage in Silverchair's career, also ushered in a somewhat new fanbase, one that appreciated the more experimental and musically dense works on Neon Ballroom, such as the fan favourite "Emotion Sickness" and the fusion-based "Black Tangled Heart".
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Frogstomp (1995)
Their debut album, it was first released in Australia in early 1995, when the members were only 15 years of age and hit number one on the album charts. On 20 June 1995, Frogstomp was released by Epic Records in the U.S. and went platinum by November.
The album's recording process went quickly due to all the songs having been created since 1992.
The record stands as a testament to Silverchair's initial post-grunge musical style, and the vast, striking difference between the rock music of Frogstomp and the orchestral fusion experimentalism of later works divides fans. However Frogstomp, both as a lone work and in the context of Silverchair's career, remains to be one of Australia's most nationally successful albums, and arguably the most popular grunge album from an Australian group.
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Freak Show (1997)
Freak Show is the second studio album from Silverchair, it was released on 3 February 1997.
While this album was released in the era of post-grunge, Freak Show predominantly leans towards the genre of hard rock. However, the album also gives listeners a glimpse into the band's burgeoning experimental side, as can be heard in "Petrol & Chlorine" and "Cemetery". Early vinyl pressings also included a precursor to "Anthem for the Year 2000" (found on Neon Ballroom) entitled "The Millennium Bug".
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Young Modern (2007)
Young Modern is the fifth album by Silverchair, released on 30 March 2007. Young Modern debuted at #1 on the Australian albums chart on 15 April 2007, and #8 on the New Zealand albums chart.
Young Modern was Silverchair's fifth consecutive album to debut at number one on the ARIA albums chart, making Silverchair the first band to accomplish this feat in Australia. Young Modern also received four Aria Awards at the 2007 Aria Awards, including Single of the Year (for "Straight Lines") and Album of the Year.
The album's cover art is likely inspired by Piet Mondrian's Modernistic portrait, Composition No. 10 and takes a three-dimensional approach to his flat style.
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Diorama (2002)
Their fourth studio album, singer Daniel Johns wrote most of the album at the piano instead of his usual guitar, while the band took a 12-month break following their last studio album, Neon Ballroom. Silverchair worked with composer Van Dyke Parks on Diorama; the album contains numerous orchestral arrangements and power ballads, a change from the post-grunge music typical of their earlier work.
Diorama charted successfully but was not as well received by critics as the band's earlier albums. It reached number one on the Australian Chart. It was certified triple-platinum by ARIA, selling in excess of 210,000 copies, and won five ARIA Awards in 2002. It was nominated for "Highest Selling Album" in 2003, and three songs from the album were nominated for awards over the two years.
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