Did Anyone Else Love Silverchair?

[NSL]

I know they never lived up to the hype of being the "next-gen" Alice In Chains, but I still liked them. Their first two albums were listenable, but when Neon Ballroom came out, I figured they were just one step away from the big time.

Anthem For The Year 2000 and Ana's Song were great songs, and the album was complimented by tracks like Emotion Sickness. I had the album on repeat, and knew every word and every break. Then, Diorama hit the shelves and I bought it right away. And, it was shit. Surprising to me, expected by most.

Then, they went on an extended hiatus to pursue some solo projects, and also for Daniel Johns to take care of his battle with anorexia. When they returned, I was somewhat psyched, as I heard they had returned to their earlier sound. They had a song or two that did, but for the most part, it was never the same to me.

 

[Richard]

One of Australia's most iconic bands, Silverchair. I don't mind Silverchair. I was only very young when they were starting to become fairly big but I knew of them when I was little and knew they were good but I didn't fully understand how good they were. For me, my faveourites from them would have been Anthem for the Year 2000 and Freak. I really liked Freak because of the opening guitar work and it's chorus.

I was disappointed to say the least with their release of the album, Young Modern because I felt that with everyone hyping them up and their comeback and the new album and from listening to some of their older stuff back again I got fairly excited and I like the song Straight Lines but I wasn't much of a fan of the rest of the album. If You Keep Losing Sleep made me shake my head, I really didn't like that song. They lost something during their hiatus.

 

[The Dewbliners]

Well, I absolutely loved Neon Ballroom. It was one of the best records I'd heard in a long time. Especially the songs Ana's Song and Anthem for the Year 2000. The main reason I like Ana's is because of the reason Daniel wrote it. Like he, I've battled the anorexia, but I digress.

I've not heard the entire Modern Young album, but what I have heard is exceptional. The only fault I've found with it, is Daniel left Natalie Imbruglia shortly after it's release, but that's a personal decision on his part, so I can't judge.

 

[justinsayne]

I wouldn't say I loved them, they were a decent band in all, had some good songs, but they never really stood out to me, though know/knew plenty of girls who were absolutely in love with this band, like completely obsessed with them, for some reason bands like Silverchair and Bush were extremely popular with girls when I was in HS

 

[The Mark of Zur-En-Arrh]

can't honestly say i've ever enjoyed Silverchair. They seemed a lot like such bands as Taproot and InMe who i also didn't appreciate very much. But that was some 5 or 6 years ago, and my preferences have changed somewhat since then so i may have a better appreciation for them now, but i strongly doubt it.

 

[Hip2bsquare]

I really like Silverchair. Their old stuff was awesome and even though once they cam back their sound was a little bit different I got used to it and became a huge fan of that as well.

Really got hooked listening to Straight Lines, but still like listening to Tomorrow, Freak, Anthem for Year 200, Ana's Song list goes on.

Went to see Across the Great Divide, Powderfinger and Silverchair, in Melbourne last year (I think). Was awesoeme, Silverchair were simply fantastic.