In this episode, I welcome a very, very, very VERY special guest. And I know I say that a lot and it’s always true. But this time, I’ll be talking to Ben Gillies. That’s right, the drummer from the band we’re all here to celebrate! The co-writer of Tomorrow! The guy who rammed his head into a bass drum at the 1995 ARIA awards! Bloody Ben Gillies! Among other things, we talked about Ben’s songwriting process, some favourite memories of Silverchair and what actually goes into putting a setlist together. If you’re a fan, you don’t want to miss this one.  Ben’s website is bengillies.com and i ..read more

In this episode, we’re going all the way back to 1995 to talk about Silverchair’s first true single from their debut album Frogstomp (if you’re Australian, anyway). I wanted to take a deeper look at Pure Massacre from a songwriting perspective, from a performance and production perspective and also see if we could find hints of the later Silverchair in this early track.  Contact me: Instagram: @silverchairpodcast Facebook.com/silverchairpodcast silverchairpodcast@gmail.com http://silverchairpodcast.buzzsprout.com   I’m now on Patreon!  https://www.patreon.com/silverchairpod ..read more

This episode is the conclusion to our two-parter on Silverchair’s fourth album Diorama.  Diorama was released March 31, 2002 in Australia and debuted at number one on the ARIA chart, the band’s fourth straight album to do so. It eventually went triple platinum in Australia and won five ARIA awards. Diorama is a work of genius but it came at a cost to the band, especially Daniel Johns. But time has been kind to Diorama. Almost two decades on, it more than holds its own as an ambitious masterpiece. Contact me: Instagram: @silverchairpodcast Facebook.com/silverchairpodcast silverchairpodcast ..read more

Designed to capture a positive new energy and explore a broad spectrum of emotion, 2002’s Diorama was an album that featured some of the most ambitious songs of the band’s career. Although it went triple platinum in Australia and won five ARIA awards, the album was never as successful as it should have been. The band was unable to tour the album due to Daniel developing reactive arthritis, stagnating their momentum overseas. Despite that, it remains a milestone in not just Silverchair’s career but in Australian music overall, a true masterwork.   Contact me: Instagram: @silverchairpodcast ..read more

That’s right, I’m breaking format!  This episode is a bonus episode, where I speak to Richard S. He, an award-winning music writer and one half of the pop duo Elle. He’s always got a really interesting take on things and we had a great, wide-ranging talk about Silverchair that touched on their writing process, their perception overseas, their place in the culture and keeping their music alive into the 2020s. I really hope you enjoy Richard’s details: Instagram and Twitter: @rsh.elle https://www.ellesongs.com/ https://richaod.contently.com/ Richard’s Lady Gaga piece: https://www.vulture.co ..read more

Daniel Johns and Paul Mac’s The Dissociatives was largely recorded in a two-week period over the English summer, where Daniel was living with his fiancée Natalie Imbruglia. The idea behind the songs that would become the Dissociatives project was to create a new band with a different set of rules, one that sounded nothing like what either of them had done before. The Dissociatives album came out April 5, 2004 in Australia, debuted at 12 on the ARIA chart, eventually selling 60,000 in Australia. Does it hold up today or is it a forgotten curio of the early 2000s?  (Also included: I Can’t B ..read more

Don’t get too excited but I’ve just uploaded a mini-episode that’s essentially a repost of the Tuna in the Brine section from the first Diorama episode. Those episodes were really long and I noticed fewer people listened to the second one so I figure maybe some people didn’t finish the first one either — but it just so happens that’s where the Tuna in the Brine stuff was. Anyway, if you happened to not make it to the end of that episode and you missed the Tuna in the Brine talk, here is in a nice 20-minute package. And if you did hear it, well, it’s here to listen to again in a more convenient ..read more

The long-fabled mailbag and FAQ episode has arrived. In this episode, I answer your questions and share my thoughts on a lot of different things, including but not limited to: what happens when I run out of Silverchair albums, why I think Silverchair need a legacy web presence, my favourite music for each year Silverchair released an album, whether I think Silverchair ever made a musical misstep and even some non-Silverchair related things.  Contact me: Instagram: @silverchairpodcast Facebook.com/silverchairpodcast silverchairpodcast@gmail.com http://silverchairpodcast.buzzsprout.com  ..read more

This is a podcast about the band Silverchair. Can you believe there aren't any already? I couldn't, so I made my own. Here's the trailer! If you like what you hear, make sure to subscribe.  Instagram: @silverchairpodcast facebook.com/silverchairpodcast http://silverchairpodcast.buzzsprout.com/ My affiliate link for Buzzsprout. Sign up and get a $20 Amazon gift card: https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=991984  Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/silverchairpodcast ..read more

In this episode, I welcome a very, very special guest. David Bottrill is a legendary producer, mixer and engineer who has worked with everyone from Peter Gabriel and Rush to Tool, Dream Theater and Coheed and Cambria. He’s won three Grammys and an ARIA. He is also the producer of the one and only Diorama by Silverchair, as well as the mixer of Young Modern.   David Bottrill’s website is www.davidbottrill.com and is on Instagram @davidbottrillofficial  Contact me: Instagram: @silverchairpodcast Facebook.com/silverchairpodcast silverchairpodcast@gmail.com http://silverchairpodcast.buzz ..read more