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"Israel's Son" is a song by Australian rock band Silverchair, released on 12 April 1995 as the third single from their debut album, Frogstomp (1995). It was included on Silverchair's The Best Of: Volume 1 compilation album, released on 13 November 2000.
[14] David Fricke of Rolling Stone, on the other hand, wrote: "Truly shameless wanna-be's like Bush should be so lucky to have the hard smarts that Silverchair – particularly the band's main writers, singer-guitarist Daniel Johns and drummer Ben Gillies – show on such Frogstomp-ers as 'Pure Massacre' and 'Israel's Son'. When these guys turn ...
According to interviews with lead singer and guitarist Daniel Johns in January 1995 and 1996, the song and its lyrics are inspired by the Bosnian War: [5] "It's pretty stupid, war, like that. So, it seemed the right thing to write a song about, rather than about the usual--girls or whatever. It took about a half an hour; it came straight to my ...
In September 1995, during Silverchair's tour in the United States, Johns was hit with a bottle of alcohol in Santa Monica, California while performing "Israel's Son" and the injury required half a dozen stitches near his left eyebrow. [32] In between touring, they continued their secondary education in Newcastle.
"Shade" is a song by Australian alternative rock band Silverchair, released on 29 May 1995 as the fourth single from their debut album, Frogstomp (1995). It was the only single to not be included on Silverchair's compilation album The Best Of: Volume 1, released on 13 November 2000.
The lyrics of the parody focused on the young age of the Silverchair band members at the time, with the chorus lyrics changed to "I turn four tomorrow." The single peaked at No. 72 on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart [ 47 ] and was nominated for "Best Comedy Release" at the ARIA Music Awards of 1996 .
"Cemetery" is a single by the Australian alternative rock band Silverchair. The song is found on the band's second album Freak Show. It was also included on their Best of Volume 1. In their review for Freak Show, Rolling Stone called the song a "proggy" ballad. [1]
"Without You" is a song by Australian rock band Silverchair, released as the second single from their fourth album, Diorama (2002), on 13 May 2002. It was written by lead singer-guitarist Daniel Johns and was composed during the recording sessions for the band's third album Neon Ballroom (1999) but was not used at that time.