Daniel Johns
Street artist wins Archibald Packing Room Prize for Baker Boy portrait
Matt Adnate painted the ARIA winner using 90 per cent spray paint. Also, the 57 finalists competing for the main Archibald Prize have been announced.
- Helen Pitt
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I feel it in my fingers, I feel it in my toes … it’s my first reminiscence bump
Adults over 40 have an enhanced recollection of events that happened during adolescence. Music superpowers what psychologists call the “reminiscence bump”.
- Rachael Jacobs
Daniel Johns on his synaesthesia and taming his ‘noisy’ mind
“When I paint, it’s like freedom,” says Daniel Johns in Shine director Scott Hicks’ new film about the borderless language of music.
- Martin Boulton
Daniel Johns signs lucrative global publishing deal with BMG
After distancing himself from his Silverchair bandmates, Johns has signed a new deal that includes the entire back catalogue of the former band’s music.
- Martin Boulton
Silverchair’s Ben Gillies and his wife met in school. They married 15 years later
“We kissed for the first time, got engaged, and two months later we were married.”
- Robyn Doreian
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Silverchair, take it from a psychologist – rehashing your breakup won’t help anything
Ben Gillies wants to repair his relationship with Daniel Johns by laying it all on the table. This is the last thing I would recommend for some patients.
- Bianca Denny
Why one of Australia’s biggest bands is at war with itself
When the ABC aired a two-part interview with two of the three former members of Silverchair, it reignited a long-running feud.
- Karl Quinn
Book of revelations: How to make your celebrity tell-all memoir a hit
Candice Warner is forging ahead with a one-woman marketing campaign to flog her autobiography, but even that won’t be enough to topple Prince Harry’s book Spare.
- Andrew Hornery
Punk rock lives, and other things we learned in Australian music in 2022
This year’s ARIA awards, back live after a three-year absence, offer a handy pulse-check on the state of the local music scene.
- Michael Dwyer
‘I want to be normal. I just can’t’: Daniel Johns wrestles with his past
The reclusive rock star hates his fame but wants his legacy to shine. It’s a tough balancing act.
- Michael Dwyer
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