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[9] The band originally intended to take a 12-month break, but in the end they decided to devote their time to making music. [43] 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 50. [ 23 ]
Silverchair returned to recording in June 2001, and released Diorama in 2002. Lead singer Daniel Johns suffered from reactive arthritis while the band were touring to promote the album, [2] and after the 2002 ARIA Awards the band announced an indefinite hiatus. [3] Silverchair reunited after Wave Aid in 2005, and released Young Modern in 2007. [4]
For "Emotion Sickness", the band's frontman, Daniel Johns, wanted "a really manic and broken piano part to break up the album". [5] The band's management had the idea to call Australian pianist David Helfgott, who also shared the same lawyer with Silverchair, and the band agreed without hesitation. "Daniel wanted a manic piano part.
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From May 1998, Silverchair worked on their third studio album, Neon Ballroom, with Nick Launay (Midnight Oil, Models, The Birthday Party) producing again. [5] [6] The band had originally intended to take a 12-month-break after the release of 1997's Freak Show, but instead chose to devote their time to making new music.
Daniel Paul Johns (born 22 April 1979) is an Australian musician, singer, and songwriter, best known as the frontman, guitarist, and main songwriter of the rock band Silverchair. Johns is also one half of The Dissociatives with Paul Mac and one half of Dreams with Luke Steele .
Silverchair worked with composer Van Dyke Parks on Diorama; the album contains numerous orchestral arrangements and power ballads, a change from the grunge music typical of their earlier work, but consistent with the band's previous orchestrations on Neon Ballroom. The album's title refers to "a world within a world". [1]
The performances schedule consisted of three main parts, beginning with the supporting artist performing one set, followed by Silverchair and then Powderfinger would play the final set of the night. The two bands united for only three performances onstage at the one time throughout the tour. The supporting artists varied from location to location.