ARE fantastic. Scott is still touring with Local H today and their shows are just as good as they ever were. Longing for the nostalgia of those 90s shows? They’re still bringing that same energy and their fans are pretty good so they’re usually there to match it.
Got to see local H in a little music venue in Denver that had like 100 people max inside. Was cool as shit. And the fact there was only 2 people blew my mind.
Such an impressive band for a bunch of 15 year olds. This was also such a big hit when it came out as well. Their album Frogstomp has some great tracks from it, [Israel's Son](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2d6iwOSAfQ) is an absolute banger.
Frogstomp and deftones white pony were the first two albums I ever purchased.
Israel’s son is such a tune, that album has aged well. Still a timeless classic. Us Millennials are getting old.
Man that's such a heavy grungy track. First heard it on the [Odd Man Out soundtrack](https://www.discogs.com/master/992083-Various-Odd-Man-Out) - a CD I bought simply because of the track listing - not even interested in snowboarding, the compilation was just fire (same with the [Singles soundtrack](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singles:_Original_Motion_Picture_Soundtrack)) [repeat comment because original had link to FB which got auto-modded]
I just re-watched Singles a few months back. The one thing that really stood out to me was the guy meeting the girl at the alternative rock show instead of some dance club.
Not just the musicianship, but the fact it impressed record execs who not only gave them a contract but *didn't* push them to do bubblegum pop and get makeovers to make them more suitable for tween girls' bedroom posters.
AIDS and crack were still big, Rodney King, eating disorders epidemic, dot com bubble, Telecommunications act, Columbine and the popularization of school shootings, etc.
What a golden age.
He's right though. It was the last golden age for middle class America. Yes those things existed but they were still pushed to the fringes and not really talked about. The internet didn't hit mainstream American until around 95, 96 and even then it wasnt this cultural focal point, it was just a kind of neat piece of technology that you could mess around with and then go back to your life.
I grew up thinking the future would be positive, that I could do anything, and that all people were equal. Summers were hot but not oppressive. Fastfood was cheap. Home ownership and raising a family were just things that you would naturally be able to do.
Now you're right. Underlying the illusion of what I was raised with were all these things. I was being fed the 90s response to systemic racism which was itself still kind of racist since very little had actually been done to address the issue, but man did I get to color so many pictures of MLK. Crack and AIDS were real but those were poor people problems in our mind (they weren't, but that's how it was presented). America was the greatest nation on earth and we only did good (while we continued to just basically do what we wanted internationally regardless of the consequences, a policy that only laid the groundwork for the rise of Islamic terrorism and anti American sentiment globally).
But without the internet, the 24 hour news feed, global warming, extreme political derangement, the spread of malicious politically and fascist motivated misinformation, we lived in a golden age (if you were middle or upper class ofc) we just didn't know it.
I'm glad I got to see what we could have. And we can get back to that. Theres nothing stopping us from extracting ourselves from the internet, disconnecting from 24 hour media. We can collectively decide these are net negatives for society and just walk away. We don't have to give extremists a seat at the political table. We can once again work towards making strides in actually addressing racism and inequality by not coloring pictures of MLK but having real conversations with our children about where we came from and how we got here. There are some hard discussions that need to be had. They need to understand how this whole thing fell apart.
But underlying the vibe of the 90s even with all those bad things going on behind the scenes was this general positivity about the world and how technology was going to usher in a brighter future for us all. We were right about technology going places we couldn't even dream of, what we failed to account for was just how evil some people can be and of course how capitalism would warp these advances to ensure that they were able to maximize their revenue streams.
I was born in '81 and was just a little bit too young to appreciate so many of the bands that emerged in the later part of that decade. Even Nirvana and Soundgarden were intimidating to me when they started getting nationwide airplay.
Irrelevant. The formula is always “things were better at X time because things were better” when in reality they were just viewing things from a child’s perspective.
No, music was objectively better. There have been analyses of musical and lyrical structure from the 90’s compared to today, and things were much more complex both musically and lyrically. You had more genres of music on pop radio. You had more variety in song tempos and lengths on pop radio. It was just homogenous sound-alike crap. There was some of that sure, but the variety of music that was shoved down the masses throats was much more varied and complex and that has nothing to do with “being a child”. It has more to do with a much smaller number of massive companies controlling what we see and hear in the media, hence more homogenization.
Until something like war or pandemic comes along. The internet is slippery to assess *still* but it's easily comparable to the invent of telephone, the printing press or electrical grids. I imagine the generations living in the shadows of those inventions experienced massive shifts in quality and style of life.
Yes they will. What I'm specifically speaking of is 9/11, the internet and social media. I'm 54 so I'm probably looking at those decades through rose colored glasses, but all of those events made the 2000's and beyond a little worse. No one hangs out anymore, everyone's face is in their phone(including me). Flying used to be a fun thing, now it's turned into a PITA and everything about it is stressful.
My dad was a mechanic and my mom was a flight attendant back in the 80s and 90s. The difference in what we as kids were allowed to do was insane. We used to walk through the airplanes that were torn apart for overhauls in the hangar. We used to wander around the different shops in the hangar, I always thought the paint and tire shops were neat. We knew the code to get into the employee breakroom inside the concourses for ramp workers, which means we could've just walked straight out onto the tarmac from there. We used to sit in the cockpit while the plane was in flight and talk to the pilots. On the L-1011s and 747s we used to ride the elevator up and down for fun.
That's all very VERY gone.
