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{{Short description|Australian rock band}}
{{About||the 1953 C. S. Lewis novel|The Silver Chair|other uses|Silver Chair (disambiguation)}}
{{Use Australian English|date=January 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name              = Silverchair
| image             = silverchair.jpg
| alt               = 
| caption           = Silverchair performing in 2006.
| image_size        = 
| landscape         = yes
| alias             = {{plainlist|
* Innocent Criminals (1992–1994)
* The George Costanza Trio (1996)
* Short Elvis (1992, 2006)
}}
| origin            = [[Newcastle, New South Wales]], Australia
| genre             = <!--Do not add, remove or change genres without discussing on the talk page first.-->{{flatlist|
* [[Alternative rock]]
* [[grunge]]
* {{nowrap|[[art rock]]}}
* [[post-grunge]]
}}
| discography       = [[Silverchair discography]]
| years_active      = {{flatlist|
* 1992–2003
* 2005–2011
}}
| label             = {{flatlist|
* [[Murmur (record label)|Murmur]]
* [[Sony Music|Sony]]
* [[Epic Records|Epic]]
* [[Eleven: A Music Company|Eleven]]
* [[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]]
}}
| spinoffs   = {{flatlist|
* [[The Dissociatives]]
* [[Tambalane]]
}}
| website           = {{URL|chairpage.com}}
| past_members      = 
* [[Daniel Johns]]
* [[Ben Gillies]]
* [[Chris Joannou]]
}}

'''Silverchair''' <!-- DO NOT change this to "was": "were" is correct in Australian English for a band, which are treated as plurals. Past tense is also correct as the 'indefinite hibernation' is the band's euphemism for 'it's over'.-->were an Australian [[Rock music|rock]] band, which formed in 1992 as '''Innocent Criminals''' in [[Newcastle, New South Wales]], with [[Daniel Johns]] on vocals and guitars, [[Ben Gillies]] on drums, and [[Chris Joannou]] on bass guitar. The group got their big break in mid-1994 when they won a national demo competition conducted by [[SBS (Australian TV channel)|SBS TV]] show ''Nomad'' and ABC radio station [[Triple J]]. The band was signed by [[Murmur (record label)|Murmur]] and were successful in Australia and internationally. Silverchair has sold over 10 million albums worldwide.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Silverchair – Biography|url=https://www.chairpage.com/biography/|access-date=2020-08-11|website=chairpage.com|archive-date=8 April 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070408102600/https://www.chairpage.com/biography/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-12-02|title=Reflections of a Sound: 20 Years of Silverchair|url=https://artistwaves.com/reflections-of-a-sound-20-years-of-silverchair/|access-date=2020-08-11|website=Artist Waves – a voice of the artist platform|language=en-US}}</ref>

Silverchair have won more [[ARIA Music Awards]] than any other artist in history, earning 21 wins from 49 nominations. They also received six [[APRA Awards (Australia)|APRA Awards]], with Johns winning three songwriting awards [[APRA Awards of 2008|in 2008]]. All five of their studio albums debuted at number one on the [[ARIA Charts|ARIA Albums Chart]]: ''[[Frogstomp]]'' (1995), ''[[Freak Show (album)|Freak Show]]'' (1997), ''[[Neon Ballroom]]'' (1999), ''[[Diorama (Silverchair album)|Diorama]]'' (2002), and ''[[Young Modern]]'' (2007). Three singles reached the number-one slot on the related ARIA Singles Chart: "[[Tomorrow (Silverchair song)|Tomorrow]]" (1994), "[[Freak (Silverchair song)|Freak]]" (1997), and "[[Straight Lines (song)|Straight Lines]]" (2007).

Silverchair's [[alternative rock]] sound evolved throughout their career, with differing styles on specific albums growing more ambitious over the years, from [[grunge]] on their first two albums to later works displaying orchestral and [[art rock]] influences. The songwriting and singing of Johns had evolved steadily while the band had developed an increased element of complexity.

In 2003, following the release of ''Diorama'' the previous year, Silverchair went on hiatus. The band reunited at the 2005 [[Wave Aid]] concerts released their fifth album, ''Young Modern'', in 2007; and played the [[Across the Great Divide tour]] with contemporaries [[Powderfinger]]. In May 2011, Silverchair announced an indefinite hiatus.

== History ==
=== 1994–1997: Formation and early grunge releases ===
Silverchair's founders, [[Ben Gillies]] and [[Daniel Johns]], attended the same primary school in the [[Newcastle, New South Wales|Newcastle]] suburb of [[Merewether]].<ref name="Carr">{{cite news|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110527080053/http://www.theherald.com.au/news/local/news/general/silverchair-take-indefinite-break/2175141.aspx |url=https://www.newcastleherald.com.au/story/470721/silverchair-take-indefinite-break/ |title=Silverchair take "indefinite" Break |last1=Carr |first1=Matt |work=[[Newcastle Herald]]  |date=26 May 2011 |archive-date=27 May 2011 |access-date=12 October 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref> At "age 11 or 12", singer-guitarist Johns and drummer Gillies [[Rapping|rapped]] over an [[electronic keyboard]]'s demo button under their first band name, '''The Silly Men'''.<ref>{{Cite web |author=James Sullivan |date=1997-06-30 |title=Baby's Got the Blues / They're young! They're hot! They're just miserable! |url=https://www.ctinsider.com/entertainment/article/Baby-s-Got-the-Blues-They-re-young-They-re-2819971.php |access-date=2022-05-31 |website=CT Insider |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=04-09-2003 : Daniel Johns Interview on The Panel (Melbourne, Aus) | date=December 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pg-vQkmpUdo |language=en |access-date=2022-05-31}}</ref> As teenagers, they started playing music together more prominently—in one class, they built a stage out of desks and played rap songs for their schoolmates.<ref name="Munro"/> When they moved on to [[Newcastle High School (Australia)|Newcastle High School]], fellow student [[Chris Joannou]] joined the pair on bass guitar. In 1994, they formed Innocent Criminals with Tobin Finnane as a second guitarist, but he soon left.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.chairpage.com/_news/archive/1995/sep11.htm|title = Chairpage News Archive}}</ref><ref name="McF">McFarlane, [https://web.archive.org/web/20040419064908/http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=371 'silverchair'] entry. Archived from [http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=371 the original] on 19 April 2004. Retrieved 1 October 2011.</ref><ref name="AMGBio" /> They played numerous shows around the [[Hunter Region]] in their early teens; their repertoire included cover versions of [[Led Zeppelin]], [[Deep Purple]], and [[Black Sabbath]].<ref name="Nimmervoll"/><ref name="MABio">{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413163925/http://nla.gov.au/nla.cs-ma-NAMO~1626 |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.cs-ma-NAMO~1626 |title=Silverchair |publisher=[[Music Australia (online resource)|Music Australia]]. [[National Library of Australia]] |date=10 April 2003 |archive-date=13 April 2014 |access-date=13 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 1994, Innocent Criminals entered YouthRock—a national competition for school-based bands—and placed first ahead of older competition.<ref name="YouthRock">{{cite web | url = http://www.youthrock.com.au/html/history.html | title = Past performers | publisher = YouthRock | access-date =3 February 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080422185727/http://www.youthrock.com.au/html/history.html | archive-date = 22 April 2008 | url-status = dead }}</ref> The band recorded demos of "Acid Rain", "Cicada", "[[Pure Massacre]]", and "[[Tomorrow (Silverchair song)|Tomorrow]]" early in the year at Platinum Sound Studios.<ref name="McF"/>

In April, the band's mainstream breakthrough came when they won a national competition called Pick Me, using their demo of "Tomorrow".<ref name="McF"/><ref name="MABio"/> The competition was conducted by the [[Special Broadcasting Service|SBS]] TV show ''Nomad'' and [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] (ABC) alternative radio station [[Triple J]].<ref name="McF"/><ref name="MABio"/> As part of the prize, Triple J recorded the song and ABC filmed a [[music video|video]], which was aired on 16 June.<ref name="McF"/><ref name="AMGBio"/> For the video's broadcast, they had changed their name to Silverchair (styled as '''silverchair''' until 2002).<ref name="McF"/><ref name="Nimmervoll"/><ref name="Jenkins"/> In a 1994 interview with Melbourne magazine ''Buzz'', the band claimed the name derived from a radio request for "[[Sliver (song)|Sliver]]" by [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]] and "[[Berlin Chair]]" by [[You Am I]] being mixed up as Silver Chair.<ref name="Nimmervoll"/><ref name="Buzz">{{cite news | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101213231020/http://chairpage.com/press_releases/item/2/ | url = http://www.chairpage.com/press_releases/item/2/ | title = Interview with Silverchair | work = Buzz Magazine | date = 1 September 1994 | archive-date = 13 December 2010 | access-date =1 October 2011 }}</ref> It was later revealed they were named for the [[C. S. Lewis]]–penned novel ''[[The Silver Chair]]'' from ''[[The Chronicles of Narnia]]'' series.<ref name="Harmsworth">{{cite news|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110907003737/http://www.metro.co.uk/music/864421-silverchair-announce-split-because-being-in-a-band-is-no-fun-anymore |url=http://www.metro.co.uk/music/864421-silverchair-announce-split-because-being-in-a-band-is-no-fun-anymore |title=Silverchair Announce Split Because 'Being in a Band Is No Fun Anymore' |last1=Harmsworth |first1=Andrei |work=Metro |date=26 May 2011 |archive-date=7 September 2011 |access-date=12 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Sennett">{{cite book | chapter-url = https://books.google.com/books?id=JNBusPDBQxEC&q=silverchair+newcastle&pg=PA223 | title = Off the Record: 25 Years of Music | editor1-last = Sennett | editor1-first = Sean | editor2-last = Groth | editor2-first = Simon | chapter = Silverchair – No Complaints from the 'Chair | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=JNBusPDBQxEC | publisher = University of Queensland Press | location = Brisbane, QLD | year = 2010 | isbn = 978-0-7022-3863-5 | pages = 223–224 }}</ref> Aside from Innocent Criminals, the band has used '''The [[George Costanza]] Trio''' and '''Short [[Elvis]]''' as aliases.<ref name="Jenkins">{{cite book | title = Molly Meldrum presents 50 years of rock in Australia | last1 = Jenkins | first1 = Jeff | last2 =  Meldrum | first2 = Ian | author-link2 = Molly Meldrum | year = 2007 | publisher = Wilkinson Publishing | location = Melbourne, Vic | pages = 86, 231, 261–262 | isbn = 978-1-921332-11-1 }}</ref><ref name="Tribune96">{{cite news|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130517111915/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1996-12-24/features/9612240059_1_keanu-reeves-kidnews-polygram-video |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1996/12/24/thats-the-brakes-keanu/ |title=That's the Breaks, Keanu |work=[[Chicago Tribune]] |date=24 December 1996 |archive-date=17 May 2013 |access-date=14 October 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="WireImage">{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090417004016/http://www.wireimage.com/itemlistings.aspx?igi=175479&cl=1 |url=http://www.wireimage.com/itemlistings.aspx?igi=175479&cl=1 |title=Silverchair Perform As "Short Elvis" in Concert at the Gaelic Theatre in Sydney – March 16, 2006 |date=16 March 2006 |publisher=WireImage ([[Getty Images]]) |archive-date=17 April 2009 |access-date=14 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Following a bidding war between rival labels, Silverchair signed a three-album recording contract with [[Sony Music]] subsidiary [[Murmur (record label)|Murmur Records]].<ref name="McF"/><ref name="Nimmervoll"/> Initially, the group were managed by their parents.<ref name="SmashHits">{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030213170055/http://www.chairpage.com/timeline/1995/01/sc9501.html |url=http://www.chairpage.com/timeline/1995/01/sc9501.html |title=silverchair Speak Out! |work=[[Smash Hits]] |publisher=[[EMAP|EMAP Limited]] |date=January 1995 |archive-date=13 February 2003 |access-date=1 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Sony A&R manager John Watson, who was jointly responsible for signing the group, subsequently left the label to become their band manager. In September, their Triple J recording of "Tomorrow" was released as a four-track [[extended play]].<ref name="McF"/><ref name="Spencer">Spencer, et al.</ref> From late October, it spent six weeks at number-one on the [[ARIA Charts|ARIA Singles Chart]].<ref name="AUSCharts">{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023075719/http://www.australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Silverchair |url=http://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Silverchair |title=Silverchair Discography |last1=Hung |first1=Steffen |publisher=Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien |archive-date=23 October 2012 |access-date=13 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="TomorrowAUSChrt">{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120118224837/http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Silverchair&titel=Tomorrow&cat=s |url=http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Silverchair&titel=Tomorrow&cat=s |title=Silverchair – "Tomorrow" |last1=Hung |first1=Steffen |publisher=Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien |archive-date=18 January 2012 |access-date=13 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 1995, a re-recorded version of "Tomorrow" (and a new video) was made for the United States market, becoming the most played song on US modern rock radio that year.<ref name="AMGBio" />

