Guest Black Lushus Report post Posted February 2, 2003 I recenetly purchased their album "Diorama". This is actually the first album of their's I've ever listened to. It's a kind of different style, but I really like this album. "Greatest View" and "Tuna In The Brine" are really good tracks. Didn't the lead singer have some kind of serious health problems recently? Anyway, what does everyone else think of them? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Kinetic Report post Posted February 2, 2003 I think they suck. I haven't heard the album in question, but I've been exposed to their dreadful first and second albums (Frogstomp and...uh...Freak Show or something along those lines) via my father. They basically cop Nirvana and Pearl Jam to the nth degree, which was passe in 1995 and is downright archaic in 2003. And their lyrics...good god, their lyrics. Just awful, illiterate tripe. For instance, who could forget "the water out of the tap is very...hard to drink! VERY HARD TO DRINK!"? Not me, I assure you. So, yeah, I don't think much of Silverchair. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Black Lushus Report post Posted February 2, 2003 hahahahaha, well like I said, this was my first album of theirs, and yes the lyrics can seem suspect at times, but I think this album is catchy. oh well... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Scarlet Pimpernel Report post Posted February 2, 2003 You really shouldn't judge the band by their first two albums. They were 14-15 years old when they wrote Frog Stomp, and 16-17 when they wrote Freak Show. They're a hell of a lot more mature than they were back then. Their two later albums, Neon Ballroom and Diorama are FAR superior and quite good. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Renegade Report post Posted February 2, 2003 I only like Israel’s son because it was on the Street fighter the animated movie soundtrack. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Lethargic Report post Posted February 2, 2003 I hated Frogstomp, still do. But every album after that has been great. Their first album they were doing the whole Nirvana thing and it just annoying. After that they seemed to start developing their own sound and really turned into a great pure hard rock band. Was pretty much the only mainstream pure rock band there for a while that didn't resort to DJs and computers. That was until they put out Diorama which is one of the worst albums I've ever heard from any band. Seemed like a lame attempt to be serious and arty instead of just dropping to D and throwing some kick ass rock songs together like they had been doing up until that point. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest evenflowDDT Report post Posted February 2, 2003 I couldn't make it through all of their early stuff, but I really liked Neon Ballroom, and will even go so far as to say that, despite totally aping Nirvana's sound, "Anthem for the Year 2000" is a much better "youth anthem" than "Smells Like Teen Spirit" ever was. Haven't heard their new album. Didn't even think they were still around, to be frank. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest The Man in Blak Report post Posted February 2, 2003 I couldn't make it through all of their early stuff, but I really liked Neon Ballroom, and will even go so far as to say that, despite totally aping Nirvana's sound, "Anthem for the Year 2000" is a much better "youth anthem" than "Smells Like Teen Spirit" ever was. Oh, HEEEEEEELL no. "Smells Like Teen Spirit" summed up the boredom and general distaste of an entire generation. "Anthem for the Year 2000" doesn't even ape Nirvana's sound correctly, amid throwing around a five-star bunch of tripe like "We are the youth / we'll take your fascism away." Oh, gee - let us all fight the machine evil together with our total cultural anonymity! Grab your homogenized gardening implement and strike back at the oppressors! All of this while slowly grinding through chords with no spirit at all - you could fall into a coma while listening to "Anthem." I know it's commonplace to shit all over Nirvana because of the overexposure of Nevermind, but LORDY GAWD let's be a little realistic here. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Respect The 'Taker Report post Posted February 2, 2003 I think they suck. I haven't heard the album in question, but I've been exposed to their dreadful first and second albums (Frogstomp and...uh...Freak Show or something along those lines) via my father. They basically cop Nirvana and Pearl Jam to the nth degree, which was passe in 1995 and is downright archaic in 2003. And their lyrics...good god, their lyrics. Just awful, illiterate tripe. For instance, who could forget "the water out of the tap is very...hard to drink! VERY HARD TO DRINK!"? Not me, I assure you. So, yeah, I don't think much of Silverchair. I agree with Kinetic. Being an Aussie we get the Silverchair blowjob show here everyfuckingday on our music channel - Channel V. I was very much into Pearl Jam when SC hit the big time, and the similarities are endless. Only difference is Pearl Jam are original and better. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Agent of Oblivion Report post Posted February 2, 2003 They're fucking horrid. I'd add something more constructive, but everyone else has made all the pertinent points. Especially with that Year 2000 song garbage. I've never heard a more desperate attempt to write something anthemic. Talk about grasping at straws. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest saturnmark4life Report post Posted February 2, 2003 I have to agree the 'year 2000' one was one of the worst things I have ever heard, and they have always been SHIT. 'The Best of Silverchair' still cracks me up whenever I see it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LaParkaYourCar 0 Report post Posted February 3, 2003 Someone once told me........and this is not from me........that Silverchair took Nirvana's guitar parts and just played them backwards for their songs. Yeah sounds strange to me.......the person that told me this was kind of dumb. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest evenflowDDT Report post Posted February 4, 2003 I know it's commonplace to shit all over Nirvana because of the overexposure of Nevermind, but LORDY GAWD let's be a little realistic here. I am being realistic. "Anthem for the Year 2000" has a message - a VERY obvious message, but a message nonetheless. More importantly, its interpreted message and its intended message are actually one and the same. My problem with "Smells Like Teen Spirit" as an anthem is that it was written in obscure references to Seattle's music scene, and the overexposure shoved it down enough people's throats that they made up another message, that never really applied. Which is why I can make such an absurd claim that "Anthem for the Year 2000" is a better anthem - because at its core its a more sensible message and interpretation. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Coffey Report post Posted February 4, 2003 I like the song "Tomorrow" off of, I belive, Frogstomp. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
