The Silverchair Dilemma
Silverchair frontman's confession "I didn't realize the noise was in my head" I used to be madly fond of Silverchair. I wouldn't say I was a superfan or anything, but suffice it to say, this was the music of my teenage years; the music that sticks with you whether you like it or not (And that's a paradox in itself- I mean, how do you love something you hate?). Here's the thing: It's paradoxes which are the things that stick with us. Especially when our own lives are paradoxical. I always had a lot of noise in my head. Teenage years are full of paradoxes. It fit the moment. This was music that said that things aren't meant to work out and somehow still held a kind of shimmering beauty. That there's point of no awakening while you're lying in the mud and there's nothing to say, all of whihc might pass for a kind of frau...