Silverchair's debut album, ''[[Frogstomp]]'', was recorded in nine days, with production by [[Kevin Shirley]] ([[Lime Spiders]], [[Peter Wells (guitarist)|Peter Wells]]) and released in March 1995.<ref name="RSFrog" /><ref name="AMGFrogstomp" /><ref name="AMGKevinS">{{cite web|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/62Q4Sg66u?url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/r218511/review |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/r218511/review |title=Kevin Shirley > Credits |publisher=AllMusic  |archive-date=14 October 2011 |access-date=13 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> At the time of recording, the band members were 15&nbsp;years old and still attending high school.<ref name="AMGBio" /><ref name="RSFrog" /> ''Frogstomp'''s lyrical concepts were fiction-based, drawing inspiration from television, hometown tragedies, and perceptions of the pain of friends. The album was well received: [[AllMusic]] and ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' rated it in four and four-and-a-half stars, respectively, praising the intensity of the album, especially "Tomorrow".<ref name="RSFrog" /><ref name="AMGFrogstomp" />

''Frogstomp'' was a number-one album in Australia and New Zealand.<ref name="AUSCharts"/><ref name="TomorrowAUSChart">{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220620055904/http://www.allmusic.com/album/r218511/review |url=http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Silverchair&titel=Frogstomp&cat=a |title=Silverchair – ''Frogstomp'' |last1=Hung |first1=Steffen |publisher=Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien |archive-date=20 June 2022 |access-date=14 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> It reached the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard''&nbsp;200]] Top&nbsp;10, making Silverchair the first Australian band to do so since [[INXS]].<ref name="AMGBio" /> It was certified as a US double-[[Music recording sales certification|platinum album]] by the [[RIAA]], triple-platinum in Canada by the [[Music Canada|CRIA]], and multi-platinum in Australia.<ref name="McF"/><ref name="USCertifs"/><ref name="CRIA">{{Cite web |title=Canadian Certifications – Silverchair |url=http://www.musiccanada.com/GPSearchResult.aspx?st=&sa=Silverchair&smt=0 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120614192806/http://www.musiccanada.com/GPSearchResult.aspx?st=&sa=Silverchair&smt=0 |publisher=[[Music Canada]] |archive-date=14 June 2012 |date=14 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The album sold more than 4&nbsp;million copies worldwide.<ref name="AMGBio">Erlewine, "Silverchair > Biography".</ref><ref name="MABio"/> ''Paste'' magazine called this album the "[[last stand]]" of [[grunge]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/lists/2014/08/the-50-best-grunge-songs.html?a=1 |title=The 50 Best Grunge Songs |last=Danaher |first=Michael |date=4 August 2014 |website=pastemagazine.com |publisher=Paste |access-date=8 February 2017 |archive-date=11 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211080330/https://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/lists/2014/08/the-50-best-grunge-songs.html?a=1 |url-status=dead }}</ref> As ''Frogstomp'' and "Tomorrow" continued to gain popularity through 1995, the group toured the US, where they supported [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]] in June, the [[Ramones]] in September, and played on the roof of [[Radio City Music Hall]] at the [[MTV Video Music Award|MTV Music Awards]]. In September 1995, during Silverchair's tour in the United States, Johns was [[bottling (concert abuse)|hit with a bottle]] of alcohol in [[Santa Monica, California]] while performing "[[Israel's Son]]" and the injury required half a dozen stitches near his left eyebrow.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chairpage News Archive |url=https://www.chairpage.com/_news/archive/1995/sep07.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240801162634/https://www.chairpage.com/_news/archive/1995/sep07.htm |archive-date=1 August 2024 |access-date=14 June 2025}}</ref> In between touring, they continued their secondary education in Newcastle.<ref name="McF"/><ref name="AMOBio">{{cite web | url = http://www.amo.org.au/artist.asp?id=1626 | title = Artist :: Silverchair | publisher = [[Australian Music Online]] | access-date =12 March 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080731052441/http://www.amo.org.au/artist.asp?id=1626 | archive-date = 31 July 2008 | url-status = dead }}</ref> At the [[ARIA Music Awards of 1995]], the band won five awards out of nine nominations. To collect their awards on the night, they sent Josh Shirley, the young son of the album's producer.<ref name="Jenkins"/> At the ceremony, they performed [[Radio Birdman]]'s "New Race" with [[Tim Rogers (musician)|Tim Rogers]] (of [[You Am I]]); in 2019, Dan Condon of [[Double J (radio station)|Double J]] rated this as one of the "7 great performances from the history of the ARIA Awards."<ref name="Condon">{{cite web | url = https://www.abc.net.au/doublej/music-reads/features/aria-awards-musical-highlights/11738898 | title = 7 Great Performances from the History of the ARIA Awards – Music Reads | last = Condon | first = Dan | publisher = [[Double J (radio station)|Double J]] | date = 26 November 2019 | access-date = 24 December 2020 }}</ref> On 9 December 1995, Silverchair played "Pure Massacre" and "Tomorrow" on [[Saturday Night Live]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.chairpage.com/_news/archive/1995/dec01.htm|title = Chairpage News Archive}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://chairpage.com/tour/roadreports/1995/december9.htm|title = Chairpage News Archive}}</ref>

In a January 1996 murder case, the defendant counsel for Brian Bassett, 16, and Nicholaus McDonald, 18, of [[McCleary, Washington]], claimed that the pair listened to "Israel's Son", from ''Frogstomp'', which contributed to the 10 August 1995 murders of Bassett's parents and a younger brother.<ref name="KitSap"/><ref name="SeattlePI"/> McDonald's lawyer cited the lyrics "Hate is what I feel for you/I want you to know that I want you dead" which were "almost a script. They're relevant to everything that happened".<ref name="Elliott">{{cite news|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305025943/http://webspace.webring.com/people/gu/um_11847/article/kerrang9.html |url=http://webspace.webring.com/people/gu/um_11847/article/kerrang9.html |last1=Elliott |first1=Paul |title=Roo Fighters |work=[[Kerrang!]]  |year=1997 |archive-date=5 March 2016 |access-date=15 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The band's manager, Watson, issued a statement that they did not condone nor intend any such acts of violence.<ref name="SeattlePI">{{cite news|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110517062818/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-64653616.html |title=Attorney wants to open teen's murder trial with rock song |work=[[Seattle Post-Intelligencer]]  |date=18 January 1996 |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-64653616.html |archive-date=17 May 2011 |access-date=15 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Elliott"/> Prosecutors rejected the defence<!-- Australian English has defence not defense --> case and convinced the jury that the murder was committed to "steal money and belongings and run off to California."<ref name="KitSap">{{cite news|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425015748/http://m.kitsapsun.com/news/1996/feb/22/teen-sentenced-to-65-years-for-his-part-in/ |url=http://m.kitsapsun.com/news/1996/feb/22/teen-sentenced-to-65-years-for-his-part-in/ |title=Teen Sentenced to 65 Years for His Part in Murders |work=[[Kitsap Sun]] (Charles D Horton III) |date=22 February 1996 |archive-date=25 April 2012 |access-date=15 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Silverchair began recording their second studio album, ''[[Freak Show (album)|Freak Show]]'', in May 1996 while experiencing the success of ''Frogstomp'' in Australia and the US. Produced by [[Nick Launay]] ([[Birthday Party (band)|Birthday Party]], [[Models (band)|Models]], [[Midnight Oil]]) and released in February 1997,<ref name="Nimmervoll"/><ref name="Spencer"/> the album reached number one in Australia and yielded three top-10 singles: "[[Freak (Silverchair song)|Freak]]", "[[Abuse Me (Silverchair song)|Abuse Me]]", and "[[Cemetery (Silverchair song)|Cemetery]]".<ref name=AUSCharts /> Its fourth single, "[[The Door (Silverchair song)|The Door]]", reached No.&nbsp;25.<ref name=AUSCharts /> The songs focused on the anger and backlash that the expectations of ''Frogstomp'' brought upon the band.<ref name="Wooldridge">{{Cite news | title = ''Freak Show'' Review | work = Juice | first = Simon | last = Wooldridge | date = February 1997 }}</ref> ''Freak Show'' was certified gold in the US, 2× platinum in Australia, and global sales eventually exceeded 1.5&nbsp;million copies.<ref name="USCertifs">{{cite web | url = http://riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=&artist=Silverchair&format=&debutLP=&category=&sex=&releaseDate=&requestNo=&type=&level=&label=&company=&certificationDate=&awardDescription=&catalogNo=&aSex=&rec_id=&charField=&gold=&platinum=&multiPlat=&level2=&certDate=&album=&id=&after=&before=&startMonth=1&endMonth=1&startYear=1958&endYear=2008&sort=Artist&perPage=25 | archive-url = https://archive.today/20121216105601/http://riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=&artist=Silverchair&format=&debutLP=&category=&sex=&releaseDate=&requestNo=&type=&level=&label=&company=&certificationDate=&awardDescription=&catalogNo=&aSex=&rec_id=&charField=&gold=&platinum=&multiPlat=&level2=&certDate=&album=&id=&after=&before=&startMonth=1&endMonth=1&startYear=1958&endYear=2008&sort=Artist&perPage=25 | url-status = dead | archive-date = 16 December 2012 | title = Gold and Platinum – Silverchair | publisher = [[RIAA]] | access-date = 17 February 2008 }}</ref><ref name="accreditations1997">{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111013023251/http://aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-accreditations-albums-1997.htm |url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-accreditations-albums-1997.htm |title=ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 1997 Albums |publisher=[[Australian Recording Industry Association]] (ARIA) |archive-date=13 October 2011 |access-date=15 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="rage">{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111055125/http://www.abc.net.au/rage/guest/1999/silverchair.htm |url=http://www.abc.net.au/rage/guest/1999/silverchair.htm |title=silverchair |publisher=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] (ABC) |work=[[Rage (TV program)|rage]] |date=4 September 1999 |archive-date=11 November 2012 |access-date=15 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

