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Silverchair
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An early pic (dated 1994) |
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For more info, visit the really comprehensive band site. All the
material here is there and a LOT more. I acknowledge borrowing it all. |
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Silverchair
It may be a little slow. but worth the wait! |
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The release of Frogstomp in 1995 brought on a lot of quick fame to
the then 15 and 16 year old boys from the suburbs of Merewether,
Australia. After winning a national demo competition and releasing
two singles, Tomorrow and Pure Massacre, that have since then made it
to the ranks of some of the top selling Australian singles, the band
decided that they should sign on with a record company since the deal
was right there waiting for them. Murmur, an Australian branch of
Sony and Epic records, helped the band launch the 11 track Frogstomp
which was recorded in just 9 days. It turned out to be a huge
success, selling about 3 million copies world-wide. Some acts
might take a hint from that timescale perhaps? |
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A neighbor told the band in 1994 of a national demo competition and
told them they should enter. Nomad, an Australian music video show,
was sponsoring the "Pick Me" demo contest. First-place
prize was a free video shoot and an afternoon in the recording studio
of Triple J, Australia's national alternative rock station. The band
bought a spot in a cheap studio for $75 and recorded a rough,
6-minute version of "Tomorrow". They sent it in, thinking
that there was no way it would win. To their surprise,
"Tomorrow" was chosen out of more than 800 entries. At
least the band existed BEFORE the competition instead of being
manufactured for it! |
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Hmm, not in the 2000 edition of Rare record guide. {:o( |
Down to Simon (15) They have been around for a while, more info here
soon, and on the band site. |
For this and other Antipodean material, like the Avalanches, try
here. (link to the right) |
See Whammo.com site |
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Where were they? |
The band have just ended a year out, after "Neon Ballroom"
the "breakthrough album", which was a good idea, since they
were apparently under considerable pressure, particularly Daniel,
both performing and completing education. That's the album most of
you will have heard of. |
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New Album |
In August 2001 Silverchair started recording a new album with
Producer David Bottrill (Tool, Peter Gabriel, King Crimson) which
will be released early in 2002. See
the site for pre-ordering the first single. I've just done
so (Wammo.com.au) and added "Freak" and
"Frogstomp" as well. so lets see how long it takes! (J8th) |
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Diorama |
The pages here have a complete review of the album. |
