Who are Silverchair?
Silverchair is an Australian rock band formed in Newcastle, New South Wales, by school friends Daniel Johns, Ben Gillies and Chris Joannou. They became famous as teenagers with the 1994 hit Tomorrow.
The trio won a national demo competition run by SBS TV and triple j in 1994 with the song Tomorrow. It topped the Australian charts and became a hit in the United States, when the members were only about 15 years old.
Their debut album, Frogstomp, released in 1995, made them international grunge stars. Later albums, including Freak Show, Neon Ballroom, Diorama and Young Modern, showed Johns's growing ambition as a songwriter.
ARIA records
Silverchair won many ARIA Awards, including a large haul for Young Modern in 2007. Diorama and Young Modern featured orchestral arrangements by Van Dyke Parks.
The band went into indefinite hiatus in 2011, and the members confirmed in 2022 that Silverchair would not reunite.
Daniel Johns later worked on solo projects and collaborations, including the band The Dissociatives with Paul Mac, and he spoke openly about his struggles with eating disorders and mental health. Silverchair remain one of the most successful Australian rock bands of the 1990s and 2000s.
Did You Know?
All five of Silverchair's studio albums reached number one on the Australian charts.