=== 1997–2003: Artistic experimentation, critical and commercial success ===
By late 1997, the trio had completed their secondary education, and, from May 1998, they worked on their third album, ''[[Neon Ballroom]]'', with Launay producing again.<ref name="McF"/><ref name="Spencer"/> It was released in March 1999 and peaked at the number-one position in Australia.<ref name=AUSCharts /> Australian rock music historian [[Ian McFarlane]] said, "As well as being the band's best album to date, it was universally acknowledged as one of the best albums of the year."<ref name="McF"/> The band originally intended to take a 12-month break, but in the end they decided to devote their time to making music.<ref name="Kingsmill">{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/2000/daniel.htm |title=Daniel Johns of silverchair speaks to Richard Kingsmill|publisher=[[Triple J]] (Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)) |last1=Richard |first1 =Kingsmill|author-link1 = Richard Kingsmill|access-date=4 October 2011|date=29 November 2000| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090129231704/http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/2000/daniel.htm |archive-date = 29 January 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> ''Neon Ballroom'' provided three Australian top-20 singles: "[[Anthem for the Year 2000]]", "[[Ana's Song (Open Fire)]]" and "[[Miss You Love]]"; a fourth single, "Paint Pastel Princess", did not reach the top&nbsp;50.<ref name=AUSCharts /> The albums charted well internationally: ''Freak Show'' reached No.&nbsp;2 in Canada, and ''Neon Ballroom'' reached No.&nbsp;5.<ref name="AMGCharts">{{cite web|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240525130511/https://www.webcitation.org/62RBSCdRA?url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/silverchair-p144747/charts-awards/billboard-albums |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/silverchair-p144747/charts-awards/billboard-albums |title=Silverchair > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums |publisher=AllMusic  |archive-date=25 May 2024 |access-date=15 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Both reached the top&nbsp;40 on the [[UK Albums Chart|United Kingdom Albums Chart]].<ref name=UKCharts>{{Cite book | year = 2006 | editor-last = Roberts | editor-first = David | title = [[Guinness Book of British Hit Singles & Albums|British Hit Singles & Albums]] | edition = 19th | publisher = [[HIT Entertainment]] | isbn = 1-904994-10-5 }}</ref> "[[Abuse Me]]" reached No.&nbsp;4 on ''Billboard'''s [[Alternative Songs|Hot Modern Rock Tracks]] and [[Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks]] charts.<ref name="AMGSingles">{{cite web|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240525130431/https://www.webcitation.org/62RBCGrzv?url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/silverchair-p144747/charts-awards/billboard-singles |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/silverchair-p144747/charts-awards/billboard-singles |title=Silverchair > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles |publisher=AllMusic  |archive-date=25 May 2024 |access-date=15 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> "Ana's Song (Open Fire)" peaked at No.&nbsp;12 on the Hot Modern Rock Tracks.<ref name="AMGSingles"/>

In 1999, Johns announced that he had developed the eating disorder [[anorexia nervosa]] due to anxiety.<ref name="ODonnell">{{cite book | chapter-url = https://books.google.com/books?id=VYitYLAtkdkC&q=Silverchair | title = [[100 Best Australian Albums]] | last1 = O'Donnell | first1 = John | author1-link = John O'Donnell (music journalist) | last2 = Creswell | first2=Toby | author-link2 = Toby Creswell | last3 = Mathieson | first3 = Craig | publisher = Hardie Grant Books | date = October 2010 | location = [[Prahran, Victoria|Prahran, Vic]] | isbn = 978-1-74066-955-9 | chapter = 25: Silverchair – ''Neon Ballroom'' | pages = 90–91 }}</ref> Johns noted that the lyrics to "[[Ana's Song (Open Fire)]]" dealt with his disorder, where he would "eat what he needed ... to stay awake."<ref name="Fisher">{{cite magazine | url = https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/silverchair/articles/story/5921593/silverchair_frontman_reveals_battle_with_anorexia | title = Silverchair Frontman Reveals Battle with Anorexia | magazine = [[Rolling Stone]]  | date = 11 July 1999 | access-date =4 October 2011 | first = Blair R | last = Fisher | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090130015839/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/silverchair/articles/story/5921593/silverchair_frontman_reveals_battle_with_anorexia | archive-date = 30 January 2009 | url-status = dead }}</ref> He revealed that his eating problems developed from the time of ''Freak Show'' and when ''Neon Ballroom'' was written he "hated music, really everything about it", but he felt that he "couldn't stop doing it; I felt like a slave to it."<ref name="Sams">{{cite news|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111003141614/http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/06/05/1086377186083.html |url=http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/06/05/1086377186083.html |title=Anorexia almost killed me: Daniel Johns |work=[[Sydney Morning Herald]] |first=Christine |last=Sams |date=6 June 2004 |archive-date=3 October 2011 |access-date=15 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Johns sought therapy and medication but felt "It's easier for me to express it through music and lyrics".<ref name="ODonnell"/> During the process of recording ''Neon Ballroom'', according to Gillies in an article by British publication ''[[The Guardian]]'', "work" was used to describe the band by Johns.<ref name="NB2023">{{cite web | url = https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/oct/21/silverchair-ben-gillies-and-chris-joannou-on-rifts-daniel-johns-and-finding-closure | title = Silverchair's Ben Gillies and Chris Joannou on rifts, Daniel Johns and finding closure: 'We're still in indefinite hibernation' | last = Jolly | first = Nathan | work = [[The Guardian]] | date = 20 October 2023 | access-date = 1 August 2024}}</ref>

Silverchair added an auxiliary keyboardist, Sam Holloway (ex-[[Cordrazine (band)|Cordrazine]]), for the Neon Ballroom Tour.<ref name="McF"/> The US leg had the group playing with [[The Offspring]] and [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]], while Silverchair's tour of UK and European had [[The Living End]] as the support act.<ref name="McF"/> ''Rolling Stone'''s Neva Chonin attributed their chart success to the album's more "mature" sound.<ref name="Chonin">{{cite magazine | url = https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/silverchair/albums/album/91180/review/5943644/neon_ballroom | title = Silverchair: Neon Ballroom | magazine = Rolling Stone  | first = Neva | last = Chonin | date = 18 March 1999 | access-date =5 February 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070706202348/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/silverchair/albums/album/91180/review/5943644/neon_ballroom | archive-date = 6 July 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref> In Europe and South America it became the group's most successful album to date. The group appeared at festivals in [[Reading Festival|Reading]] and [[Edgefest]], amongst others.<ref name="Young">{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111001083550/http://www.chairpage.com/press_releases/item/450/ |url=http://www.chairpage.com/press_releases/item/450/ |title=Reading Festival – Reading, UK |last1=Young |first1=Daniel |publisher=Silverchair |date=29 August 1999 |archive-date=1 October 2011 |access-date=15 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Following the tour, the band announced that they would be taking a 12-month break.<ref name=Longway /> Their only live performance in 2000 was at the [[Falls Festival]] on New Year's Eve.<ref name="Kingsmill"/><ref name="Thomas">{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111001083555/http://www.chairpage.com/press_releases/item/228/ |url=http://www.chairpage.com/press_releases/item/228/ |title=Silverchair, The Falls Festival, Lorne, Victoria, 31 December 2000 |publisher=Silverchair |first1=Les |last1=Thomas |work=Massive Magazine |archive-date=1 October 2011 |access-date=15 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> On 21 January 2001, the band played to 250,000 people at [[Rock in Rio#Rock in Rio 3|Rock in Rio]], a show they described as the highlight of their career until that point.<ref name="Longway">{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111026010759/http://www.abc.net.au/longway/artist_index/silverchair.htm |url=http://www.abc.net.au/longway/artist_index/silverchair.htm |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) |work=[[Long Way to the Top]] |title=Band: silverchair – Stories and Highlights |year=2001 |archive-date=26 October 2011 |access-date=15 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

After the release of ''[[Neon Ballroom]]'', Silverchair's three-album contract with Sony Music had ended. The group eventually signed with [[Atlantic Records]] for North and South America, and they formed their own label with Watson, [[Eleven: A Music Company]] (distributed by [[EMI]]), for Australia and Asia.<ref name="Carr"/><ref name="ElevenSigning">{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111001083536/http://www.chairpage.com/news/item/33/ |url=http://www.chairpage.com/news/item/33/ |title=Silverchair Signs with Eleven: Eleven signs with EMI |publisher=Silverchair |archive-date=1 October 2011 |access-date=15 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In November 2000, after the group had left the label, Sony issued [[The Best Of: Volume 1 (Silverchair album)|''The Best Of: Volume 1'']] without the band's involvement.<ref name=Longway /> Johns disavowed the compilation, saying, "We thought about putting out ads in the street press to make people aware that we weren't endorsing it, but that would have blown the whole thing out of proportion ... If people want to buy it, they can buy it[,] but I wouldn't buy it if I was a Silverchair fan."<ref name="Kingsmill"/>

{{Listen|filename=Silverchair-LuvYourLive-25s.ogg|title="Luv Your Life"|description="Luv Your Life" was typical of Johns's new-found method of writing songs on piano, and also featured an orchestral arrangement by [[Van Dyke Parks]].}}
In June 2001, Silverchair entered a studio in Sydney with producer David Bottrill ([[Tool (band)|Tool]], [[Peter Gabriel]], [[King Crimson]]) to start work on their fourth album, ''[[Diorama (Silverchair album)|Diorama]]''. Johns formally assumed the role of a co-producer.<ref name="Farinella">{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120217010922/http://mixonline.com/recording/interviews/audio_silverchair/ |url=http://mixonline.com/recording/interviews/audio_silverchair/ |title=Silverchair's ''Diorama'' album – recording the new Silverchair rock CD |work=[[Mix (magazine)|Mix]] |first1=David John |last1=Farinella |date=1 January 2003 |archive-date=17 February 2012 |access-date=15 October 2011  |url-status=dead }}</ref> The album name means "a world within a world".<ref name="Rollercoaster">{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106043852/http://www.abc.net.au/rollercoaster/therap/reviews/s540962.htm |url=http://www.abc.net.au/rollercoaster/therap/reviews/s540962.htm |title=''Diorama'' |last1=Claire |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) |work=[[Rollercoaster (TV series)|RollerCoaster]] |year=2009 |archive-date=6 November 2012 |access-date=15 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Most tracks came from Johns' new-found method of writing material on a piano, a technique he developed during the band's break after ''Neon Ballroom''.<ref name="Rollercoaster"/><ref name="Neilsen">{{cite news | title = Another Point of View | first1 = Mark | last1 = Neilsen | work = [[Drum Media]] | date = 22 April 2002 }}</ref>

