silverchair review in media gallery

[krustofsky]

the last place i lived had no proper broadband access so since ive moved ive been catching up on whats going on here,i found that review by silverchair of mexican wave very interesting,i know it was years ago but i detect a hint of sarcastic jealousy,,you could compare both bands as being very similar sounding but id say when they heard mexican wave they realised that was exactly the type of song they wanted to write but never could,yet they remained huge for years,it just proves that the irish music industry is full of shitheads and unless your some annoying acoustic songwriter or a poncy karaoke boyband forget about ever having your music pushed.
I know all that trouble kerbdog had with their record company was 10+ years ago but realisticaly nothing has changed.
We live in a horrible era of x-factor/simon cowell karaoke music.
Id love to hear other peoples opinions on this.

ps isnt it great boyzone are back together.

[Phily]

so, where might I find the silverchair review for the media gallery?
btw, yea can owe we for the Belfast trip by leading the Kilkenny trip!

[krustofsky]

mags page 2 on left hand side(australian dude sticking his fingers up)

[Conor]

Silverchair are decent. I only have Frogstomp, mind but I think there's a similarity. Kerbdog beatin them though.

[kerbdawg]

yeah i dont think it's a very good review at all. definitely get the hint of jealousy from it. also, what the fuck are they on about how do you surf in Ireland?! Come to donegal and we'll show you!
I do quite like silverchair, but that review was definitely had a bitter hint to it!

[mexicanwaver]

Bear in mind that at the time they did that "review" Silverchair were practically still in nappies. If they were anything like me at that age, they probably thought they knew what they liked and that anything else was shite. I reckon they'd manage a much more balanced and open-minded review if they were doing it these days......I mean for fuck's sake, after hearing early Silverchair no-one would've expected Daniel Johns to have gone off on the various musical tangents that he has done in recent years. So I don't think he'd be too overly critical of anyone else nowadays.

[dragginthru]

Silverchair are my 2nd favourite band (Kerbdog being 1st).
Neon Ballroom in my opinion is one of the finest albums of all time, the perfect combination of cruching guitars intertwined with orchestra. Amazing, listen to it
Freak Show got me into the band tho.

[USAKerbdogFan]

Silverchair is definitely in my top 10...maybe we need a thread for top 10 band favorites?  Frogstomp got me into Silverchair, and I like Diorama's orchestra the best.  Between the two of us I think we have all their albums covered, eh?  Looks like they have a new album "Young Modern" out now.  www.chairpage.com is their site...their music feels more indie/experimental.  What does everyone else think?

[krustofsky]

me reckons silverchair and kd were both marketed to look a tad like nirvana at the time(94-96).anyone else notice this?

[krustofsky]

Silverchair are decent. I only have Frogstomp, mind but I think there's a similarity. Kerbdog beatin them though.

beatin them a freakin mile

[dragginthru]

I agree that both bands did have look a bit nirvana-esque. I remember a review saying Cormac looked like Kurt!!!! Cant see that myself.

Oh and the Young Modern album by silverchair - great, as long as you are prepared to forget that its silverchair. It might as well be a totally different band. Not one guitar riff of a heavy nature at all. More like an electro tinged franz ferdinand meets blur! Weird.

[USAKerbdogFan]

The more I listened to Young Modern the weirder it got...who names a song "Those Thieving Birds" anyways?  Oddly enough, I still find it catchy.

It makes me think of how Kerbdog morphed into Wilt...though I'd like to see Silverchair revert to their grunge roots...and I wonder if they've revamped their old popular songs (Freak, Anthem for the Year 2000, etc.) for their live show.  I can't imagine Freak as a pop song though.

I almost got to see them on the Diorama tour...I had tickets but it was cancelled due to a really bad arthritis flareup in Daniel Johns' hands...oh well - can't win em all!