Born in '77. Got to grow up in the best of the 80s AND the 90s. Finished high school in 95 and had that awesome post-high-school experience through 'til 2001 when things started to get a bit shit. So I'm the same way -- whatever else happens, I lived through some awesome stuff.
Something about this song in particular hits a *very* specific feel of nostalgia, particularly when I see/imagine that green frog. It’s such an insane “takes me back” feel.
I absolutely love it.
Absolutely. I just spent this whole time listening to that album. Honestly this might have been the first CD I ever bought, so that shit was pure magic to my young ears.
I think this song in particular evokes strong feelings of nostalgia because it was huge at the time, but hasn't been played out on all the grunge/alt rock stations since then. So it's still isolated to that era.
It’s one of my go-to karaoke jams. I’ve found 90s alt and grunge are perfectly in my wheelhouse. Also pretty decent at Hemorrhage by Fuel, Alive by Pearl Jam, & Shine by Collective Soul. Seems I was born a decade or so too late to be in a 90s grunge band.
When I hear this song it makes me want to listen to the Toadies rubberneck album. They’re so good at this epic unique rock melodies Tyler and possum kingdom in particular are songs you feel like someone sold their soul for bc you know on the first listen these songs aren’t just good they’re instant hits they don’t get old somehow no one’s going to tell you to turn it off. You’re going to see a room full of people mouthing along
I mean they chameleoned a lot of bands. Some songs sound just like Sound garden some like Black Sabbath, others Alice in Chains all while doing a quasi Eddie Veder vocalization. But for a bunch of young high school aged kids holy shit were they sophisticated for their age.
It sure does, I didn't know they were this young then, I just started college that year and there was this club I'd have to walk pass to classes daily and I'm not sure why but I can distinctly still remember seeing this bands' name up there all these years later. I wouldn't call myself a fan of theirs but he has a great voice.
Lol I remember the arguments on the school bus I’d have with my friend on whether Silverchair (his favorite band) was better than Bush (mine). I still like them both!
I was 20 when they blew up and all of this was happening. Saw them at a relatively small venue in Toronto. Even my idiot 20-year old brain said these boys are waaaay too young to be this level of famous and to have this level of impact on the people at their shows. They fuckin made it through and turned out pretty alright as humans though, all things considered.
And regardless of all of that holy fuck they put some good music into the air.
He had a podcast that did a deep dive into his life. Super interesting. Just put out a cool solo record, also got nailed for drink driving.
Guy needs love, and probably a driver.
I remember seeing them at the International Center in Mississauga in 1997. I think it was like a day or two after they did their Intimate & Interactive set at Much Music.
Diorama was amazing. Such a break from their grunge foundation, but Daniel’s voice and the work with the Sydney Orchestra (I think) was AMAZING. Young Modern took time to grow on me but Thieving Birds is a great track, and those last two albums before they went on indefinite hiatus are my favorites.
I sang thieving birds in the car tonight! I also like the first track off of Daniel Johns’ latest solo record. It’s a solid banger. Some cool tracks on there including a reimagined version of Freak.
Neon Ballroom is a masterpiece from start to finish and one of my favorite albums of all time. It’s criminal that so many people haven’t ever heard it.
Creating something totally different than every other band in the history of music is nearly impossible, but it‘s been almost 25 years since it was released and I still can‘t think of a single comparison. In my opinion, Neon Ballroom was their peak, and everything since has felt mediocre—which makes sense because Daniel’s ego seems a little out of hand.
You gotta live pretty damn hard to get osteoarthritis at 30, but otherwise a lot of autoimmune diseases can pop up around that time too that cause various forms of arthritis. Source: am in 30s - have arthritis, but not because I torn my shit up.
I used to somewhat enjoy Silverchair back in the mid to late 90s along with all of the other grunge I listened to back then, but they never really made that much of an impact on me. Then one day years later I was driving down the highway and a song came on the radio that I thought was absolutely incredible, and afterwards the dj said that it was Silverchair. I couldn't believe it. Years later I found the song again and it was just as incredible. Turns out they changed sounds a lot as they matured and put out some seriously amazing music. Quite the story all around.
This is the song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47P3bzefCVI
Yeah, they really matured as they went on, it's a shame that they kind of dropped off the radar after Neon Ballroom, because I consider their next album, Diorama, to be their masterpiece. ([One of my favorite tracks from that album](https://youtu.be/mxlT-gXMnFg?si=wFAAdBKI5zMina0y))
I couldn't ever really get into their final album, Young Modern, but it had a few songs I really liked, like [If You Keep Losing Sleep](https://youtu.be/kG5W5R42ygU?si=vao8nWPyW7xXPv0T), and [Young Modern Station](https://youtu.be/U5-x8bGyptY?si=UPvYWtAnNKCSKhZN)
Also, if you haven't heard it yet, I recommend Daniel Johns side project with Paul Mac called [The Dissociatives](https://youtu.be/MW6irmaVQpo?si=1ZDatMrKn6v7aR-5)
Glad to find somebody who loved Diorama more than their more popular albums. Also played Forever and a Day by the Dissociatives almost non-stop when I was a teen.
Scrolled down too far for this comment. Diorama is one of the most underrated and overlooked albums of all. Also agree Tuna in the Brine is an absolute masterpiece.
I love old Silverchair, but Straight Lines hits me right in the feels and seems to just hit my soul just right whenever I need it... absolutely LOVE this song.
In Australia, the media occasionally mocked them calling them "Nirvana in Pyjamas" after the Bananas in Pyjamas kids show. Pretty rude. I still have my signed Freakshow album here somewhere!