In order to complete the vision for ''[[Diorama (Silverchair album)|Diorama]]'', several other musicians contributed to the album, including [[Van Dyke Parks]], who provided orchestral arrangements to "Tuna in the Brine", "[[Luv Your Life]]", and "[[Across the Night]]".<ref name="DioPopM">{{cite web | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090423132301/http://www.popmatters.com/music/reviews/s/silverchair-diorama.shtml | url = http://www.popmatters.com/music/reviews/s/silverchair-diorama.shtml | title = Silverchair: ''Diorama'' | work = [[PopMatters]]. Sarah Zupko | first1 = Nikki | last1 = Tranter | archive-date = 23 April 2009 | date = 6 September 2002 | access-date =8 February 2008 }}</ref> [[Paul Mac]] (from [[Itch-E and Scratch-E]]) and [[Jim Moginie]] (from Midnight Oil) both on piano also collaborated with the band.<ref name="DioCred">{{cite web|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240525130551/https://www.webcitation.org/62RQ3gepJ?url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/r596205/credits |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/r596205/credits |title=''Diorama'' – Silverchair > Credits |publisher=AllMusic  |archive-date=25 May 2024 |access-date=15 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> While recording ''Diorama'', Johns referred to himself as an artist, rather than simply being in a "rock band". Upon its release, critics commented that the album was more artistic than previous works.<ref name="MKemp">{{cite magazine | url = https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/silverchair/albums/album/201588/review/5944466/diorama | title = Silverchair: ''Diorama'' |last = Kemp | first = Mark | magazine = Rolling Stone | author-link = Mark Kemp | date = 8 August 2002 | access-date =6 October 2011 | issue = 902 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070710191618/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/silverchair/albums/album/201588/review/5944466/diorama | archive-date = 10 July 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Dymocks">{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927130528/http://www.dymocks.com.au/ProductDetails/ProductDetail.aspx?R=9322225059313 |url=http://www.dymocks.com.au/ProductDetails/ProductDetail.aspx?R=9322225059313 |title=Great Australian Albums:Diorama – Silverchair |publisher=[[Dymocks Booksellers|Dymocks]] |archive-date=27 September 2011 |access-date=15 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Early in December, the first single, "[[The Greatest View]]", was released to Australian radio networks. Its physical release in January 2002 coincided with the band's appearance on the [[Big Day Out]] tour.<ref name="BDO">{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111001083601/http://www.chairpage.com/press_releases/item/101/ |url=http://www.chairpage.com/press_releases/item/101/ |title=Press – Sydney, Australia (Big Day Out) |publisher=Chairpage.com (Silverchair) |date=26 January 2002 |archive-date=1 October 2011 |access-date=15 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Early in 2002, Johns was diagnosed with [[reactive arthritis]], which made it difficult for him to play the guitar, and subsequent performances supporting the album's release were cancelled.<ref name="Munro">{{cite news|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111001083651/http://www.chairpage.com/press_releases/item/245/ |url=http://www.chairpage.com/press_releases/item/245/ |title=Escape Act |last1=Munro |first1=Kelsey |work=[[Rolling Stone Australia]]  |date=1 April 2006 |archive-date=1 October 2011 |access-date=13 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Today">{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110812030243/http://ama.com.au/node/420 |url=http://www.ama.com.au/web.nsf/doc/SHED-5EXHVQ |title=Dr Kerryn Phelps, Health Editor, with Steve Leibmann, Channel Nine, ''Today'' |publisher=Australian Medical Association |date=6 May 2002 |archive-date=12 August 2011 |access-date=12 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="NineMSN">{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605125027/http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=283969 |url=http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=283969 |title=Daniel Johns wows fans with buff bod |work=[[Nine News]] |publisher=[[NineMSN]] ([[Nine Entertainment]], [[Microsoft]]) |date=6 August 2007 |archive-date=5 June 2011 |access-date=12 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In March 2002, ''Diorama'' was issued and topped the ARIA Albums Chart; it became their fourth number-one album and spent 50&nbsp;weeks in the top&nbsp;50.<ref name=AUSCharts /><ref name="AUSChartsDiorama">{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110831162607/http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Silverchair&titel=Diorama&cat=a |url=http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?key=4155&cat=a |title=Silverchair – ''Diorama'' |last1=Hung |first1=Steffen |publisher=Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien |archive-date=31 August 2011 |access-date=12 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Four singles were released from the album: "[[The Greatest View]]", "[[Without You (Silverchair song)|Without You]]", "Luv Your Life" and "Across the Night"; "The Greatest View" charted highest, reaching No.&nbsp;3.<ref name=AUSCharts /> In October, Silverchair were successful at the [[ARIA Music Awards of 2002]], winning five awards, including 'Best Rock Album' and 'Best Group', and 'Producer of the Year' for Johns.<ref name="ARIAWins" /> The band played "The Greatest View" at the ceremony; the song was also nominated for 'Best Video'.<ref name="ARIAPerf">{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111001083609/http://www.chairpage.com/news/item/61/ |url=http://www.chairpage.com/news/item/61/ |title=Silverchair to Bring ''Diorama'' Alive at ARIAs |publisher=Silverchair |date=12 October 2002 |archive-date=1 October 2011 |access-date=16 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Two singles (and a related video) were nominated for further ARIA Awards in [[ARIA Music Awards of 2003|2003]].<ref name="ARIAWins"/> Following the 2002 ARIA Awards, the band announced their first indefinite hiatus. Johns said it was necessary "given the fact the band were together for over a decade and yet were only, on average, 23&nbsp;years old".<ref name=AMGBio /><ref name="MacNeil">{{cite magazine|url=http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/S/Silverchair/2007/07/13/4336258-sun.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120716063156/http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/S/Silverchair/2007/07/13/4336258-sun.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=16 July 2012 |title=Silverchair makes most of break |magazine=[[Jam!|JAM! Music]] ([[Canadian Online Explorer|CANOE]] ([[Quebecor Media]])) |first1=Jason |last1=MacNeil |date=13 July 2007 |access-date=16 October 2011 }}</ref> From March to June 2003, Silverchair undertook the Across the Night Tour to perform ''Diorama''.<ref name="MABio2">{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203194808/http://nla.gov.au/nla.cs-ma-destra+Media~D97A309A-3F81-452A-9760-AE58C8D5B881 |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.cs-ma-destra+Media~D97A309A-3F81-452A-9760-AE58C8D5B881 |title=Silverchair |publisher=Music Australia. National Library of Australia |date=3 April 2007 |archive-date=3 February 2014 |access-date=16 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Their hometown performance on 19 April was recorded as ''[[Live from Faraway Stables]]'' for a 2-CD and 2-DVD release in November.<ref name="MABio2"/> After the tour finished in June, the group announced another indefinite hiatus.<ref name="MABio2"/>

=== 2003–2005: Extended break and side projects ===
In 2000, while also working with Silverchair, Johns and Mac released an internet-only EP, ''[[I Can't Believe It's Not Rock]]''.<ref name="Kingsmill"/> In mid-2003, during Silverchair's hiatus, the pair re-united and formed [[The Dissociatives]], releasing a [[The Dissociatives (album)|self-titled album]] in April 2004.<ref name="TripleJDissoc">{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111030155401/http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/review/album/s1079132.htm |url=http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/review/album/s1079132.htm |title=The Dissociatives |publisher=Triple J (Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)) |date=2 April 2004 |archive-date=30 October 2011 |access-date=16 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The duo provided the theme music for the popular ABC-TV music quiz show ''[[Spicks and Specks (TV series)|Spicks and Specks]]'' by reworking a 1966 [[Bee Gees]] hit of the [[Spicks and Specks (song)|same name]].<ref name="Spicks">{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111124205008/http://www.abc.net.au/tv/spicksandspecks/txt/s1530492.htm |url=http://www.abc.net.au/tv/spicksandspecks/txt/s1530492.htm |work=[[Spicks and Specks (TV series)|Spicks and Specks]] |title=About the Program – Credit List (08/12/2010) |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) |date=8 December 2010 |archive-date=24 November 2011 |access-date=17 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Johns also collaborated with then-wife [[Natalie Imbruglia]] on her ''[[Counting Down the Days]]'' album, released in April 2005.<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240525132115/https://www.webcitation.org/62UyZ2VDO?url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/counting-down-the-days-r737990/review |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/counting-down-the-days-r737990/review |title=''Counting Down the Days'' – Natalie Imbruglia – Review |last1=O'Brien |first1=Jon |publisher=AllMusic  |archive-date=25 May 2024 |access-date=17 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Joannou worked with [[blues rock]] group [[The Mess Hall]]; he co-produced—with [[Matt Lovell]]—their six-track extended play ''[[Feeling Sideways]]'', which was released in May 2003.<ref name="AMOMess">{{cite web | url = http://www.amo.org.au/release.asp?id=5086 | title = Releases :: ''Feeling Sideways''| publisher = Australian Music Online | access-date =6 October 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080608005040/http://www.amo.org.au/release.asp?id=5086 | archive-date = 8 June 2008 | url-status = dead }}</ref> The album was nominated for the ARIA Award for 'Best Independent Release' in 2003.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history-by-artist.php?letter=M&artist=Mess%20Hall%20%20The |title=Awards by artist: The Mess Hall|publisher=[[Australian Record Industry Association]]|access-date=9 February 2008|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080611074221/http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history-by-artist.php?letter=M&artist=Mess%20Hall%20%20The |archive-date = 11 June 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> Joannou and Lovell co-produced The Mess Hall's studio album ''[[Notes from a Ceiling]]'', which was issued in June 2005.<ref>{{cite web | year = 2005 | url = http://www.amo.org.au/release.asp?id=7336 | title = Notes From A Ceiling | publisher = Australian Music Online | access-date =31 May 2006 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060909135451/http://www.amo.org.au/release.asp?id=7336  |archive-date = 9 September 2006 }}</ref> Joannou and Lovell received a nomination at the [[ARIA Music Awards of 2005]] for 'Producer of the Year'.<ref name="ARIA2005">{{Cite web | url = http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history/year/2005 | title = ARIA Awards – History: Winners by Year 2005: 19th Annual ARIA Awards | publisher = Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) | access-date =6 October 2011 }}</ref> In 2003, Gillies formed [[Tambalane]] with [[Wes Carr]], initially as a song-writing project, and they released a self-titled album in 2005 and toured Australia.<ref name="AMOTambalane">{{cite web | url = http://www.amo.org.au/artist.asp?id=4074 | title = Tambalane | publisher = Australian Music Online | access-date =6 October 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080521095757/http://www.amo.org.au/artist.asp?id=4074 | archive-date = 21 May 2008 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

