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Silverchair

Silverchair are one of the most acclaimed and successful bands in Australian music history. Singer/guitarist Daniel Johns and drummer Ben Gillies started making music together at primary school and schoolmate Chris Joannou later joined on bass. They got their big break in mid-1994 when they won a national demo competition. The band changed its name from Innocent Criminals to Silverchair and in August 1994 they released their winning demo, “Tomorrow”. The song eventually spent six weeks at #1 on the Australian singles charts and 20 weeks in the top 10. In 1995 it became the most played song of the year on U.S. modern rock radio. Silverchair's debut album frogstomp, recorded in just nine days in early 1995, went on to become the first Australian album since INXS to hit the U.S. top 10, selling more than 2.5 million copies throughout the world. The band’s sophomore album, 1997’s Freak Show yielded three top ten singles in Australia – “Freak”, “Abuse Me” and “Cemetery”. Global sales eventually exceeded 1.5 million copies. After finally graduating from school the band was able to spend much more time creating their critically lauded breakthrough, 1999’s Neon Ballroom.The single “Neon Ballroom” was universally acclaimed as a huge creative leap for Johns and his band-mates. 2002’s Diorama yielded the top 10 singles “The Greatest View” and “Without You”, won six ARIA Awards (including Best Group and Best Rock Album), and went on to be certified five times platinum. After a brief hiatus, the band returned to the studio for 2007’s Modern Times.. The album debuted at #1 on the ARIA Australian albums chart (the band’s fifth to achieve such feat), and won four ARIA awards, including Single and Band of the Year. Silverchair is currently working on their sixth album.