-it's good to be able to play to people who appreciate the music (note the key words)
-could be still playing music in silverchair, or we could be...asleep (in a couple years)
-we had this guy once outside the bus, painted in blue and he actually had white underpants on and no hair and he was, like, yelling, "i love you ben! i love you, ben!" that's pretty weird. he was just a rad guy
-yeah, i'd sell apples-eat the spares
-we smell flowers
-there was, like reeses peanut butter crap, but we didn't like that
-we have 50 or so frogs in our little frog collection at home
-he says, "i don't want to teach you today, can we get some chicks?" we say no (jim welsh, tutor)
-people think you're different, but you're not
-any rock album is anger, mainly
-a lot of rock music's just young people getting their anger out so they can have fun in their lives, really
-we're going to be the rave revival band. we're going to bring back rave. it's going to be the new sensation sweeping the nation
-in australia, everyone's kind of an equal psycho. but in america, there's leaders of the pack
-we're classic rockers-the eagles, journey, the doobie brothers, yeah!
-we're just going to follow every trend. we'll just jump on every single bandwagon so we can say we were a part of it. just kidding
-ben gillies-single male
-ben suggested if it's a female, they gotta come in here and dance naked for tickets. if it's a male, i dunno what they could do. (ben denies saying anything like that) did he say it, chris? did he say it, mr. dj?
-if you know a noise addict song, you don't want to come to one of our shows
-you remember that australians, in cricket, are the undefeatables. england will never rise. they've fallen and thay're never gonna get up
-quite the sporting nation, england
-can you not talk as loud, please? i can't hear the crunch of the food
-january 5th, 1992 (last time he washed his hair)
-do you remember that time we were touring in perth and you came into our bandroom with no clothes on and you said, "come and take me, boys." (art)
-we're young and stupid
-there's this guy in the hospital and he's just finished an operation and the doctor walks in and says, "i've got some good news and some bad news." he goes, "okay, tell me the bad news." he goes, "we chopped the wrong leg off." and he's like, "no! what's the good news?" and he goes, "your bad leg is getting better." yeah!
-we would be heroes, if negative meant positive. we would be saviors of australia
-tip of a penis (definition of knob)
-tastes like shit (vegamite)
-we were playing to like, 2 people. sometimes, we'd get our sister, or our mum to come watch us (before the film clip)
-yeah, i just wanted to play guitar just cause it was something to do and i wanted to be ritchie blackmore. yeah, for sure. i wanted to do everything he did and i used to sit my guitar down on the floor and play with my feet
-keep moshing. you up in the tree, that's good moshing in the tree. we've never seen that before
-we just don't want to get established as a mainstream, teen band
-that was pretty funny. there was supposed to be a slit in the bassdrum so he would go through, but our stage guy forgot to put the slit in it so he just hit his head and fell. it was pretty funny, i couldn't stop laughing. (ben's incident at the arias)
-(we go on) the biggest ones (rollercoasters) because we're rebels
-we don't know the names (of cities). we failed geography
-no, it was hell. it was good. we just saw it and we were going, yeah! (first time they saw a moshpit)
-ben started playing (drums) when he was 2
-tlc, salt and peppa, mchammer (in his record collection)
-it was pretty good. the best song ever written (i felt like it)
-we don't get computers. i just know that, like, smart people have to use them so we shouldn't do it
-ben plays with his balls
-the paper got it wrong, because they're mental
-ben's the keith moon of silverchair. you know, the wild man?
-people go, "whoa, that ben gillies is an animal!"
-yeah? you want to go out on a date? okay, i've got to get consent from my dog, but i think she'll be cool with it
-i'm going to be deadly honest. i swear to god. this is the truth, all right? when we're at a gig, before we go onstage, we kind of chill. me and chris do, anyway. and gillies is like, "i wonder what the chicks are like?" so we go onstage, gillies is playing his drums, he's playing like an animal, like he's keith moon. and then the gig is over and he's like, "okay, i'm going to see the female situation."
-it's also just saying stuff you, stuff you! (abuse me)
-shut up, gillies, or i'll break you!