The [[2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami|2004 Boxing Day tsunami]] resulted in the [[WaveAid]] fundraising concert held in January 2005; Silverchair performed to help raise funds for aid organisations working in disaster-affected areas. As a result of WaveAid, the band decided to resume working together.<ref name="Yates">{{cite news|url=http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21598,22672110-5005381,00.html |title=Silverchair's Daniel Johns tells of his musical journey  |work=PerthNow. [[The Sunday Times (Western Australia)|The Sunday Times]] |first=Rod |last=Yates |date=30 October 2007 |access-date=12 March 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081028230654/http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0%2C21598%2C22672110-5005381%2C00.html |archive-date=28 October 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Gillies explained the band's reunion as due to a special "chemistry" between band members, telling the ''[[Sydney Morning Herald]]'', "It only took us 15&nbsp;years, but recently we've realised, 'We've really got something special and we should just go for it.'"<ref name="SMHChemistry">{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140921112517/http://www.smh.com.au/news/entertainment/homecoming-heroes/2006/11/29/1164777658197.html?page=fullpage |url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/entertainment/homecoming-heroes/2006/11/29/1164777658197.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1 |title=Homecoming Heroes |work=Sydney Morning Herald |first=Kelsey |last=Munro |date=1 December 2006 |archive-date=21 September 2014 |access-date=17 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

=== 2005–2011: Return from hiatus ===
[[File:Silverchair-AcrossTheGreatDivide.jpg|thumb|alt=Photo from right side of stage shows Gillies behind the drum kit. Johns in right profile, singing into a microphone and playing a guitar. Joannou is playing his bass guitar with knees partly bent and looking at his left hand on the fret board. Equipment obscure the front of the stage.|Silverchair performing on the [[Across the Great Divide Tour]] in September 2007.]]
After performing at WaveAid, Silverchair reunited, and by late 2005 began preparations for their next studio album, ''[[Young Modern]]''. Johns had written about 50 songs during the hiatus for a possible solo album or other project but decided to use them for Silverchair.<ref name="MacNeil"/> In 2006, after five weeks' practice, the group demoed tracks in the [[Hunter Region]] before recording at Los Angeles' Seedy Underbelly Studios with Launay as producer.<ref name="Spencer"/><ref name="ErlewineLeahey">{{cite magazine | url = {{BillboardURLbyName|artist=silverchair|bio=true}} | title = Silverchair | last1 = Erlewine | first1 = Stephen Thomas | last2 = Leahey | first2 = Andrew | magazine = [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]  | access-date =17 October 2011 }}</ref> Parks again arranged orchestral tracks for the band—they travelled to [[Prague]] to record with the [[Czech Philharmonic Orchestra]].<ref name="Nimmervoll"/> The group also used Mac, [[Luke Steele (singer)|Luke Steele]] ([[The Sleepy Jackson]], [[Empire of the Sun (band)|Empire of the Sun]]) and [[Julian Hamilton]] ([[The Presets]], [[The Dissociatives]]). Hamilton also co-wrote songs with Johns.<ref name="NLAYoung">{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150513032008/http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/4298151 |url=http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/4298151 |title=Young modern / Silverchair ; |work=catalogue |publisher=National Library of Australia |archive-date=13 May 2015 |access-date=17 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Silverchair self-funded the album's production to ease the pressures they faced when working with a record label.<ref name="AMGBio" /><ref name="ErlewineLeahey"/>

The band toured extensively before releasing the album, performing at [[Homebake]] and numerous other shows. Both Mac and Hamilton joined the tour as auxiliary members providing keyboards. In October, they performed a cover of [[Midnight Oil]]'s 1981 single "[[Don't Wanna Be the One]]" at the [[ARIA Music Awards of 2006]] as part of that band's induction into the [[ARIA Hall of Fame]].<ref name="ARIA2006">{{Cite web | url = http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history/year/2006 | title = ARIA Awards – History: Winners by Year 2006: 20th Annual ARIA Awards | publisher = Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) | access-date =6 October 2011 }}</ref> During the performance, Johns spray-painted "PG 4&nbsp;PM" ([[Peter Garrett]] for Prime Minister) on a stage wall, paying tribute to that band's frontman, who was at that time a Federal Member of Parliament and Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts.<ref name="Sams06">{{cite news|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240525132156/https://www.webcitation.org/62Vg6i3qp?url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/music/your-accessall-pass/2006/11/05/1162661542105.html%3Fpage=fullpage |url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/music/your-accessall-pass/2006/11/05/1162661542105.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1 |title=Your access-all ARIAs pass |work=[[Sydney Morning Herald]]|last1=Sams |first1=Christine |date=6 November 2006 |archive-date=25 May 2024 |access-date=18 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.channelv.com.au/V/Article.aspx?id=1518 |title=Obama Recruits Kanye West, Arcade Fire Let Loose|publisher=[[Channel V]]|access-date=12 March 2008|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080611121138/http://www.channelv.com.au/V/Article.aspx?id=1518 |archive-date = 11 June 2008 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

''Young Modern'' was released in March 2007, as was the first single, "[[Straight Lines (song)|Straight Lines]]". Three more singles—"[[Reflections of a Sound]]", "[[If You Keep Losing Sleep]]", and "[[Mind Reader (Silverchair song)|Mind Reader]]"—were released later. ''Young Modern'' became the fifth Silverchair album to top the ARIA Albums chart; they became the first artists to have five number-one albums on the ARIA Albums chart.<ref name="MakeHistory">{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111055140/http://www.abc.net.au/dig/stories/s1895177.htm |url=http://www.abc.net.au/dig/stories/s1895177.htm |title=Silverchair Make Chart History |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) |work=[[ABC DiG|DIG Radio]] |date=12 April 2007 |archive-date=11 November 2012 |access-date=18 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Johnsstory">{{cite web|url=http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21598,22672110-5005381,00.html |title=Silverchair's Daniel Johns tells of his musical journey |publisher=[[news.com.au]] |work=[[PerthNow]] |author=Rod Yates |date=30 October 2007 |access-date=27 April 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081028230654/http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0%2C21598%2C22672110-5005381%2C00.html |archive-date=28 October 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> "Straight Lines" also became the band's third number-one single in Australia.<ref name=AUSCharts /> In June 2007, Silverchair and fellow Australian band [[Powderfinger]] announced the [[Across the Great Divide Tour]]. The tour promoted the efforts of [[Reconciliation Australia]] in mending the 17-year gap in life expectancy between [[Indigenous Australia|Indigenous]] and non-Indigenous children.<ref name="Reconcile">{{cite web | url = http://www.reconcile.org.au/music/media/ReconciliationAustralia.pdf | title = Across the Great Divide for Reconcile.org.au | first1 = Claire | last1 = Tedeschi | publisher = [[Reconciliation Australia]] | year = 2007 | access-date = 18 October 2011 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080413233044/http://www.reconcile.org.au/music/media/ReconciliationAustralia.pdf | archive-date = 13 April 2008 }}</ref><ref name="DunnBT">{{cite news|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930195706/http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/news/music/in-concert--rock-and-reconciliation/2007/06/12/1181414306040.html |url=http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/news/music/in-concert--rock-and-reconciliation/2007/06/12/1181414306040.html |title=In concert – rock and reconciliation |date=13 June 2007 |work=[[Brisbane Times]] |first1=Emily |last1=Dunn |archive-date=30 September 2011 |access-date=18 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Support acts on the tour were [[John Butler (musician)|John Butler]], [[Missy Higgins]], [[Kev Carmody]], [[Troy Cassar-Daley]], [[Clare Bowditch]] and [[Deborah Conway]].<ref name="Reconcile"/><ref name="DunnBT"/>

"Young Modern" and "Straight Lines" each won three awards at the [[ARIA Music Awards of 2007]], taking Silverchair's total to 20.<ref name="ARIAWins" /><ref name="ARIA2007">{{Cite web|url=http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history/year/2007 |title=ARIA Awards – History: Winners by Year 2007: 21st Annual ARIA Awards |publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) |access-date=6 October 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071118143950/http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history-by-year.php?year=2007 |archive-date=18 November 2007 }}</ref> The group also won three [[APRA Awards (Australia)|APRA Awards]] for their song "Straight Lines", including Songwriter of the Year, which Johns was awarded for a record third time.<ref name="2008APRAAwards"/> At the [[ARIA Music Awards of 2008]], Silverchair and Powderfinger each won [[ARIA Award for Best Music DVD|Best Music DVD]] for ''[[Across the Great Divide Tour (DVD)|Across the Great Divide]]'', for Silverchair this was their 21st win from 49 nominations.<ref name="ARIAWins" /><ref name="ARIA2008">{{Cite web | url = http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history/year/2008 | title = ARIA Awards – History: Winners by Year 2008: 22nd Annual ARIA Awards | publisher = Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) | access-date =6 October 2011 }}</ref>
[[File:Israels Son1.jpg|thumb|alt=Johns holds his plectrum away from the guitar. He is bearded and shown in right profile. Gillies is partly obscured by his drum kit. Joannou is not in view.|Silverchair performing in Bendigo May 2010]]
According to Silverchair's website, as of June 2009, the group had begun work on the follow-up to ''Young Modern''; they had spent three weeks recording in Australia with future sessions earmarked for later that year. No release date was set, but the band uploaded in-studio videos of them working on several tracks to their official website. In December, Johns called in to Triple J's breakfast show, ''Robbie, Marieke and The Doctor'', and discussed the band's new album which they were working on in Newcastle. He told them, "the main difference is there's a lot of experimentation with instruments and synths... I think there's only guitar on four songs out of fifty so far," but added the new material is "surprisingly rocky given there's no guitar."<ref name="TripleJRobbie">{{cite video|people=[[Daniel Johns]] (interviewee), [[Robbie Buck]], [[Marieke Hardy]], [[Lindsay McDougall|Lindsay "The Doctor" McDougall]] (interviewers) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120618085459/http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/media/s2760836.htm |url=http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/media/s2760836.htm |publisher=Triple J (Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)) |work=Robbie, Marieke and The Doctor |title=Daniel Johns on the New Silverchair Album |date=3 December 2009 |time=2:48 |archive-date=18 June 2012 |access-date=18 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In April 2010, via the band's website, Joannou announced they would perform two new songs called "16" and "Machina Collecta" at May's [[Groovin' the Moo]] festival. He said work was progressing well and confirmed there was, as yet, no title for the proposed album and that they were simply referring to it as ''Album No.&nbsp;6''.<ref name="Ruckus">{{cite web|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240525132235/https://www.webcitation.org/62VxMY6un?url=http://www.triplem.com.au/melbourne/music/news/blog/silverchairs-controversial-new-sound/20100514-8hse.html |url=http://www.triplem.com.au/melbourne/music/news/blog/silverchairs-controversial-new-sound/20100514-8hse.html |title=Silverchair's Controversial New Sound |last1=Ruckus |first1=Eddie |work=Rock News |publisher=[[Triple M]]|date=14 May 2010 |archive-date=25 May 2024 |access-date=18 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The final concert of the festival was at [[Bunbury, Western Australia|Bunbury]] on 15 May,<ref name="Ruckus"/> while what would turn out to be the band's final live appearance was a controversial set at the Northern Territory's [[Bassinthegrass]] festival a week later on 22 May.<ref>[https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/music/anger-as-silverchair-cbombs-audience/news-story/286f238264afa9c33db961f2e07160f0 Anger as Silverchair C-bombs audience]</ref> By year's end, work on the album had stopped because each member had pursued other interests.<ref name="AMGBio" />

=== 2011–present: Breakup and "indefinite hibernation" ===
On 25 May 2011, Silverchair announced an indefinite hibernation:<ref name="AMGBio"/>

