Product Description

Forget the fact that two-thirds of Silverchair will be in their teens 'til the year 2000; the band's debut, FROGSTOMP, spills with full-throttled guitar angst worthy of bands twice their age.
Having won a record contract through a contest in their hometown of Newcastle, Australia, the band recorded FROGSTOMP in less than two weeks, and the album entered the Australian charts at number one, a down-under first. It's easy to see why: gripping guitar structures, reminiscent of hard-rock antecedents from Black Sabbath to Dinosaur Jr., support howled vignettes of adolescent frustration. "Leave Me Out" has the same head-nodding lurch as the best Sabbath riffs, and song titles like "Suicidal Dream", "Pure Massacre"and "Madman" bring the whole freak-out theme home. "Cicada"drives the youth point further, with singer/guitarist Daniel Johns realising that "growing old is like a Civil War".
Silverchair has done its homework well. FROGSTOMP is an aggresive debut for a band that makes up for their lack of age with impressive musical chops.

Track Listing

1. Israel's Son
2. Tomorrow
3. Faultline
4. Pure Massacre
5. Shade
6. Blind
7. Leave Me Out
8. Suicidal Dream
9. Madman
10. Undecided
11. Cicada
12. Findaway

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #7205 in Music
• Released on: 1995-06-01
• Number of discs: 1

Customer Reviews

AMAZING
i first heard this album when i was 13, five years later its still my favourite silverchair album and definately high in my top ten.
im in a band now at 18 and am amazed at the success and inginuity of the band at 15. this album rocks, and is a must have for everyone!!!!!

Silver Medal
Unfortunately Daniel Johns is a quite poor Lyricist and this reflects on the songs, they are samey and stuck in a rut of teen angst directed at nothing in particular.

Tommorrow is good, so is Israel's Son, unfortunately after that they run out of ideas.

They are clearly influenced by Nirvana, Pearl Jam and the rest of the Grunge canon, and if you like those bands then you will probably like this...However, stuff by Alice in Chains, Soundgarden and The Stone Temple Pilots are lightyears in front of this band in terms of emotion, musical ability and quality.

It's unlikely you will fall in love with this album but you will probably rock out to the singles

:)

Stompin' Stuff!
This is undoubtedly Silverchair's best album! Their energy is dynamic!

This is nothing like any of their other albums, this album is extremely well writing and performed with passion & aggression!

I bought this CD when it was first released and I have just had to replace it because of ware & tear due to over play by the whole family.