i always found them kind of distasteful but just saw a lovely picture of the singer shirtless.

plus i have a crush on one of the guys from the show backpackers who's austrailian so i'm just in that sort of place.

anyway, what's their best album? to start out with, but with the very high possibility it might be the only thing by them i ever bother with. will look for a GH package, but also would like to know a studio album.

are any of the songs about sucking cock?

I don't know much about VS, but from what I understand VS got progressively worse where Silverchair (according to most fans) got better.

Beware, their first two albums (Frogstomp, Freak Show) have a heavy grunge influence. A few gems to be had there, but overall it's pretty unoriginal.

Third album (Neon Ballroom) sees them coming into their own a bit. Bigger use of orchestral elements, but very, very angsty. This album is pretty much a document of the singer's mental issues, so it isn't quite skipping-in-the-park material. I'd say this album has their first ventures into MOR kind of material.

Fourth album (Diorama) is very heavy on the orchestral arrangements and far more uplifting than the previous album. On my first few listens I found odd bits here and there pretty cheesy (took me about 6 weeks before I could listen to the opening track all the way through) but most of it is a grower. Great album, but probably 'Marmite'. Few more MOR tunes there.

Fifth album (Young Modern) is mostly a total departure from all of their previous stuff. Really good tunes that catch you on first listen. It feels wrong to recommend just one, but I think your safest bet could be this one in terms of quality tunes that don't wear their influences on their sleeves so much (although I hear an awful lot of Bowie?).

They do have a GH compilation that takes you through the singles from their first three albums, which should give a pretty good idea of what they were doing back then.

That's about as much as I can sum their stuff up without banging on and on and on.

VS forever!!!!!!
fuck silverchair
i only like that one song with the video set in the movie theater or whatever.

thats what clay said.

fitty he's copied our hair stylings.

god you remind me of that fag from americas next top mdel rofl. whenever i see him i imagine it's you.

lol i dont style my hair like hers.

lol@style


ym current look is 1.5 month regrowth + bed hair

well i go out in public, hence washing and yes, styling

Look, Silverchair are a great band but they are a band that has been heavily pushed by Triple J and are now frighteningly popular. Mainstream radios play their songs like there's no tomorrow.

thank fuck they didn't come first in the hottest 100 this year or we'd be stuck listening to that song all year. Yay for Muse winning, "Knights Of Cydonia" is a really epic song.

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It has to be worse, doesn't it? Far worse. Maybe I'm biased because when they broke out with "In A Nirvana-lyte Stylee Innit (Tomorrow)" they were the same age as me. And a bit shitty. And I was 15. Maybe 14.

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Veruca Salt pre 1998, and Silverchair post 1998, are both beautiful things.

SC just isn't so popular here in the US ... probably because their songs aren't aimed at the retarded or the urban ass-shaker. And VS ... their last album sold -3 copies. SO WEIRD.

Louise Post, for the record, is working at the Exxon on 896 in Elkton, Maryland.

It's challenging, but rewarding.

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I think it would be unwise and a waste of time to bother with either band, spare American Thighs.

You're forgiven on account of the fact that Daniel Johns is a hot self pitying mess.
Which reminds me, have you seen him these days? He's clearly been hitting the gym and drinking those protein shakes like there's no tomorrow! Goodbye pro ana weakling, hello buffness!
Macho Macho man!
Not to mention the nipple rings he's got going on!
ALL TOGETHER NOW:
WE ARE THE YOUTH WE'LL TAKE YOUR FACISM AWAAAAAY!

Tell me about it. It's a good song but I hate hearing good songs get the shit thrashed out of them on radio. I wasn't amused that Muse won though. Never been a fan. And faker in the top 10? Come on, they're a shocking band.

i know it's a waste of time here at KR, but fuck it, i'm gonna stand up for VS.

american thighs, eight arms and blow it out your ass are awesome.

resolver is 100% love it or hate it. it just takes 3 or 4 listens to decide which side you fall on. if you love it then it's the best car-crash of an album you'll hear for a long time.

lords of sounds and VSIV both have some good moments but a bit disappointing overall.

they also have a plethora of awesome b-sides in their history.

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as for silverchair, i don't know their music, but the guy is kinda hot AND boned Natalie Umbrella. so that's gotta be worth something.

Silverchair have been my favourite band for almost a decade, so in my opinion they shit on Veruca Salt from a great height.

Muse won Triple J's Hottest 100? What the fuck??