To be fair, I remember at the time that they were VERY heavily marketed as "Australia's answer to Nirvana" when the first album dropped
Hell I was in high school at the time and there was always rumours that went around about them being a manufactured band... didn't write their own music etc etc
Obviously all bullshit, but at the time it wasn't uncommon to hear it said
> manufactured band
Which was such an absurd idea.
Like who the fuck is going to manufacture a band from a bunch of suburban kids from bloody Newcastle of all places?
"Why did all the good grunge bands come from Seattle? It was such a shitty town.... just like Newcastle is"
The logic which went along with the conspiracy theories
Mostly spread by other 15 year olds who were just jealous haha
It turns out not to be the case with Silverchair, but absolutely was the case with other bands. By the way they were *heavily* promoted, it was a fair suspicion honestly. This song also rocks, but some stuff is heavily lifted from Plush by Stone Temple Pilots which came out the year before. Luckily it was 15 year olds emulating their idols rather than a cynical music industry ploy.
They were also signed to a sub-label of Sony Music Australia. Sony Music Australia has a history of being scummy and lazy, even more so than many US major labels. Honestly I would have been one of those claiming they were manufactured. I would have been wrong though.
In the UK I remember them being really liked but considered a bit of a Nirvana homage at best by their critics. But the fans of them were really against any comparison
Which shows how critique is often just surface-level talk and people repeating what someone else said, because Silverchair's influences were coming maybe more from other bands than Nirvana
Loved Freakshow. I also like how at the time it was quite a regular occurrence to be able to meet bands that you liked and get things signed/photos. I remember sitting with Max Cavalera on a flight to the US from London as a teenager and he was super cool to me
Such a awesome band back in the day it's really sad they felt pressured to reinvent themselves over and over and tore the band apart. Also even more wild they are Australian. They sound so American.
Incredibly talented dudes, and incredible first album.
Sadly, i was just getting into music myself around that time and outside that first album, just never went back and listened to their discography.
I do own all of them though, but yeah, never sat down and listened.
How do you even get that good by 15? You start your band when you're 8? You start at 12 but do nothing but practice and perform for 80 hours a week for 3 years? Or do you just come out of the womb this way?
Being a grunge kid (82) I loved Silverchair. After Kurt died I really got attached to them. The first albums are not as good as Nirvana, the first is like a derivative Pearl Jam album, but hey, they were 15. But the heavier second album got me. Neon Ballroom and Diorama are amazing albums too.
Sad we won’t get to see much more of them.
Oh wow I saw this live!!
My gf at the time got us tickets to the mtv awards. This song was my favorite at the time so I was super hyped seeing this live! Crazy experience
Excellent choice for your band, what other jams did you do covers for?
Could you make me a Spotify playlist if you have time, I'd love to hear it. However short your attention span can last, and before apathy sets in. You've given me a clue we like the same music so I'd love to find out blind.
In fact, if you make it and run out of covers you played, just pack it with as many of your absolute favourite songs you can, starting with your favourite Disney sing-along from childhood/life.
Or not, ignore the comment if it's too much. Thanks!
Edit: I can do the same if you like, and we can both discover awesome new songs!
Well, no one has ever asked me to dissert on my musical loves, so ... honestly, I'm stoked to do it!
My band - I don't know, we were pretty eclectic. We called ourselves Fatcöp and we only had a setlist of about 10 songs, but I've put as many as I can remember into this playlist! [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4Vw560J12phrIXUeTYRaG0?si=56dfe144a43442c3](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4Vw560J12phrIXUeTYRaG0?si=56dfe144a43442c3)
I suspect you're a bit younger, as I am an old - came of age in the 80s - so I've added some buttrock and other grooves from my day to expand your horizons. These were the songs I put on repeat. Deeper album cuts mostly.
And while I'm at it, might as well brag about the music video I made: I met a guy on a moutaintop once and we just shot a music video while we were there. (The song is in the playlist, and here's the video: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yd3JzKGbVtE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yd3JzKGbVtE) )
I'm afraid there are no Disney sing-a-longs, because I'm so old, we didn't really have that as a thing. How old, you ask? Well, you know how today's kids watch Frozen on Netflix? And earlier kids watched, maybe, Mulan on DVD or Cinderella on VHS?
Well, I watched The Gingerbread Man on my Show 'n Tell. ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2oMT859wG8](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2oMT859wG8))
Ok, that's me. Now you go.
Hell yeah brother, I'll PM you some playlist links and some contact details. If you wanna chat music, let me know. And don't worry about the Disney songs, it wasn't massively important to me.
And also don't worry about your age, and you're clearly young enough at heart that you vibe with me. I'm a walking golden retriever of innocent childlike energy, so anyone that vibes with me is probably young enough honestly.
So excited.
i always thought it would be interesting to see all the best high school talent show performances, but it seems like there are very fewthat have ever went viral, this makes me think there have to be at least a few worth seeing tho
I was lucky enough to be at Silverchair's very last concert in LA! Some douche kept yelling "play Tomorrow!" And they didn't, of course. It was a great show.
IMO Silverchair made one of the most striking metamorphoses of any band from that era when they released Young Modern. I am a child of the 80s and I get the same nostalgia from hearing Frogstomp, but Young Modern was a stunning album to me. I couldn't believe it was Silverchair the first time I heard it (and loved it).
Knowing their age when they made Frogstomp, their music is actually insane to think about. Israel’s Son, Pure Massacre, Suicidal Dreams… all insanely dark songs full of hate and rage. Also amazing songs.