{{blockquote|We formed Silverchair nearly 20 years ago when we were just 12 years old. Today we stand by the same rules now as we did back then... if the band stops being fun and if it's no longer fulfilling creatively, then we need to stop... Despite our best efforts over the last year or so, it's become increasingly clear that the spark simply isn't there between the three of us at the moment. Therefore after much soul searching we wanted to let you know that we're putting Silverchair into "indefinite hibernation" and we've decided to each do our own thing for the foreseeable future.|sign=Daniel, Ben and Chris|source=chairpage.com (Silverchair Official Website), 25 May 2011.<ref>{{cite web|title=Chairpage News: Silverchair News |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002174337/http://www.chairpage.com/news |url=http://chairpage.com/news/ |publisher=Silverchair Official Website |date=25 May 2011 |archive-date=2 October 2011 |access-date=7 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> }}

''Sydney Morning Herald''{{'}}s music writer, [[Bernard Zuel]], said the band's use of "indefinite hibernation" was a way to soften the blow of the group's break-up for fans; he expected future reunions and performances for worthy causes.<ref name="Zuel02">{{cite news|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121231090041/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/05/26/3227508.htm?site=newcastle |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/05/26/3227508.htm?site=newcastle |title=Silverchair lose their spark, but deny split |publisher=[[ABC Newcastle]] (Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)) |date=26 May 2011 |archive-date=31 December 2012 |access-date=18 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> By June, Gillies was in the final stages of about 12&nbsp;months of working on his solo album, and he said that it was not a continuation of his earlier work with Tambalane.<ref name="Lau">{{cite news|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110923051617/http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/silverchair-drummer-works-on-solo-album-20110611-1fy1b.html |url=http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/silverchair-drummer-works-on-solo-album-20110611-1fy1b.html |title=Silverchair drummer works on solo album |last1=Lau |first1=Kristie |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=12 June 2011 |archive-date=23 September 2011 |access-date=18 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In October, Johns was working on the soundtrack for ''My Mind's Own Melody''—a short film.<ref name="Halliwell">{{cite news|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309120058/http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/new-spice-to-life-for-daniel-johns/story-fn6b3v4f-1226155211926 |url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/new-spice-to-life-for-daniel-johns/story-fn6b3v4f-1226155211926 |title=New Spice to Life for Daniel Johns |last1=Halliwell |first1=Elle |work=[[The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)|The Sunday Telegraph]] |date=1 October 2011 |archive-date=9 March 2016 |access-date=18 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In May 2012, Johns recorded the new anthem for [[Qantas]], titled "Atlas". It is the first piece of commercial music Johns has composed. A remastered version of ''Frogstomp,'' which included bonus content, was released on 27 March 2015.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chairpage.com/news/item/377/ |title=Silverchair – News Archive – Silverchair ''Frogstomp'' Turns 20 Today |website=chairpage.com |access-date=22 July 2019}}</ref>

The members of Silverchair have occasionally stated that they have not ruled out a reunion.<ref>{{cite web | title = Could A Silverchair Reunion Be in the Works? | url = http://www.take40.com/news/35313/could-a-silverchair-reunion-be-in-the-works- | publisher = Take 40 | date = 27 October 2012 | access-date = 4 August 2013 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121130181924/http://www.take40.com/news/35313/could-a-silverchair-reunion-be-in-the-works- | archive-date = 30 November 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = Silverchair Bass Player Chris Joannou Says That A Reunion Isn't Off The Cards | url = http://www.take40.com/news/37097/silverchair-bass-player-chris-joannou-says-that-a-reunion-isn't-off-the-cards | publisher = Take 40 | date = 15 January 2013 | access-date = 4 August 2013 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140421215035/http://www.take40.com/news/37097/silverchair-bass-player-chris-joannou-says-that-a-reunion-isn%27t-off-the-cards | archive-date = 21 April 2014 }}</ref> Gillies has said that there are plans to release a new Silverchair album, which was almost finished before the hiatus.<ref>{{cite web | title = Silverchair Have Half-Finished Album Says Drummer, Reunion Will Happen | url = http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/218663/silverchair-half-finished-album-reunion-will-happen.htm | publisher = Tone Deaf | date = 26 October 2012 | access-date = 17 October 2015 }}</ref>

On 17 November 2017, the Silverchair tribute [[compilation album]] ''[[Spawn (Again): A Tribute to Silverchair]]'' was released by [[UNFD]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Spawn (Again): A Tribute To Silverchair {{!}} Releases|url=https://unfdcentral.com/releases/spawn-again-a-tribute-to-silverchair/|access-date=2021-11-17|website=UNFD|language=en}}</ref> with Johns saying he came to "appreciate" the experience. The album is composed of [[Cover version|cover songs]] by Australian bands signed onto UNFD as a tribute to Silverchair, to celebrate the 20th anniversary of their album ''[[Freak Show (album)|Freak Show]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-11-12|title=Daniel Johns on Upcoming Silverchair Tribute Album: "I Didn't Know What To Think"|url=https://musicfeeds.com.au/news/daniel-johns-upcoming-silverchair-tribute-album-didnt-know-think/|access-date=2021-11-17|website=Music Feeds}}</ref>

Speaking to [[The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)|''The Daily Telegraph'']] in 2018, Daniel Johns expressed his love for the band—and appreciation of what the band had produced—but said he had no desire to reform the band.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Dailytelegraph.com.au {{!}} Subscribe to The Daily Telegraph for exclusive stories|url=https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/subscribe/news/1/?sourceCode=DTWEB_WRE170_a&dest=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailytelegraph.com.au%2Fnews%2Fnsw%2Funmasking-the-creativelycharged-chameleon-that-is-daniel-johns%2Fnews-story%2Fa6d8c04d347625b04901088d2757fe60&memtype=anonymous&mode=premium&nk=4cbcab175e6ee55db8ad8d108d1e599c-1593934871|access-date=2020-07-05|website=dailytelegraph.com.au}}</ref> In May 2020, a picture of Johns playing electric guitar appeared online, leading to the ''[[Newcastle Herald]]'' speculating that a reunion was possible.<ref>{{Cite web|title= Daniel Johns pulls out the electric guitar, sparking speculation of a Silverchair revival|url= https://www.newcastleherald.com.au/story/6763309/daniel-johns-gets-out-the-guitar-again-what-does-it-mean/|access-date=2020-07-11|website=dailytelegraph.com.au|date= 21 May 2020}}</ref> However, in October 2021, when Johns was interviewed by [[Carrie Bickmore]] on the Australian news-current affairs and talk show [[The Project (Australian TV program)|''The Project'']], he once again affirmed that the band will not reunite, while also stating that he still plans to work on new music but has no intentions to perform live again.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Silverchair's Daniel Johns May Never Perform Live Again, Band Won't Reunite|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/silverchairs-daniel-johns-says-the-band-will-never-return-3075111|access-date=2021-10-24|website=nme.com|date=20 October 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Silverchair's Daniel Johns May Never Perform Live Again, Band Won't Reunite|url= https://loudwire.com/silverchair-daniel-johns-may-never-perform-live-again-band-wont-reunite/|access-date=2021-10-24|website=[[Loudwire]]|date= 20 October 2021}}</ref> In a separate interview with [[Carrie Bickmore]], Johns elaborated further, stating that during his time with Silverchair, he had been the victim of sustained verbal abuse from the public because of his association with the band, which greatly impacted his mental health. Johns was open to musical collaboration with his former bandmates but not as a continuation of Silverchair as a band.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njJQzUqqmL4&ab_channel=TheProject | title=Daniel Johns Opens up About His Struggles, Rehab and What the Future Holds | website=[[YouTube]] | date=31 August 2022 }}</ref>

On 5 February 2021, it was announced that Silverchair's music would be distributed by Sony Music Entertainment Australia.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://themusicnetwork.com/silverchair-unites-catalogue-deal-sony-music-australia/ | title = Silverchair unites catalogue with Sony Music Australia | last = Brandle | first = Lars | publisher = [[The Music Network]] | date = 5 February 2021 | access-date = 1 August 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://themusic.com.au/news/sony-music-australia-silverchair-full-catalogue-distribution-deal-2021/JcQ9OTg7Oj0/05-02-21 | title = Sony Music Australia Acquires Silverchair's Full Catalogue With New Deal | last = | first = | publisher = themusic.com.au | date = 5 February 2021 | access-date = 1 August 2024}}</ref>

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Silverchair are primarily an [[alternative rock]] band,<ref name="McF" /><ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|url=https://www.theleader.com.au/story/927054/its-a-break-not-a-split-silverchair/|title=It's a break, not a split: Silverchair|work=Leader|date=May 25, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|url=https://consequence.net/2021/10/silverchair-history-what-happened/|title=Whatever Happened To: Silverchair|work=Consequence Of Sound|date=October 13, 2021}}</ref> who started out as [[grunge]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Silverchair|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/silverchair-mn0000048265 |access-date=2025-07-21 |website=AllMusic |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=May 21, 2007 |title=Silverchair: Young Modern |url=https://www.popmatters.com/silverchair-young-modern-review |access-date=July 20, 2025 |website=[[PopMatters]] |language=en-US}}</ref> and [[post-grunge]],<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://recordcollectormag.com/reviews/album/frogstomp-20th-anniversary-deluxe-edition|title=Frogstomp: 20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition|last=Pinfold|first=William|website=Record Collector Magazine|date=15 July 2015|access-date=8 August 2025}}</ref> but expanded into [[art rock]],<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Price |first=Jason |date=July 24, 2007 |title=Silverchair - 'Young Modern' - CD Review |url=https://www.iconvsicon.com/2007/07/24/silverchair-young-modern-cd-review/ |access-date=July 20, 2025 |website=Icon Vs. Icon |language=en-US}}</ref> [[progressive rock]],<ref name=":2" /> [[hardcore punk]]<ref name=":1" /> and [[baroque pop]].<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=September 22, 2017 |title=Daniel Johns |url=https://www.mysticsons.com/profile/daniel-johns |access-date=August 7, 2025 |website=Mystic Sons |language=en}}</ref> Much of the band's early work was inspired by [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]], [[Tool (band)|Tool]], [[Pearl Jam]], [[Soundgarden]], [[Alice in Chains]] and [[Black Sabbath]].<ref name="McF"/><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/silverchair/articles/story/5925227/qa_daniel_johns |title=Quick Silverchair Messenger|magazine=Rolling Stone |date=27 December 1996|access-date=18 March 2008|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080608010454/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/silverchair/articles/story/5925227/qa_daniel_johns |archive-date = 8 June 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> According to Ian McFarlane, "''Frogstomp'' captured the tempo of the times with its mix of Soundgarden/Pearl Jam/Bush post-grunge noise and teenage lyrical angst."<ref name="McF"/>

