I'm Buying So Much Hype

Ever since that dark, disasterous day of May 19, 1999, I've found it nigh on impossible to buy into hype of any sort. But every once in a while something comes along that I can't help but get overly excited about. Last week, some people in Sydney Australia went into a subway station and got this on their cell phone:



If you don't immediately recognize who it is, that's alright. You haven't heard from them since 1999. If you're my age and reading this, you loved them in Jr High and then forgot about them in High School.

But not me.

Silverchair's music became a staple in my musical diet and they went on to become one of the most brilliant bands of our generation. And all the while, no one in North America noticed. When they put out 2003's Diorama, everyone here had forgotten about them and they weren't able to tour because of Daniel Johns' battle with arthritis. So the album that Rolling Stone called the best album we've heard in twenty years, went unnoticed and unplayed.

But now they're back. And if everything goes accordingly, I promise you, by this summer everyone will remember Silverchair and fall in love with their music all over again. Their new single comes out January 29 so until then, I'll let you all listen to what you've been missing.

My band of the month is Silverchair

The song of the week is Without You from Diorama. (One of the best outtro's in rock music)