-he stuffed it up, so we just decided it was funny, cause he wasn't paying attention, cause he didn't go to school that day. (chris writing silverchair, not sliverchair)
-there's a lot of frogs in australia and we like to stomp on them
-in sydney, ben goes and gets a kangaroo burger from mcdonalds and me and joannou just sit out in the back of it...
-ay, just getting a drink of water, gillies :::gargle:::
-i'll have a coke, if they have coke in new zealand
-i think a concert is totally shivers without it (moshing)
-i would have grounded you for life for listening to techno
-the first time we heard "tomorrow" on the radio, it was really embarrassing. we were in a car with a whole heap of our friends and it came on. we turned it off as quick as we could
-we like angry, intense music. but we try not to be mr. depression all the time. it's all an act
- magic mountain. we are going, we can't be stopped. we are a machine and we don't turn off til we've been to magic mountain
-we don't try to convince people of anything. think what you want. this is what we are. and if you don't believe us, we say f*ck you!
-i couldn't sleep til 6 o'clock. i've been jerking off for hours in my bed
-i found a packet of chewing gum on the floor of the supermarket when i was little and put it in my pocket. that's pretty hard-core
-we don't like rap or hip-hop music. i don't even classify it as a valid form of music. it's just a drum beat with some people talking.
-i wouldn't care as long as he was the same person. but if he tried to crack onto me, i'd give him a punch in the jaw. (if his bf told him he was gay)
-i did my death and thrash metal thing when i was 11
-all the metal people are tough guys and we're little weeds
-when i come off stage, i don't really feel much like talking to anyone for about half an hour. i just want to sit and calm down for a bit. when you are on stage, particularly at the end of the gig, you get really hyped up. i get really pissed when you've finished a gig and all these people walk in.
-anything with intensity...is good
-i was kinda embarrassed by all that stuff. you never really get used to it (bras being thrown onstage and shit)
-yeah, we're very rock n' roll
-ben is actually getting braces because he's got a bit of a teeth problem; a really bad tooth deformity. he just doesn't use his colgate; doesn't brush
-we're pretty much computer illiterate. i like looking at it when my brother's doing it, but i'm just not smart enough
-i'm not a social butterfly
-we're not really big fans of the whole groupie/rock star/dickhead thing
-i have a rock melon, anyway. i don't need a girlfriend
-i'll probably wait until i'm 19 (to move out). i want to enjoy one more year of getting my washing done for me
-some people think we'll be 15 forever. no, we were f*cking 15 two years ago, dickhead
-chris has a girlfriend of two years, ben has many girlfriends, and i have a dog
-ben's got a fixation with females. me and chris are trying to hold him back, but he's an animal!!!!
-i thought it was ice cream (vienna)
-i'm going free ball
-we're a peace loving, harmony band
-the more money you throw, the happier we are. so chuck $100 notes, chuck everything. we'll split it between ourselves. we'll give a dollar to watson.
-room service...baby i could use a meal (um, yes you could!)
-i'm not going to swear because my mum told me not to say f*ck
-if you don't jump around, we're just going to stop
-whatever-that's what you say in la. you say WHAT-EVER!
-um, you've disconnected the power, which is cool.
-how about we start from the back, hey? two steps back! second row, two steps back! ah, this isn't working! i dunno what to say-f*ck! (when all else fails, that's the way to go!)
-you want me to spit on you? you're f*cking stupid! i've got herpes and i've got all other kinds of diseases.
-i keep getting many clothing items chucked on stage. don't throw them up because we can't afford to wash them. we've got just sweaty, disgusting, stupid clothes. and johnny watson needs some new stuff.
-you guys are too f*cking quiet. yell! you gotta rock. you gotta rock the f*cking house! cause you paid money. all right, you ready to rock, to jump, and f*cking...be grungy?
-who's here who's wild? ben wants to know who's wild. he said something about having a party. um, i don't know what he said, but i'm guessing all interested females see ben later on.
-and we got here yesterday and we just got here and went out for tea and then we got back and had interviews and then we watched a movie on pay tv and then we went to bed and then we woke up and had more interviews today. (a smile and thumbs-up)
-if you get a big head in school, you get ripped off a lot
-this is when you wake up tomorrow morning and say f*ck, i wish i didn't go to that silverchair concert cause i'm f*cked.