In their early years, the perceived stylistic similarities led to Silverchair being derisively dubbed as 'Silverhighchair', 'not Soundgarden but {{sic|hide=y|Kinder|garden}}' and 'Nirvana in Pyjamas' by the Australian media.<ref name="McF"/><ref name="Nimmervoll">{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120122095322/http://www.howlspace.com.au/en2/silverchair/silverchair.htm |url=http://www.howlspace.com.au/en2/silverchair/silverchair.htm |title=Silverchair |work=HowlSpace – The Living History of Our Music |last=Nimmervoll |first=Ed |author-link=Ed Nimmervoll |publisher=White Room Electronic Publishing Pty Ltd |archive-date=22 January 2012 |access-date=13 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Howitt">{{cite thesis|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111003184540/http://www.hsc.csu.edu.au/society_culture/popular_culture/focus_studies/focus_grunge/pcgrunge.html |url=http://www.hsc.csu.edu.au/society_culture/popular_culture/focus_studies/focus_grunge/pcgrunge.html |work=NSW HSC Online |title=Focus Study: Grunge |last1=Howitt |first1=Bernie |publisher=[[Charles Sturt University]] |archive-date=3 October 2011 |access-date=13 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The latter is a sarcastic conflated reference to the band's youth and the popular Australian children's TV series ''[[Bananas in Pyjamas]]''. McFarlane stated, "''Freak Show'' and tracks like 'Freak' were firmly in Nirvana territory with a hint of [[Led Zeppelin]]'s Eastern mysticism".<ref name="McF"/> Gillies noted that the band were inspired by the [[Seattle Sound]], as well as [[The Beatles]] and [[The Doors]], and were highly impressionable in their youth.<ref name="Seattle">{{Cite news|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120403023914/http://seattlest.com/2007/07/18/seattlest_inter_4.php |url=http://seattlest.com/2007/07/18/seattlest_inter_4.php |title=Seattlest Interview: Silverchair Drummer Ben Gillies |work=Seattlest |first1=Clint |last1=Brownlee |publisher=[[Gothamist|Gothamist LLC]] |date=18 July 2007 |archive-date=3 April 2012 |access-date=19 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Johns admitted that "We were always influenced a lot by Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin[;] it just so happened that we weren't very good at playing that style of music. So we were put in the whole grunge category because it was such a garage-y, heavy music term."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-03-16 |title=Long Way To The Top |url=https://www.abc.net.au/longway/episode_6/ |access-date=2022-02-08 |website= [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150316034515/https://www.abc.net.au/longway/episode_6/ |archive-date=16 March 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Australian rock music journalist [[Ed Nimmervoll]] felt that Johns "had never intended to use his problems for inspiration, but in the end the music was the best way to unburden himself. ''Neon Ballroom'' took six months to record. The album's passion and musical sophistication proved to the world that silverchair were a force to be reckoned with".<ref name="Nimmervoll"/> According to ''[[100 Best Australian Albums]]'', by three fellow journalists—[[John O'Donnell (music journalist)|John O'Donnell]], [[Toby Creswell]] and [[Craig Mathieson]]—''Neon Ballroom''{{'}}s lead-in track, "Emotion Sickness", described Johns' life in the 1990s and "addressed [his] desire to move beyond the imitative sounds of Silverchair's first two albums ... and create something new and original".<ref name="ODonnell"/> "Ana's Song (Open Fire)" directly focussed on his eating disorder; "[it] became a hit all over the world and opened up for discussion the fact that males could also be affected by anorexia."<ref name="ODonnell"/>

AllMusic's [[Stephen Thomas Erlewine]] felt ''Diorama'' "was a shockingly creative and impressive step forward that showed the band shedding its grunge past and adding horns, strings, and mature lyrics to its arsenal."<ref name="AMGBio" /> Fellow AllMusic reviewer Bradley Torreano noted that "they somehow kept going and kept improving ... Silverchair has grown up and put together a fine mix of orchestral pop and rock on Diorama."<ref name="AMGDiorama">{{cite web|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240525132356/https://www.webcitation.org/62XL92t4Q?url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/r596205/review |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/r596205/review |title=''Diorama'' – Silverchair |last1=Torreano |first1=Bradley |publisher=AllMusic  |archive-date=25 May 2024 |access-date=18 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Bernard Zuel described how the ''Diorama'' concert tour marked a move from hard rock towards [[art rock]]: "they stepped out of the arenas and barns and 'got classy' ... finally having admitted to harbouring artistic ambition (a very un-Australian band thing to do), they've proved they have the ability".<ref name="Zuel">{{cite news|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111060809/http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/04/11/1049567872965.html |url=http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/04/11/1049567872965.html |title=Silverchair, State Theatre |last1=Zuel |first1=Bernard |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=12 April 2003 |archive-date=11 November 2012 |access-date=19 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
[[File:Silverchair 08.jpg|thumb|alt=Gillies at left behind his drum kit. Johns is singing wide-mouthed into a microphone and playing his guitar, he wears a garter with a ribbon over his pants on his right thigh. Joannou is playing his bass guitar. In the background are three female singers with one partly obscured at right.|Silverchair on stage at the 2008 [[Big Day Out]]]]
In writing ''Young Modern'', Johns tried to make the music sound very simple despite a complex musical structure. The lyrics were written after the music was created, sometimes as late as the day of recording. As Johns dreads writing lyrics, he suggested that the band could produce an instrumental album at some stage in the future.<ref name="Broadley">{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100927223054/http://suicidegirls.com/interviews/Daniel%2BJohns%2Bof%2BSilverchair/ |url=http://suicidegirls.com/interviews/Daniel%20Johns%20of%20Silverchair/ |title=Interviews > Daniel Johns of Silverchair |publisher=SuicideGirls |first1=Erin |last1=Broadley |date=16 August 2007 |archive-date=27 September 2010 |access-date=19 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Johns is the band's primary songwriter, and notes that while Joannou and Gillies do not have significant influence on what he writes, they are key to the band's overall sound.<ref name="Follos">{{cite news|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130929143956/http://www.expressnightout.com/2007/07/young_moderns_silverchair/ |url=http://www.expressnightout.com/content/2007/07/young_moderns_silverchair.php |title=Young Moderns: Silverchair |work=[[Express (Washington, D.C. newspaper)|Express]]  |first1=Tim |last1=Follos |date=24 July 2007 |archive-date=29 September 2013 |access-date=19 October 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> For that album, Hamilton co-wrote four songs with Johns including the APRA Award-winning "Straight Lines".<ref name="2008APRAAwards"/><ref name="AMGYM"/> Joannou believed that ''Young Modern'' was simpler than ''Diorama'' but "still as complex underneath with simple pop song elements". He said that much of the band's success resulted from trying to push themselves harder in recording and writing. Self-producing has allowed the band to do so without the pressures of a record label.<ref name="Bolling">{{cite web | url = http://www.reaxmusic.com/articles/view/silverchair_interview_with_chris_joannou-426 | title = Silverchair: Interview with Chris Joannou | first1 = Stephanie | last1 = Bolling | work = reax | access-date =16 February 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081010232317/http://www.reaxmusic.com/articles/view/silverchair_interview_with_chris_joannou-426 | archive-date = 10 October 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Gillies notes that Silverchair will often "run the risk of losing fans" with their work, and this was evident in the changes in musical direction in ''Diorama'' and ''Young Modern''.<ref name="Seattle" /> However, he described this as a good thing, describing the fact "that we haven't been pigeonholed, and people really don't know what to expect" as one of the attractive elements of the band. Despite the ups and downs of success at a young age, Gillies says that he and the band "appreciate what we've achieved and what we've got" in their careers.<ref name="Seattle" /> The band have received six [[APRA Awards (Australia)|APRA Awards]], with Johns winning three songwriting awards at the [[APRA Awards of 2008|2008 ceremony]].<ref name="2008APRAAwards">{{Cite news|first1=Cameron |last1=Adams |date=17 June 2008 |url=http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,23875283-2902,00.html |title=Silverchair's Straight Lines wins top APRA award |work=[[Herald Sun]]|access-date=19 June 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080620011038/http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0%2C21985%2C23875283-2902%2C00.html |archive-date=20 June 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="APRA2008">{{cite web | url = http://www.apra.com.au/awards/music/Nom08_SongOfYear.asp | title = APRA Music Awards – 2008 Nominations | publisher = [[Australasian Performing Right Association]] | access-date =19 June 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080615013632/http://www.apra.com.au/awards/music/Nom08_SongOfYear.asp | archive-date = 15 June 2008 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

== Critical reception ==
''Frogstomp'' was described as similar to Nirvana and Pearl Jam; Erlewine noted that it followed in "the alternative rock tradition" of those bands.<ref name="AMGFrogstomp" /> Erlewine also stated that "their songwriting abilities aren't as strong" as those of their peers.<ref name="AMGFrogstomp">{{cite web|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/62Q4Sg66u?url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/r218511/review |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/r218511/review |title=Frogstomp > Review |publisher=AllMusic  |first1=Stephen Thomas |last1=Erlewine |archive-date=14 October 2011 |access-date=14 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Contrarily, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' claimed that the band had risen above their peers, applauding Johns' "ragged vocals".<ref name="RSFrog">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/silverchair/albums/album/129990/review/5941363/frogstomp |title=Silverchair: Frogstomp|magazine=Rolling Stone  |date=2 February 1998|access-date=13 February 2008|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070706201752/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/silverchair/albums/album/129990/review/5941363/frogstomp |archive-date = 6 July 2007 | url-status=dead}}</ref> ''[[Herald Sun]]'' journalist Nue Te Koha praised ''Frogstomp'' for "breaking the drought of Australian music making an impact overseas".<ref name="Jenkins"/> However, he felt "It is highly debatable whether the three teens have gone to the world with a new sound or something identifiably Australian ... Silverchair's image and sound are blatantly ... Nirvana meets Pearl Jam".<ref name="Jenkins"/> Nimmervoll disputed Te Koha's view, "It's not original, it's not Australian. Bah, humbug ... It's just as well Britain didn't say the same thing when The Beatles reinvented American R&B".<ref name="Jenkins"/>