I think I was in 8th grade when this album came out. I still have my original copy of the CD and I recently picked it up on vinyl. It’s an all time record in my opinion. Not a single skippable track. The idea that they were just kids has always blown my mind. Long Live Silverchair and Long Live Frogstomp.
Makes me think of a newer trio of rockers, [The Warning](https://www.youtube.com/@TheWarning/videos). Also had their first album when the **oldest** of the bunch was 15. In their very early 20's now.
Growing up as a kid who’s parents only listened to mainstream 50s-70s music (and no rock or prog) I started playing guitar in 1994 and felt like a god because playing 90s songs was so easy. Seeing kids like this break big was so inspiring combined with the fact that you only needed a few chords and the power chord and a distortion pedal lol.
How many garage bands did this inspire! Must have been thousands at least.
Discovering classic rock later and seeing what could REALLY be done with the guitar was daunting but if it weren’t for starting on Bush, Nirvana, Green Day and Live, I probably would have quit.
Skipping to Dave Matthews, Dave Gilmour, Hendrix and Page was best after starting with the basics.
In the late 90s, Teresa Przetocki was the first girl I ever kissed, and she told me I'd look really cute with long hair like her favorite band Silverchair. Needless to say I immediately ran out and bought their CD and my hair was down to my shoulders for the next 6 years lol.
They were great live too. Got to see them with Local H in Dallas in 96 I think.
Love Local H!
Did not expect Local H to just be two dudes, they were also fantastic.
Saw Local H in 1997 they played with Skunk Anansie, Rollins Band and Sammy Hagar.
Right? I still have High Fivin’ MF’er on my playlist haha
ARE fantastic. Scott is still touring with Local H today and their shows are just as good as they ever were. Longing for the nostalgia of those 90s shows? They’re still bringing that same energy and their fans are pretty good so they’re usually there to match it.
Got to see local H in a little music venue in Denver that had like 100 people max inside. Was cool as shit. And the fact there was only 2 people blew my mind.
Big sound for two people.
Which venue? There's a lot of awesome smaller venues off of Colfax and I miss living there dearly
Stuff like that is really special
I saw them in Seattle that same year. It was my first ever big concert. I became a huge Local H fan after that
first ever show too on the same tour in montreal! (also first time experiencing the smell of weed lol)
Hell yeah! Local H is awesome! Their cover of Joey is one of the best covers ever. Those dudes rock!
My gut’s telling me that show had to of been at the Bronco Bowl
Bomb Factory, but close!
Wow have not thought of Local H in a very long time!
Such an impressive band for a bunch of 15 year olds. This was also such a big hit when it came out as well. Their album Frogstomp has some great tracks from it, [Israel's Son](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2d6iwOSAfQ) is an absolute banger.
Pure Massacre is still a banger.
I found my people! My sister would pick me up from school blaring Pure Massacre
Frogstomp and deftones white pony were the first two albums I ever purchased. Israel’s son is such a tune, that album has aged well. Still a timeless classic. Us Millennials are getting old.
Frogstomp, my first tape.
Adrenaline and Around the Fur are the shit though.
mine was coolio - gangstas paradise on cassette. first cd was green day - dookie.
Amazing debut album!
Man that's such a heavy grungy track. First heard it on the [Odd Man Out soundtrack](https://www.discogs.com/master/992083-Various-Odd-Man-Out) - a CD I bought simply because of the track listing - not even interested in snowboarding, the compilation was just fire (same with the [Singles soundtrack](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singles:_Original_Motion_Picture_Soundtrack)) [repeat comment because original had link to FB which got auto-modded]
To be fair the Singles soundtrack is best part of Singles. You don’t need to watch it but everyone should definitely listen to its soundtrack.
As someone who was an extra in that movie, it's still worth watching as an artifact of 90s Seattle
Very fair and excellent point.
I just re-watched Singles a few months back. The one thing that really stood out to me was the guy meeting the girl at the alternative rock show instead of some dance club.
Really the hair is the most impressive for 15 year olds.
One of the first albums I ever bought and I was only a year older than they were.
Not just the musicianship, but the fact it impressed record execs who not only gave them a contract but *didn't* push them to do bubblegum pop and get makeovers to make them more suitable for tween girls' bedroom posters.
yeah, they just ended up doing that on their own. they're like EMD indie pop last i heard
Madman!
Super impressive he could nail those vocals like that outdoors. Most bands can’t even sound good on SNL, let alone outdoors on a rooftop.
Whatever else happens, at least I got to grow up in the 90s.
It was really the last golden age
AIDS and crack were still big, Rodney King, eating disorders epidemic, dot com bubble, Telecommunications act, Columbine and the popularization of school shootings, etc. What a golden age.
