Silverchair Diorama CD

Silverchair’s story is now written in music folklore. Formed in 1992 in the Newcastle surf-side side suburb of Merewether, Silverchair’s rise was meteoric.

The band, consisting of singer/songwriter/guitarist Daniel Johns, drummer Ben Gillies and bassist Chris Joannou, became a global phenomenon, propelling them on to some of the world’s biggest stages and achieving album sales in excess of 6 million worldwide. The band signed with the Sony Music Entertainment Australia subsidiary label Murmur in 1994 after winning a national demo competition conducted by SBS TV and national youth broadcaster Triple J. Their debut single ‘Tomorrow’ was a breakthrough success, reaching #1 on the ARIA Singles Chart and remaining there for six weeks.

The band’s first album Frogstomp also debuted at #1 on the ARIA Albums Chart and achieved sales of 4 x platinum. It reached the Billboard Top Ten in the US, making Silverchair the first Australian band to achieve that since INXS. All of Silverchair’s subsequent studio albums, Freakshow (double- Platinum), Neon Ballroom (triple-Platinum), Diorama (triple-Platinum) and Young Modern (triple-Platinum) debuted at #1 in Australia. Silverchair also holds the record for the greatest number of ARIA Award wins with a total of 21. Total album sales across the Silverchair catalogue have now exceeded 6 million globally making them one of Australia’s most successful musical exports. ‘Diorama’, originally released in 2002 features the hit singles The Greatest View, Without You, Across The Night and Luv Your Life.