Silverchair
Silverchair was a rock band from Australia. It was often associated with the grunge in the early years, the band 's later works can best be assigned to the rough framework alternative rock.
Career
Silverchair consisted of Daniel Johns ( songwriter, vocals, guitar, piano, harpsichord ), Ben Gillies (drums and percussion, on the first two albums co-songwriter ) and Chris Joannou (bass ), all of whom have known each other from primary school times. Initially, the three made music under the name " Innocent Criminals ".
In 1994, wins her song "Tomorrow" a national demo competition and the band will then receive a record deal. The single " Tomorrow" brought a big success and in 1995 her debut album " Frogstomp " that Silverchair repeatedly brings comparisons with Nirvana and sold over three million times. In 1997, their second album, entitled "Freak Show", which is similar in style to the first album and contains, among other things, the "Freak ". Both albums led the band to global success. With "Neon Ballroom " appears in 1999, the third album of the band, which sounds altogether less hard and sometimes surprised with orchestral accompaniment, which was contributed by the Sydney Symphony Orchestra (for example, the piece of "Emotion Sickness", which plays David Helfgott Piano ). This chosen path away from the straight rock of the early days is followed on the fourth album " Diorama " (2002) more consistently. Some orchestral arrangements on this album were written by Van Dyke Parks. In 2007, then followed the fifth album " Young Modern ". This album is drawn by electronic influences as they can recognize ( with Paul Mac) John also in his ( electric ) side project The Dissociatives. However, it has resorted to this album again on orchestral support, for which the Czech Philharmonic was engaged.
Johns, head of the band, suffered for years from anorexia and severe depression. With these problems confronted the singer his audience in the play " Ana 's Song" ( from the album " Neon Ballroom "). When he was diagnosed with reactive arthritis in 2002, the energy reserves were finally exhausted. Only in 2003 could tour the band for diorama by Australia.
December 31, 2003 John married his longtime girlfriend Natalie Imbruglia. In early 2008, however, the marriage was divorced again.
After a long break, with various side projects of the band members ( John along with Paul Mac started the project and later the group The Dissociatives "I Can not Believe It 's Not Rock! "; Gillies called " Tambalane " to life ) you entered for the first time on the occasion of " Waveaid festival " in Sydney in favor of the victims of the tsunami in 2004 the stage. In the following, we went to a new studio residence, towards the end of 2006, there were first festival in Australia on the plan before you were more concerts in North America in early 2007. On March 10, was released in 2007 with "Straight Lines", the first single from the 2007 album " Young Modern ". The single went straight to # 1 on the ARIA Singles Charts. Other single releases are " Reflections of a Sound" and "If You Keep Losing Sleep ".
On 25 May 2011 the band announced on their official website that the members are going their separate ways in the future and there are no plans for further publications or presentations. The separation was called "hibernation indefinitely ".
Discography
Studio albums
Concert albums
- 2000: Best of Silverchair Vol 1 - The Single Collection
- 2003: Live From Faraway Stables (2- disc live album )
Compilations
- 2002: Rarities 1994-1999