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There's a good reason why the new release from Silverchair, Neon Ballroom-the third album from the Aussie
power-grunge trio-is a watershed for the band. The band members, who were just 15 and 16 years old when their 1995
debut, Frogstomp, took the world by storm, have finally gotten out of high school. "This album is very different for us," explains Daniel Johns, Silverchair's guitarist, singer, songwriter and all-around guiding spirit, who's all of 19 now. "The last 2 albums
were very much was kind of like a side project. We had educational things that we just had to get done. Music was more
like a hobby. This album the first chance that I've really had to actually sit down and think about what I want to do with music.
So I thought if I'm going to do music as a career, I just want to establish Silverchair as a band that's stamped our mark on
music that's being player at the moment. So I decided to do something totally different." Johns isn't kidding. With its
melancholy ballads,textured arrangments,introspective lyrics and often exotic instrumentations(including orchestral flourishes,
bits of electronica and some discordant piano passages from classical pianist David Helfgott, subject of the acclaimed movie
Shine), Neon Ballroom is an ambitious departure from the stark,bludgeoning metal grind the band purveyed on its previous
releases. "Our first two albums were very stripped back and very raw," says Johns. "It was all about teenage anger and
heaviness. It was fun, but it wasn't challenging. With this album, I wanted to do a whole big kind of grand album;
in some ways I think it will be perceived as being self indulgent, but that was all part of the master plan." Lyriclly, the songs
are much more personal than those on Silverchair's previous releases. "Emotion Sickness" deals with the pressure of being,br> young, famous and in a public high school. "Between the ages of 16 and 18," Johns reveals,"I was bashed a lot after school
by these gangs who were after me because the couldn't handle that we were having a cartain amount of success. They weren't
from our school,but they were a lot bigger than me. I never really talked about it until after I'd left school, because I didn't
know what was going to happen. I was too paranoid." So how does it feel to finally be out of school?"I'm very glad,"Johns laughs."Very glad.".

- Mordechai Kleidermacher

Hay una buena razón de porque el nuevo lanzamiento de silverchair, Neon Ballroom- el tercer álbum del power- trío Australiano, es una como una línea divisoria para la banda. Los miembros de la banda, quienes tenían 15 y 16 años en 1995, para su debut, Frogstomp, tomo al mundo por una tormenta, han finalmente salido del colegio. "Éste álbum es muy diferente para nosotros", explica Daniel Johns, guitarrista, cantante, escritor y guía espiritual de Silverchair, quien tiene 19 años. "Los 2 últimos álbumes eran como un proyecto aparte. Nosotros teníamos cosas de educación que teníamos que terminar. La música era más como un hobby. Este álbum fue la primera oportunidad que tuve de sentarme y pensar que quería hacer con la música. Entonces pense si voy a tener a la música como carrera, Sólo debería establecer a silverchair como una banda que estampara nuestras marcas en la música que era ser músicos en el momento. Entonces decidí hacer algo completamente diferente" Johns no esta bromeando. Con sus melancólicas baladas, contexturas de arreglos, canciones introspectivas y frecuentemente exóticos instrumentos (incluyendo adornos orquestales, sonidos electrónicos y algunos pasajes discordes de piano del clásico pianista David Helfgott, aclamado tema de la película Shine). Neon Ballroom es una ambiciosa partida desde lo rígido." Nuestros 2 primeros albumes eran muy pelados y desnudos", dice Johns. "Era todo acerca de la rabia adolescente y pesadez. Era divertido, pero no era desafiante. Con este álbum quería hacer algo de todo como un gran álbum; de alguna forma pienso que será percibido como auto- complaciente, pero todo esto forma parte del plan maestro". Las canciones, son más personales que las de los otros albumes. "Emotion Sickness" trataron la presión de ser joven y famoso, e ir a un colegio público. "Entre las edades de 16 y 18" revela Johns, " yo era golpeado cuando iba al colegio por los pandilleros quienes estaban antes que yo porque ellos no podían soportar que tuviéramos éxito. No eran de nuestro colegio, pero no eran más grandes que nosotros. Nunca hable de esto antes de salir del colegio, porque no sabía lo que iba a pasar. Estaba muy paranoico" Entonces como te sientes de por fin haber salido del colegio? "estoy muy agradecido" Johns se rie, "Muy agradecido"

- Mordechai Kleidermacher