SILVERCHAIR レコード& CD

Review: Australian rockers Silverchair made their mark with their third album 'Neon Ballroom' in 1999, which heard the band move away from their grunge roots and into more atmospheric territory. The album was produced by Nick Launay, who has also worked with the likes of Nick Cave and Arcade Fire. But this reissue more than proves Silverchair had a sound of their own, with rapturous openers like 'Emotion Sickness' and acoustic ballads like 'Ana's Song' showcasing not only the band's growth and experimentation, but their ability to oscillate between screamo and emo while indulging their most experimental impulses.

Review: We can only begin to image how Silverchair felt taking to the stage at Chicago's legendary Cabaret Metro. It's 1994, and the band aren't even old enough to buy a drink (members are still only 15), but their spectacular debut, Frogstomp, has already positioned them as Australia's great post-grunge hope, meaning a venue famed for seminal shows by scene deities like Nirvana, Pearl Jam and Smashing Pumpkins - among others - would mean the world to the young upstarts.
Live was the resulting album, initially released on promotional CD only, packing seven tracks of pure on-stage energy, cacophony, and guitar-first dirt, alongside a special bonus bit at the end. Available now for the first time ever on black plastic, with just 5000 copies pressed, it's what you might call a veritable piece of 1990s rock history.