''Freak Show'' saw the band show more of their own musical style rather than copying others,<ref name="AMGFreak">{{cite web|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240525132438/https://www.webcitation.org/62XN4GuQn?url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/r246793 |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/r246793 |title=''Freak Show'' > Overview |publisher=AllMusic  |first1=Stephen Thomas |last1=Erlewine |archive-date=25 May 2024 |access-date=19 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and thus received more praise for its songwriting than its predecessor. [[Yahoo! Music]]'s Sandy Masuo described the lyrics as "moving" and "emotional".<ref name="Masuo">{{cite web | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081204094105/http://music.yahoo.com/read/review/12062572 | url = http://music.yahoo.com/read/review/12062572 | title = ''Freak Show'' | publisher = [[Yahoo! Music]] | first1 = Sandy | last1 = Masuo | date = 12 April 1997 | archive-date = 4 December 2008 | access-date =19 October 2011 }}</ref> Johns' vocal delivery was complimented: "[his] bittersweet, crackly voice tops the ample power chordage ... [he] hits shivery, emotional notes that convey both sweet idealism and disappointment".<ref name="Ali">{{cite magazine|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120130074502/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/freak-show-19970127 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/freak-show-19970127 |title=''Freak Show'' {{!}} Album Reviews |last1=Ali |first1=Lorraine |magazine=Rolling Stone  |date=27 January 1997 |archive-date=30 January 2012 |access-date=19 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Zuel felt that with this album, the band "have outgrown the jokes, predictions and their own understated teenage ambitions to find they have become (gasp!) career musicians."<ref name="Zuel1997">{{cite news
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In ''100 Best Australian Albums'' (2010), their third album, ''Neon Ballroom'', was placed at No.&nbsp;25, according to its authors.<ref name="ODonnell"/> ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' approved of the further advancement in ''Neon Ballroom'', commenting on "plush strings on these adult arrangements".<ref name=EW /> There were once again significant advancements in songwriting; Johns was described as "furious, motivated, and all grown up".<ref name="EW">{{cite magazine |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606232404/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,274828,00.html |url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,274828,00.html |title=''Neon Ballroom'' |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]  |first1=Tom |last1=Lanham |date=19 March 1999 |archive-date=6 June 2011 |access-date=19 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> However, ''Rolling Stone'' said the album seemed confused, commenting that Silverchair "can't decide what they want to do" with their music.<ref name="Chonin"/> Meanwhile, ''Diorama'' was seen as an extension of the band's originality, with its "[h]eavy orchestration, unpredictable melodic shifts and a whimsical pop sensibility".<ref name="Kemp">{{cite magazine | url =https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/silverchair/albums/album/201588/review/5944466/diorama | title = Silverchair: ''Diorama'' | magazine = Rolling Stone  | author-link1 = Mark Kemp | last1 = Kemp | first1 = Mark | date = 8 August 2002 | access-date =13 February 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070710191618/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/silverchair/albums/album/201588/review/5944466/diorama | archive-date = 10 July 2007 | url-status = dead}}</ref> According to [[PopMatters]]' Nikki Tranter, the album stood out in an otherwise dull Australian music market.<ref name="DioPopM"/>

AllMusic's Clayton Bolger described ''Young Modern'' as an improvement by the band, praising "catchy melodic hooks, inspired lyrical themes, and stunning string arrangements". He claimed the album was the pinnacle of the band's development.<ref name="AMGYM">{{cite web|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240525132315/https://www.webcitation.org/62WiEl0uu?url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/r1041337/review |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/r1041337/review |title=Young Modern > Review |publisher=AllMusic  |first1=Clayton |last1=Bolger |archive-date=25 May 2024 |access-date=19 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> PopMatters' Nick Pearson saw the opposite, claiming that "[o]nce you reach the level of intellectual maturity where you can tell the difference between cryptic but poetic lyrics and nonsensical crap, you have outgrown Silverchair".<ref name=PMYM /> Pearson called the album an attempt to secure a safer territory and assure sales, after the success of past works, calling it more boring than its predecessors.<ref name="PMYM">{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110805084235/http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/silverchair-young-modern |url=http://www.popmatters.com/pm/music/reviews/33751/silverchair-young-modern/ |title=Silverchair: ''Young Modern'' |publisher=PopMatters. Sarah Zupko |first1=Nick |last1=Pearson |date=22 May 2007 |archive-date=5 August 2011 |access-date=19 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Other reviewers noted influences from cult British band [[XTC]].<ref name="Everson">{{cite news|first1=John |last1=Everson |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111008140744/http://www.popstops.net/silverchair5.htm |url=http://www.popstops.net/silverchair5.htm |title=Foo Fighters, Silverchair, Sound the Alarm |work=The Star Newspapers ([[SouthtownStar]])  |date=2 August 2007 |archive-date=8 October 2011 |access-date=19 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="CDUni">{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308033616/http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=7446305 |url=http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/7446253/a/Young+Modern.htm |title=Silverchair – ''Young Modern'' CD Album |publisher=CD Universe ([[Muze|Muze Inc]]) |date=24 July 2007 |archive-date=8 March 2016 |access-date=19 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In July 2009, "Tomorrow" was voted number 33 by the Australian public in [[Triple J Hottest 100|Triple J's Hottest 100 of all time]].<ref name="TripleJHot100">{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111124004427/http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hottest100_alltime/countdown/cd_31-40.htm |url=http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hottest100_alltime/countdown/cd_31-40.htm |title=Countdown: Hottest 100 – Of All Time 31–40 |publisher=Triple J (Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)) |date=July 2009 |archive-date=24 November 2011 |access-date=19 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> As of January 2018, the group have sold 9 million albums worldwide.<ref name="Carr"/><ref name="ElevenSigning"/> At the annual [[ARIA Music Awards]], Silverchair holds the record for the most nominated artist, with 49, and the most awards won, with 21. Their breakthrough year was in [[ARIA Music Awards of 1995|1995]], when they won five out of nine nominations, including 'Best New Talent', and 'Breakthrough Artist' for both album and single categories.<ref name="ARIA1995">{{Cite web|url=http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history/year/1995 |title=ARIA Awards – History: Winners by Year 1995: 9th Annual ARIA Awards |publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) |access-date=6 October 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926235646/http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history-by-year.php?year=1995 |archive-date=26 September 2007 }}</ref> Their most successful year was at the [[ARIA Music Awards of 2007|2007 ceremony]], where they won six of eight nominations.<ref name="ARIAWins">{{cite web|url=http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history-by-artist.php?letter=S&artist=Silverchair|title=Winners by artist: Silverchair|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA)|access-date=1 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090210182518/http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history-by-artist.php?letter=S&artist=Silverchair|archive-date=10 February 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="ARIA2007"/> In November 2020, the 1994 EP recording of the song "Tomorrow" was inducted into the [[National Film and Sound Archive|NFSA]] (National Film and Sound Archive of Australia).<ref>{{cite web | title=Tomorrow by Silverchair {{!}} National Film and Sound Archive of Australia | website=National Film and Sound Archive of Australia | date=2020 | url=https://www.nfsa.gov.au/collection/curated/asset/82779-tomorrow-silverchair | access-date=1 August 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.nme.com/news/music/tomorrow-by-silverchair-added-to-national-film-sound-archives-sounds-of-australia-library-2820102 | title = 'Tomorrow' by Silverchair added to National Film & Sound Archive's 'Sounds of Australia' library | last = Bruce | first = Jasper | publisher = [[NME]] | date = 19 November 2020 | access-date = 1 August 2024}}</ref>

== Members ==
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* [[Ben Gillies]]&nbsp;– drums, percussion<ref name="AMGBenG">{{cite web|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240525131112/https://www.webcitation.org/62SiF5net?url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/ben-gillies-p338240/credits |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/ben-gillies-p338240/credits |title=Ben Gillies > Credits |publisher=AllMusic  |archive-date=25 May 2024 |access-date=16 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Chris Joannou]]&nbsp;– bass guitar<ref name="AMGChrisJ">{{cite web|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240525131152/https://www.webcitation.org/62SiVflaJ?url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/chris-joannou-p432631/credits |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/chris-joannou-p432631/credits |title=Chris Joannou > Credits |publisher=AllMusic  |archive-date=25 May 2024 |access-date=16 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Daniel Johns]]&nbsp;– vocals, guitar, piano, harpsichord, orchestral arrangements<ref name="AMGDanielJ">{{cite web|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240525131233/https://www.webcitation.org/62SiouS8e?url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/daniel-johns-p295722/credits |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/daniel-johns-p295722/credits |title=Daniel Johns > Credits |publisher=AllMusic  |archive-date=25 May 2024 |access-date=16 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Live Auxiliary Members===
* Tobin Finnane&nbsp;– rhythm guitar (1992–1994, only in Innocent Criminals)<ref name="McF"/> 
* Sam Holloway&nbsp;– keyboards, samples (1999–2002)<ref name="McF"/><ref name="Cohen">{{cite web | url = http://rockpublication.com/silver.htm | title = Interview with Silverchair | last1 = Cohen | first1 = Randy | work = Rock Publication | publisher = Rock Publication Inc | date = 30 March 1999 | access-date = 7 October 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120425051352/http://rockpublication.com/silver.htm | archive-date = 25 April 2012 | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-04-11 |title=Sam Holloway |url=http://www.samholloway.com.au/ |access-date=2024-11-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120411041917/http://www.samholloway.com.au/ |archive-date=11 April 2012 }}</ref>
* [[Paul Mac]]&nbsp;– keyboards, piano, remixing, programming (1999, 2001, 2006–2008)<ref name="AMGPaulM">{{cite web|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240525131312/https://www.webcitation.org/62Sj8Rta2?url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/paul-mac-p292410/credits |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/paul-mac-p292410/credits |title=Paul Mac > Credits |publisher=AllMusic  |archive-date=25 May 2024 |access-date=16 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Julian Hamilton]]&nbsp;– keyboards, backing vocals (2002–2005)
* Stuart Hunter - keyboards, backing vocals (2003 - 2005)
* Adam Sofo - keyboards (2007–2008)<ref name="AMGJulianH">{{cite web|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240525131358/https://www.webcitation.org/62Sk8MLdG?url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/julian-hamilton-p766491/credits |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/julian-hamilton-p766491/credits |title=Julian Hamilton > Credits |publisher=AllMusic  |archive-date=25 May 2024 |access-date=16 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* Unknown - keyboard, vocals (2010)
* Unknown - keyboard (2010)

== Discography ==
{{Main|Silverchair discography}}

'''Studio albums'''

* ''[[Frogstomp]]'' (1995)
* ''[[Freak Show (album)|Freak Show]]'' (1997)
* ''[[Neon Ballroom]]'' (1999)
* ''[[Diorama (Silverchair album)|Diorama]]'' (2002)
*''[[Young Modern]]'' (2007)

== See also ==
{{Portal|Rock music|Music|Australia}}
* [[List of awards and nominations received by Silverchair]]
* [[Music of Australia]]

== References ==
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'''General'''
* {{cite book | title = A New Tomorrow: The Silverchair Story | last1 = Apter | first1 = Jeff | publisher = [[Random House|Random House Australia]] | location = [[Milsons Point]] | isbn = 978-1-74166-483-6 | year = 2008 }}
* {{cite web|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240525125948/https://www.webcitation.org/62MxExXMp?url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p144747/biography |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p144747/biography |title=Silverchair > Biography |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |last1=Erlewine |first1=Stephen Thomas |author-link1=Stephen Thomas Erlewine |archive-date=25 May 2024 |access-date=12 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}
* {{Cite book | title = Hi Fi Days: The Future of Australian Rock | last = Mathieson | first = Craig | author-link = Craig Mathieson | publisher = [[Allen & Unwin]] | year = 1996 | location = [[St Leonards, New South Wales|St Leonards]] |isbn= 978-1-86448-232-4 }}
* {{Cite encyclopedia|last=McFarlane |first=Ian |author-link=Ian McFarlane |encyclopedia=[[Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop]] |title=Whammo Homepage |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040405231007/http://www.whammo.com.au/index.asp |url=http://www.whammo.com.au/index.asp |archive-date=5 April 2004 |access-date=1 October 2011 |year=1999 |publisher=Allen & Unwin |location=St Leonards, NSW |isbn=1-86508-072-1 |url-status=dead }} Note: Archived [on-line] copy has limited functionality.
* {{cite book| last1 = Spencer| first1 = Chris| first2 = Paul | last2 = McHenry | first3 = Zbig | last3 = Nowara| title = The Who's Who of Australian Rock | orig-year = 1989| year = 2007| publisher = Moonlight Publishing| isbn = 978-1-86503-891-9| chapter = 'silverchair' entry}}

'''Specific'''
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