Silverchair's story is now written in music folklore. Formed in 1992 in the Newcastle surf-side side suburb of Merewether, Silverchair's rise was meteoric. The band, consisting of singer/songwriter/guitarist Daniel Johns, drummer Ben Gillies and bassist Chris Joannou, became a global phenomenon, propelling them on to some of the world's biggest stages and achieving album sales in excess of 6 million worldwide. The band signed with the Sony Music Entertainment Australia subsidiary label Murmur in 1994 after winning a national demo competition conducted by SBS TV and national youth broadcaster Triple J.

Their debut single 'Tomorrow' was a breakthrough success, reaching #1 on the ARIA Singles Chart and remaining there for six weeks. The band's first album Frogstomp also debuted at #1 on the ARIA Albums Chart and achieved sales of 4 x platinum. It reached the Billboard Top Ten in the US, making Silverchair the first Australian band to achieve that since INXS. All of Silverchair's subsequent studio albums, Freakshow (double-Platinum), Neon Ballroom (triple-Platinum), Diorama (triple-Platinum) and Young Modern (triple-Platinum) debuted at #1 in Australia.

Silverchair also holds the record for the greatest number of ARIA Award wins with a total of 21. Total album sales across the Silverchair catalogue have now exceeded 6 million globally making them one of Australia's most successful musical exports.

'Young Modern' originally released in 2007 features the ARIA #1 hit single Straight Lines as well as If You Keep Losing Sleep, Reflections Of A Sound and Mind Reader.