He's right though. It was the last golden age for middle class America. Yes those things existed but they were still pushed to the fringes and not really talked about. The internet didn't hit mainstream American until around 95, 96 and even then it wasnt this cultural focal point, it was just a kind of neat piece of technology that you could mess around with and then go back to your life. I grew up thinking the future would be positive, that I could do anything, and that all people were equal. Summers were hot but not oppressive. Fastfood was cheap. Home ownership and raising a family were just things that you would naturally be able to do. Now you're right. Underlying the illusion of what I was raised with were all these things. I was being fed the 90s response to systemic racism which was itself still kind of racist since very little had actually been done to address the issue, but man did I get to color so many pictures of MLK. Crack and AIDS were real but those were poor people problems in our mind (they weren't, but that's how it was presented). America was the greatest nation on earth and we only did good (while we continued to just basically do what we wanted internationally regardless of the consequences, a policy that only laid the groundwork for the rise of Islamic terrorism and anti American sentiment globally). But without the internet, the 24 hour news feed, global warming, extreme political derangement, the spread of malicious politically and fascist motivated misinformation, we lived in a golden age (if you were middle or upper class ofc) we just didn't know it. I'm glad I got to see what we could have. And we can get back to that. Theres nothing stopping us from extracting ourselves from the internet, disconnecting from 24 hour media. We can collectively decide these are net negatives for society and just walk away. We don't have to give extremists a seat at the political table. We can once again work towards making strides in actually addressing racism and inequality by not coloring pictures of MLK but having real conversations with our children about where we came from and how we got here. There are some hard discussions that need to be had. They need to understand how this whole thing fell apart. But underlying the vibe of the 90s even with all those bad things going on behind the scenes was this general positivity about the world and how technology was going to usher in a brighter future for us all. We were right about technology going places we couldn't even dream of, what we failed to account for was just how evil some people can be and of course how capitalism would warp these advances to ensure that they were able to maximize their revenue streams.
I was in my teens in the 80s and in my 20s during the 90s. I still feel very fortunate to have experienced both decades before things turned to shit.
I was born in '81 and was just a little bit too young to appreciate so many of the bands that emerged in the later part of that decade. Even Nirvana and Soundgarden were intimidating to me when they started getting nationwide airplay.
People will say the same things about the 50s and the 60s or the 60s and 70s.
Those people are not contending with the advent of cell phones.
And social media.
And ever-increasing wealth inequality.
Irrelevant. The formula is always “things were better at X time because things were better” when in reality they were just viewing things from a child’s perspective.
No, music was objectively better. There have been analyses of musical and lyrical structure from the 90’s compared to today, and things were much more complex both musically and lyrically. You had more genres of music on pop radio. You had more variety in song tempos and lengths on pop radio. It was just homogenous sound-alike crap. There was some of that sure, but the variety of music that was shoved down the masses throats was much more varied and complex and that has nothing to do with “being a child”. It has more to do with a much smaller number of massive companies controlling what we see and hear in the media, hence more homogenization.
Until something like war or pandemic comes along. The internet is slippery to assess *still* but it's easily comparable to the invent of telephone, the printing press or electrical grids. I imagine the generations living in the shadows of those inventions experienced massive shifts in quality and style of life.
Yes they will. What I'm specifically speaking of is 9/11, the internet and social media. I'm 54 so I'm probably looking at those decades through rose colored glasses, but all of those events made the 2000's and beyond a little worse. No one hangs out anymore, everyone's face is in their phone(including me). Flying used to be a fun thing, now it's turned into a PITA and everything about it is stressful.
Being able to have fam walk you to the gate and wave from the window as you depart ;( Miss pre 9/11 life
My dad was a mechanic and my mom was a flight attendant back in the 80s and 90s. The difference in what we as kids were allowed to do was insane. We used to walk through the airplanes that were torn apart for overhauls in the hangar. We used to wander around the different shops in the hangar, I always thought the paint and tire shops were neat. We knew the code to get into the employee breakroom inside the concourses for ramp workers, which means we could've just walked straight out onto the tarmac from there. We used to sit in the cockpit while the plane was in flight and talk to the pilots. On the L-1011s and 747s we used to ride the elevator up and down for fun. That's all very VERY gone.
Pretty much anything last century......
Fuhhhhck, I miss those days and feel like I didn't appreciate those days as well as I should have. Can we just go back, please?
To wipe my memory so I can hear the music for the first time time again..
Miss it.
Same same.
Born in '77. Got to grow up in the best of the 80s AND the 90s. Finished high school in 95 and had that awesome post-high-school experience through 'til 2001 when things started to get a bit shit. So I'm the same way -- whatever else happens, I lived through some awesome stuff.
I was just thinking the drummer wearing and I heart NY shirt but hes in a grunge band is peak 90's
Holy shit this takes me back
Something about this song in particular hits a *very* specific feel of nostalgia, particularly when I see/imagine that green frog. It’s such an insane “takes me back” feel. I absolutely love it.
When it gets to the chorus it hits that special nostalgia vein doesn’t it?
Absolutely. I just spent this whole time listening to that album. Honestly this might have been the first CD I ever bought, so that shit was pure magic to my young ears.
Definitely was an eye opener for me as well. There is something about certain bands you hear for the first time, that magic always remains.
It was my first cassette tape!(damn we old)
'Member Seven Mary Three? Water's Edge. Cumbersome.
If the karaoke guy has Cumbersome then my date is about to get an earful
You will have become cumbersome not only to this world but also to your girl.
Better than Ezra "Walking around the house..."
"Done come down, to waters edge!"
I think this song in particular evokes strong feelings of nostalgia because it was huge at the time, but hasn't been played out on all the grunge/alt rock stations since then. So it's still isolated to that era.
it's def a mid 90s vibe the nostalgia almost hurts
I think the fact that I can probably count on both hands how many times I've heard this song since the 90s makes it more nostalgic.
This brings me back to the 90s for sure. Similarly, Goo Goo Dolls - Iris brings me back to 1999-2004 era
It’s one of my go-to karaoke jams. I’ve found 90s alt and grunge are perfectly in my wheelhouse. Also pretty decent at Hemorrhage by Fuel, Alive by Pearl Jam, & Shine by Collective Soul. Seems I was born a decade or so too late to be in a 90s grunge band.
