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It’s been over a decade since three fifteen year old lads from Newcastle crashed onto the global music scene with their debut album Frogstomp. Since then Silverchair have gone on to sell over 6 million albums worldwide and release three more albums each consecutively taking the band in different and increasingly challenging musical directions.
Now in 2007 they are back with their 5th studio album – Young Modern. An album which Daniel Johns says was born out of acceptance and a reinvigorated joy in just jamming together ; “The way I see it the first album was naivety, the second one was anger, the third one was depression and the last one was escapism. Young Modern is all about acceptance. It’s about embracing who we are as band and just really enjoying ourselves because that’s all that really matters.”
The band went back to their roots for this album. Literally, just playing together in a lounge room and having a jam. In order to stay free from the pressure of labels and music industry scrutiny, the band decided to self fund the whole effort. They put the project in motion when in late 2005 and early 2006 they secretly rented a remote house in regional NSW, where they lived and played music for weeks with no outside distractions and lots of time for bonding over bottles of red.
The result of these sessions is Young Modern an album that takes Silverchair back to a place where three guys are making music for the sheer joy of it. Forward to a place where the adventurous musical spirit of singer/songwriter Daniel Johns continues to expand but this time is channeled primarily through a sinewed rock band with a point to prove. Young … but modern
Young Modern is out March 31
Rage Against the Machine headline the last of this year's Big Days Out but while plenty of the 40,000-strong crowd were there only for the headline act, you'd be very, very wrong if you thought this was just a Rage gig.
As the opening riff of Testify rang out through the stadium the crowd exploded - Rage Against the Machine hit the stage at the Sydney Big Day Out running.
Two great bands at the height of powers - Powderfinger and Silverchair - combine to co-headline the music extravaganza that is Across The Great Divide.
Silverchair and Powderfinger's Across the Great Divide tour rolls into Perth for the first of two gigs under the big top at Claremont Oval.
After two of Australia’s premiere rock outfits made a stop in the nation’s capital as part of their Across the Great Divide tour, the only divide that remained was heated debate over which act was better.
The APRA Music Awards returned to Sydney in 2008, with Daniel Johns winning the song of the year and most played Australian song of the year for 'Straight Lines'.
Rage Against The Machine, Bjork, Arcade Fire and many more finish off their rollercoaster Big Day Out tour at the Claremont Showgrounds.
Melbourne's Big Day Out, feat British India, Eddy Current, Anti-flag, Faker, Mammal, Regurgitator, HT Hoods, Grinspoon, Battles, Arcade Fire, Silverchair, Bjork and the mighty RATM!
Its everyones favorite time of year again and festival season has been kicked off with Big Day Out returning to Sydney for another great day out.
The Big Day Out hits the Gold Coast with a stellar line up.
The Powderchair juggernaut comes to Adelaide.
Silverchair and Powderfinger join forces to increase the life expectancy of indigenous Australians.
Powderfinger & Silverchair tour across Australia and bring there show to Sydney
Powderfinger and Silverchair hit Brisbane on their
Silverchair play to a packed Adelaide crowd
Silverchair launched Young Modern to a crowd of industry punters
So what really defines Aussie music? Is it the bogan-ish accent a la Missy Higgins? Maybe it’s the pub-rock sound of Cold Chisel, or dance moves only Peter Garrett can pull off
If Big Day Out has proved anything it was that diversity is the key to a successful festival, something that the organisers seem to bear in mind with each passing year.
When the Big Day Out started, way back in 1992, it was simply a celebration of the crème de la crème of Sydney indie pop, with two international headliners topping things off.
It's almost midday. He's leaning up against the Quay Hotel, puffing away on a 'tube'. That smoker, with his shaved head and white-speckled grey t-shirt, is none other than Silverchair frontman Daniel Johns.
Australian artists come together to help solve the mystery of Batten's disease.
It’s that time of year again, when Australian songwriters are recognised in the APRA Music Awards. So...who has written a decent ditty?
Nathan Hudson, lead singer of Big Day Out stars Faker, has told the Sunday Magazine he is gay and “is now happy to talk about it”.
In a minor coup, Muse claimed top spot in the Triple J Hottest 100 over the weekend - seizing the mantle from what’s typically an Australian act. The kings of pomp romped it in with Knights Of Cydonia, closely followed by silverchair at No. 2.
If you hadn't got around to getting your Big Day Out ticket then we have some bad news for you: the last of the 40,000 tickets has been sold.
They may have been photogenic, but all the chiselled cheekbones in the world couldn’t save the marriage of Daniel Johns and Natalie Imbruglia.
Silverchair have cancelled four shows on the U.S leg of their Young Modern tour because Daniel Johns has caught laryngitis
The country’s premium youth broadcaster deliver an audio-visual treat for their second collection of live music highlights.
When you watch the Triple J Hottest 100 DVD Volume 15, it is immediately apparent where the inspiration for the new J Award category of Best Australian Video derived.
Triple J Hottest 100 Vol. 15 contains almost half - 43 to be exact - of that poll's honour roll. As a result, it's a truly eclectic hodgepodge of musical highlights from 2007.
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Rock 'n roll renegade Neil Young has been given 90 minutes to close the main stage...
The full list of Big Day Out 2009 sideshows has now been announced, and our livers...
