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(This interview originally appeared in Issue #23 of Modern Fix Magazine in 2002).<\/em><\/p>\n

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– interview by skye<\/b><\/p>\n

Nearly seven years ago the music world was blessed with a package of 15-year-old Australian imports known as Silverchair. Their appropriately dubbed alternative\/grunge rock album “Frogstomp,” sporting the heavy hits “Israel’s Son” and “Tomorrow” sparked the firestorm that would surround Silverchair. Two years later they released “Freak Show,” which proved to be a mediocre success in comparison to their debut. Redefining their hard sound and exploring the poetic writing abilities of front man Daniel Johns they created the emotion packed “Neon Ballroom” in 1999 with the sensitive and personal “Ana’s Song” being the defining single. In 2001 Silverchair already had a greatest hits album out in stores; all of this before their 21st birthdays. We now find Silverchair signed with Atlantic Records and releasing, \u201cDiorama\u201d an album with which brings Silverchair into 2002 once again reinvented.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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After growing up listening to this band in a time when my life was full of teenage angst, the beginnings of what is known as high school, Silverchair stuck in my head over the years and as they changed their tune, so did I. I jumped at the chance to interview Silverchair vocalist\/writer\/and guitar player Daniel Johns upon hearing their new album. In a rush, the record company connected me with Johns via the telephone all the way to his home in Australia. Johns isn\u2019t the furious front man he portrays in music videos and performances, but instead a self proclaimed introvert whom prefers the comforts of home where he can write his lyrics and compose his music alone.<\/strong><\/p>\n

W<\/strong>hat are your thoughts on the new album? <\/strong>
\nJohns: My thoughts\u2026I\u2019m really happy with it. I\u2019m happy with where it\u2019s going and I\u2019m glad it turned out the way I envisioned it turning out.<\/p>\n

So how did you guys end up breaking into the music business? This is your fourth album and you guys are still so young, how did you get involved backing 94-95?<\/strong>
\nThere was a demo competition on a really small television station in Australia and we won that band competition. We got to record our song, which was \u201cTomorrow\u201d at the time, in a professional recording studio. Instantly the radio started playing it and people really liked it and then we got signed and all around the world people were hearing our song, so we had to record our first record.
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\nHow did that feel to have all of that happen so quickly?<\/strong>
\nIt was definitely a shock to the system. We never considered ourselves to be a good band or anything, we just thought we were playing for fun and we wanted to play music that sounded like Black Sabbath or Soundgarden or the music we were into at that time. We never really considered ourselves a real band. (Laughs).<\/p>\n

So was it all just out of fun at first? Just three guys together in a band?<\/strong>
\nIt was just fun. We\u2019d turn it up really loud and just jam in the garage. Before we knew it we were signed and playing shows in America and in Europe and it was just weird.<\/p>\n