Ben interviewing Daniel. 
20th March 1999. 

Ben) Okay, you've got a new album, it's called Neon Ballroom, can you please tell us about it. 

Daniel) Yeah, um, this album, it was, um, the album's title is called Neon Ballroom 'cause Neon was kind of 
like for a new sound, it's got some very futuristic sounds on it, Ballroom was more of a traditional, 
orchestral sound which is what we were aiming for on this album. 

Ben) Nice, some of the songs on Neon Ballroom, um, Daniel, sound quite different to your earlier 
material, why is that, why has that came about? 

Daniel) Um, with the first two albums, it was very much a traditional kind of hard rock sound that we 
were into at the time, it was all just about passion and power you know, but with this album we thought, 
it's time to do something different and stamp our mark on the music industry, saying this is what we're 
gonna do, so copy this.
 
Ben) Has anyone ever told you, you look like Kurt Cobain Daniel?
 
Daniel) No, no-one's ever said it, that I look like Kurt Cobain, no.
 
Ben) What would you do if someone was to say?
 
Daniel) Oh, he's a good looking man, I'd probably take it as a compliment, I'd really like it, I think. 

Ben) Who would you say is the best looking member of silverchair? 

Daniel) That would be Chris probably. 

Ben) He is pretty good looking. 

Daniel) He's the bass player,he's got a very daunting aura about him when he's on the stage pounding the 
bass, kind of gauging the ground- 

Ben) I'm tough- 

Daniel) Very strong, skinhead, you know.  

Ben) Yeah. 

Daniel) Hmmm.  

Ben) Who would you say is the most intelligent member of silverchair? 

Daniel) That would, Ben, Ben's very intelligent.
 
Ben) I agree.
 
Daniel) He's um, been studying rocket scientifics, things like that, he's um- 

Ben) A bit of psychology- 

Daniel) Dentistry, he's good with teeth.
 
Ben) Can you explain to the youth of Australia (Daniel's fully trying not to 
laugh here) why, um, there's so many drum solos on the new album. Would you like 
to say how wonderful they are and stuff.
 
Daniel) Okay, there's a lot of drum solos on the new album just mainly because 
Ben was in a really good mood one day, he just came in and it was a good day, he 
has good and bad days, like one out of five gigs he'll actually play well, so he 
came into the studio and he played really hard, fast, like good solos, like very 
Jon Bonham-esque, which is what he wants, he really likes Jon Bonham, the drummer, 
in Led Zeppelin, you know, Led Zeppelin from the seventies- 

Ben) Yeah, I know 'em.
 
Daniel) Yeah, so we're just, you know very influenced by the whole seventies 
psychedelic thing in the whole, you know(makes wanking gestures).
 
Ben) Yeah, (pause), wank.
 
Daniel) Yeah, wank.