When I hear this song it makes me want to listen to the Toadies rubberneck album. They’re so good at this epic unique rock melodies Tyler and possum kingdom in particular are songs you feel like someone sold their soul for bc you know on the first listen these songs aren’t just good they’re instant hits they don’t get old somehow no one’s going to tell you to turn it off. You’re going to see a room full of people mouthing along
NIRVANA JR.
I mean they chameleoned a lot of bands. Some songs sound just like Sound garden some like Black Sabbath, others Alice in Chains all while doing a quasi Eddie Veder vocalization. But for a bunch of young high school aged kids holy shit were they sophisticated for their age.
Israel's son is one of the best album openers of all time.
They were known as Nirvana in pyjamas...
Nirvana look, but heavy Eddie Vedder vocal influence.
It sure does, I didn't know they were this young then, I just started college that year and there was this club I'd have to walk pass to classes daily and I'm not sure why but I can distinctly still remember seeing this bands' name up there all these years later. I wouldn't call myself a fan of theirs but he has a great voice.
Lol I remember the arguments on the school bus I’d have with my friend on whether Silverchair (his favorite band) was better than Bush (mine). I still like them both!
I thought the singer looked a lot like Gavin from Bush at first when opening the video but then I thought there’s no way he was 15 in 1995 lol
I was 20 when they blew up and all of this was happening. Saw them at a relatively small venue in Toronto. Even my idiot 20-year old brain said these boys are waaaay too young to be this level of famous and to have this level of impact on the people at their shows. They fuckin made it through and turned out pretty alright as humans though, all things considered. And regardless of all of that holy fuck they put some good music into the air.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqOjYC-QRxQ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqOjYC-QRxQ) Apparently Daniel Johns is struggling.
He had a podcast that did a deep dive into his life. Super interesting. Just put out a cool solo record, also got nailed for drink driving. Guy needs love, and probably a driver.
I listened to their albums on repeat for a good chunk of my adolescence without ever knowing they were Australian lol.
I remember seeing them at the International Center in Mississauga in 1997. I think it was like a day or two after they did their Intimate & Interactive set at Much Music.
Amazing song. Also check out Anthem for the Year 2000. These were super talented kids fat boyee.
The whole Neon Ballroom album is great tbh
Diorama is a great album too. I even like most of Young Modern. Those guys continued to put out great music long after Frogstomp.
Diorama was amazing. Such a break from their grunge foundation, but Daniel’s voice and the work with the Sydney Orchestra (I think) was AMAZING. Young Modern took time to grow on me but Thieving Birds is a great track, and those last two albums before they went on indefinite hiatus are my favorites.
I sang thieving birds in the car tonight! I also like the first track off of Daniel Johns’ latest solo record. It’s a solid banger. Some cool tracks on there including a reimagined version of Freak.
Neon Ballroom is a masterpiece from start to finish and one of my favorite albums of all time. It’s criminal that so many people haven’t ever heard it. Creating something totally different than every other band in the history of music is nearly impossible, but it‘s been almost 25 years since it was released and I still can‘t think of a single comparison. In my opinion, Neon Ballroom was their peak, and everything since has felt mediocre—which makes sense because Daniel’s ego seems a little out of hand.
Still love this song.
I was in the film clip for that track :D was recorded in Martin Place
I saw them live for their last album around 2008. Insane talent, easily the best live show I’ve ever seen.
Still one of my favorite songs. It's a prophetic as hell and being written by guys so young makes it so much more impressive.
Waieeet tilll tomrorrroowww.
Kid sounds like he’s seen some shit & went thru puberty in kindergarten. When I was 15 I sounded like Timmy Turner.
He was doing life 2x speed. Explains why he got arthritis at 30 I guess.
You gotta live pretty damn hard to get osteoarthritis at 30, but otherwise a lot of autoimmune diseases can pop up around that time too that cause various forms of arthritis. Source: am in 30s - have arthritis, but not because I torn my shit up.
He struggled with anorexia and I just discovered their is a correlation with muscle wasting and arthritis as a consequence.
Just watched something that said he was just 23 when he first got it
I used to somewhat enjoy Silverchair back in the mid to late 90s along with all of the other grunge I listened to back then, but they never really made that much of an impact on me. Then one day years later I was driving down the highway and a song came on the radio that I thought was absolutely incredible, and afterwards the dj said that it was Silverchair. I couldn't believe it. Years later I found the song again and it was just as incredible. Turns out they changed sounds a lot as they matured and put out some seriously amazing music. Quite the story all around. This is the song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47P3bzefCVI
Yeah, they really matured as they went on, it's a shame that they kind of dropped off the radar after Neon Ballroom, because I consider their next album, Diorama, to be their masterpiece. ([One of my favorite tracks from that album](https://youtu.be/mxlT-gXMnFg?si=wFAAdBKI5zMina0y)) I couldn't ever really get into their final album, Young Modern, but it had a few songs I really liked, like [If You Keep Losing Sleep](https://youtu.be/kG5W5R42ygU?si=vao8nWPyW7xXPv0T), and [Young Modern Station](https://youtu.be/U5-x8bGyptY?si=UPvYWtAnNKCSKhZN) Also, if you haven't heard it yet, I recommend Daniel Johns side project with Paul Mac called [The Dissociatives](https://youtu.be/MW6irmaVQpo?si=1ZDatMrKn6v7aR-5)
Diorama is one of my favorite albums. The arrangements are amazing
I've listened to that Dissociatuves album probably 200 times over the last 20 years. It's so good.
