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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Entertainment
Nathan Jolly

Silverchair’s Ben Gillies and Chris Joannou on rifts, Daniel Johns and finding closure: ‘We’re still in indefinite hibernation’

Ben Gillies and Chris Joannou sitting side by side on the floor
Former Silverchair drummer Ben Gillies (left) and bass player Chris Joannou have released a memoir, titled Love & Pain, which details their time in the Newcastle rock band. Photograph: Maclay Heriot

One of the most sage pieces of advice Ben Gillies ever received came from his father: “All it takes is a song. One song.”

Gillies was barely into his teens when he learned how true that was. Tomorrow, a mature and complicated rock epic written over two jam sessions in his childhood bedroom, propelled the unprepared children of Australian band Silverchair into the global spotlight in 1995, raking in millions of dollars in royalties and providing the foundations upon which one of the most successful and impressive catalogues in Australian musical history was built.

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