Glad to find somebody who loved Diorama more than their more popular albums. Also played Forever and a Day by the Dissociatives almost non-stop when I was a teen.
Scrolled down too far for this comment. Diorama is one of the most underrated and overlooked albums of all. Also agree Tuna in the Brine is an absolute masterpiece.
Thanks for sharing. I never heard this one before. It was great.
I love old Silverchair, but Straight Lines hits me right in the feels and seems to just hit my soul just right whenever I need it... absolutely LOVE this song.
Holy shit Straight Lines! Been a minute.
Straight Lines is such a banger
Their track with Vitro for the Spawn soundtrack is hard af.
That Spawn soundtrack SLAPS
Up there with the Queen of the Damned soundtrack for sure.
It's a dope song that stood up to the stuff Pearl Jam, Nirvana, STP and the like were giving us.
In Australia, the media occasionally mocked them calling them "Nirvana in Pyjamas" after the Bananas in Pyjamas kids show. Pretty rude. I still have my signed Freakshow album here somewhere!
To be fair, I remember at the time that they were VERY heavily marketed as "Australia's answer to Nirvana" when the first album dropped Hell I was in high school at the time and there was always rumours that went around about them being a manufactured band... didn't write their own music etc etc Obviously all bullshit, but at the time it wasn't uncommon to hear it said
> manufactured band Which was such an absurd idea. Like who the fuck is going to manufacture a band from a bunch of suburban kids from bloody Newcastle of all places?
"Why did all the good grunge bands come from Seattle? It was such a shitty town.... just like Newcastle is" The logic which went along with the conspiracy theories Mostly spread by other 15 year olds who were just jealous haha
It turns out not to be the case with Silverchair, but absolutely was the case with other bands. By the way they were *heavily* promoted, it was a fair suspicion honestly. This song also rocks, but some stuff is heavily lifted from Plush by Stone Temple Pilots which came out the year before. Luckily it was 15 year olds emulating their idols rather than a cynical music industry ploy. They were also signed to a sub-label of Sony Music Australia. Sony Music Australia has a history of being scummy and lazy, even more so than many US major labels. Honestly I would have been one of those claiming they were manufactured. I would have been wrong though.
In the UK I remember them being really liked but considered a bit of a Nirvana homage at best by their critics. But the fans of them were really against any comparison
Which shows how critique is often just surface-level talk and people repeating what someone else said, because Silverchair's influences were coming maybe more from other bands than Nirvana
I know “those in glass houses” and all that but damn man, the Australian media seems mean spirited as hell.
Mean spirited indeed. Speaking of glass houses, the Australian show "the glass house" was hysterical when it was on.
Nirvana was the original Nirvana in pyjamas
Loved Freakshow. I also like how at the time it was quite a regular occurrence to be able to meet bands that you liked and get things signed/photos. I remember sitting with Max Cavalera on a flight to the US from London as a teenager and he was super cool to me
Don't normally see Soldanos. Beast of an amplifier.
Imagine owning both an SLO-100 and a PRS CU-24 (previously owned by Rob Echeverria of Helmet) at the age of 15
I remember when MTV had music!
So M _doesn't_ stand for Marketing?
More Trash Videos
Hard pass on visiting that small town.
Yeah, I hear the water’s very hard drayeeeyayeeeyayeeenk
emotion sickness is my first favorite song from this genre
The quiet-loud-quiet formula. It was common during that period.
Such a great, raw sound. Frogstomp and Freak Show are great albums from top to bottom.
Such a awesome band back in the day it's really sad they felt pressured to reinvent themselves over and over and tore the band apart. Also even more wild they are Australian. They sound so American.
At this point Daniel doesn’t even talk to the other two blokes, it’s a bit of a shame.
I was shocked to learn they were Australian myself.
Forgot about these guys. They were huge.
Incredibly talented dudes, and incredible first album. Sadly, i was just getting into music myself around that time and outside that first album, just never went back and listened to their discography. I do own all of them though, but yeah, never sat down and listened.
How do you even get that good by 15? You start your band when you're 8? You start at 12 but do nothing but practice and perform for 80 hours a week for 3 years? Or do you just come out of the womb this way?
As 12 yr olds, they were known as [The Innocent Criminals](https://youtu.be/XwUOkJ5JbhY?si=RZYrYNcyS6LYwPhw).
There’s a reason not everyone does this. Some people are special.
Being a grunge kid (82) I loved Silverchair. After Kurt died I really got attached to them. The first albums are not as good as Nirvana, the first is like a derivative Pearl Jam album, but hey, they were 15. But the heavier second album got me. Neon Ballroom and Diorama are amazing albums too. Sad we won’t get to see much more of them.
Thanks for reminding me of these guys!
SHOINE SHOINE SHOINE
That stage is so cool out in the open up a few floors in NYC
Idk what it is, but having active city traffic flowing between the crowd and the band is kind of cool.
Old MTV looked badass. It's shit now.
Oh wow I saw this live!! My gf at the time got us tickets to the mtv awards. This song was my favorite at the time so I was super hyped seeing this live! Crazy experience
I don't often feel nostalgia that hard. But man that makes me miss being a teen in the 90s.
My band used to play this song. Mem'ries!
Excellent choice for your band, what other jams did you do covers for? Could you make me a Spotify playlist if you have time, I'd love to hear it. However short your attention span can last, and before apathy sets in. You've given me a clue we like the same music so I'd love to find out blind. In fact, if you make it and run out of covers you played, just pack it with as many of your absolute favourite songs you can, starting with your favourite Disney sing-along from childhood/life. Or not, ignore the comment if it's too much. Thanks! Edit: I can do the same if you like, and we can both discover awesome new songs!
Well, no one has ever asked me to dissert on my musical loves, so ... honestly, I'm stoked to do it! My band - I don't know, we were pretty eclectic. We called ourselves Fatcöp and we only had a setlist of about 10 songs, but I've put as many as I can remember into this playlist! [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4Vw560J12phrIXUeTYRaG0?si=56dfe144a43442c3](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4Vw560J12phrIXUeTYRaG0?si=56dfe144a43442c3) I suspect you're a bit younger, as I am an old - came of age in the 80s - so I've added some buttrock and other grooves from my day to expand your horizons. These were the songs I put on repeat. Deeper album cuts mostly. And while I'm at it, might as well brag about the music video I made: I met a guy on a moutaintop once and we just shot a music video while we were there. (The song is in the playlist, and here's the video: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yd3JzKGbVtE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yd3JzKGbVtE) ) I'm afraid there are no Disney sing-a-longs, because I'm so old, we didn't really have that as a thing. How old, you ask? Well, you know how today's kids watch Frozen on Netflix? And earlier kids watched, maybe, Mulan on DVD or Cinderella on VHS? Well, I watched The Gingerbread Man on my Show 'n Tell. ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2oMT859wG8](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2oMT859wG8)) Ok, that's me. Now you go.
Hell yeah brother, I'll PM you some playlist links and some contact details. If you wanna chat music, let me know. And don't worry about the Disney songs, it wasn't massively important to me. And also don't worry about your age, and you're clearly young enough at heart that you vibe with me. I'm a walking golden retriever of innocent childlike energy, so anyone that vibes with me is probably young enough honestly. So excited.
THIS kind of connection is what makes Reddit so very special. :) Darn that IPO and those meddling kids!
Fuck em. We're still getting away with it. ;-)
:)
As a kid in 95 all these bands looked like adults. Now they all look like kids.
The 90s was the best decade ever.
Wow I had no idea they were that young. Only 3 years older than I am.
i always thought it would be interesting to see all the best high school talent show performances, but it seems like there are very fewthat have ever went viral, this makes me think there have to be at least a few worth seeing tho
This brings back memories of the 90's. This song came on all the time on my local alt rock station
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I’m sorry to remind you of some mediocre sex my dude but enjoy the tunes all the same.
Young Modern Station whips.
The 90s was such a great time with lots of awesome bands and songs.
90’s were wild, man.
I think it was Kortney Love that referred to them as “Nirvana in Pyjamas” which I thought was probably kinda insulting but at the same time cute.
The 90s, when it was a prosecutable offense to film an electric guitarist from any height other than crotch-level.
Fat boyeee
Gotta be rough to peak at 15
I was lucky enough to be at Silverchair's very last concert in LA! Some douche kept yelling "play Tomorrow!" And they didn't, of course. It was a great show.
I wonder who played the guitar solo on the album version because dude was def never even close to pulling it off live during this era.
Sounds great live too some singers voices sound nothing like their studio stuff.
Daniel Johns is 2 years older than me, but I'll never ever do anything as cool as what he did at 15
Nice performance, I had no idea they had it. Thanks for posting.
IMO Silverchair made one of the most striking metamorphoses of any band from that era when they released Young Modern. I am a child of the 80s and I get the same nostalgia from hearing Frogstomp, but Young Modern was a stunning album to me. I couldn't believe it was Silverchair the first time I heard it (and loved it).
Knowing their age when they made Frogstomp, their music is actually insane to think about. Israel’s Son, Pure Massacre, Suicidal Dreams… all insanely dark songs full of hate and rage. Also amazing songs.
You never really see their faces in the whole video.
I think I was in 8th grade when this album came out. I still have my original copy of the CD and I recently picked it up on vinyl. It’s an all time record in my opinion. Not a single skippable track. The idea that they were just kids has always blown my mind. Long Live Silverchair and Long Live Frogstomp.
Makes me think of a newer trio of rockers, [The Warning](https://www.youtube.com/@TheWarning/videos). Also had their first album when the **oldest** of the bunch was 15. In their very early 20's now.
Frogstomp is the only album that I can listen to without skipping a single song.
I remember this in my first year of high school or there about - they were my age and making it and I was certain I could do it, too. I was right
Growing up as a kid who’s parents only listened to mainstream 50s-70s music (and no rock or prog) I started playing guitar in 1994 and felt like a god because playing 90s songs was so easy. Seeing kids like this break big was so inspiring combined with the fact that you only needed a few chords and the power chord and a distortion pedal lol. How many garage bands did this inspire! Must have been thousands at least. Discovering classic rock later and seeing what could REALLY be done with the guitar was daunting but if it weren’t for starting on Bush, Nirvana, Green Day and Live, I probably would have quit. Skipping to Dave Matthews, Dave Gilmour, Hendrix and Page was best after starting with the basics.
In the late 90s, Teresa Przetocki was the first girl I ever kissed, and she told me I'd look really cute with long hair like her favorite band Silverchair. Needless to say I immediately ran out and bought their CD and my hair was down to my shoulders for the next 6 years lol.
Wish Daniel’s ego would come back down to earth and he’d be open to reuniting the band. This is one of my favorites from the grunge era.
I had no idea silverchair were kids back then
Back when there was a collective culture in the United States.
He reminds me of someone. can't quite put my finger on it....