-that was more punk than punk
-does anyone want some red gatorade? don't get it in your hair cause you get really sticky
-ben likes hootie and the blowfish
-they say ugly phil's a dick. i'm just telling it how it is. hey, it's good promo. ugly phil's a dick.
-i bet you lenny kravitz or someone famous is behind us and they start screaming ah, it's someone famous standing behind those two losers! do you reckon?
-people tried to pull themselves up on me when i was getting pulled down and the button came off and my pants around my ankles, but it was okay because i was wearing boxer shorts and i went to the hospital and i was fine. i went to the hospital for about five hours and it was really boring.
-first it was short elvis, actually. then it was innocent criminals. then it was, um, penis pulling around mounds of death. then it was big muffin. then it was big fat llama.
-we really just f*cked up. no, actually we didn't f*ck up. everyone else f*cked up. everyone f*cked up except for us.
-stop throwing f*cking water bottles or i'll come down and kick all your f*cking asses. the next water bottle that comes up and hits me in the f*cking head, this guitar is worth at least 400 bucks.
-we were like really bored cause we were just sitting backstage and everyone was gone so we just chucked food everywhere and like, the room didn't look too good after it. it was pretty good fun, though.
-i played indoor soccer. yeah, took a fall. well, i tackled this big guy and he was like, really big because we play against really big people and um, he landed on me and i landed on the ground. it was a hard floor so it kind of hurt.
-jesus, you are talking stupid. you look like a frog.
-if someone falls and they're kind of, you know, dying, in pain, in agony, you pick them up and give them a kiss, maybe suck their penis.
-yeah yeah boston, oh yeah motherf*cker yeah. boys in the hood yo, what's up y'all, bro? f*ck f*ck f*ck f*ck yeah yeah yeah yeah this is a song i'm singing about ? oh yeah, baby yeah. (a little chant during a gig)
-rock on, continue to get older as the human race will progress and turn into donkey's penises. (to celebrate watto's birthday)
-ben's a pretty foxy guy. i can't really say anything more about him other than the fact thet he's obsessed by sex poses.
-he's a frustrated guitar hero (bennie)
-i like to raise my finger, it shows my masculine side, shows how tough i am
-yes, i have got a girl's haircut. i'm in touch with my feminine side
-ben's always got his trousers around his ankles. there's something pornographic about him.
-stuff by donovan. i don't know the names, but mum listens to him and i hate him! (most hated record)
-i make a mean veggie soup, it's the best. i just chuck everything in it- every veggie, every spice. it's beautiful.
-as long as there's fruit on the tour rider, i'm happy. i can eat fruit all day.
-actually, i have slept in the same bed as him (ben), but i haven't had any sexual intercourse with him. i'm not very interested. he's not my type. just sleeping in the same bed as him is bad enough. he snores very loud. he's an animal.
-i don't commit any major crimes. i'm a good boy.
-i'm very much the indoors-y type guy
-the other day i was walking my dog and my arms got a bit red and i thought, "yeah- a bit of color!"
-i just don't live up to the australian stereotype at all. i failed.
-i'll die when i'm about 72, 72 and eight months, i reckon. that's a good age.
-i have some great pornographic pictures of my dog. (uh-huh, okie daniel...)
-the gig is the best feeling you can have
-when we first started, a lot of people treated us like little babies. we just sat there and thought, "f*ck!"
-ben, mind your language you little cunt. (imitating mrs. gillies)
-you're giving me a f*ckin' horn (he's joking, relax!)
-airports are so boring. maybe we should open our own airport with lots of cool stuff to do, like movie theaters and arcade stuff. we could call it... the chairport.
-we don't have serious arguements. we just muck around and decide who's gonna hit who first.
-i'd just look at them and hope for the best (favorite "chat-up" line, in other words, he sees a foxy chick)
-we played the big day out festival in australia to about 15,000 people and we had shit running down our legs!
-a bit of intensity wouldn't go astray
-he's a larrikin. 'the aussie larrikin.' i love it! (about ben)
-he just loves talking to people and meeting people. i'm the total opposite. i just hate meeting people and i'm not very social and i'm really shy when i don't know people. i hate it. it's just weird. especially when you know that they're not there to be friends with you. they're just there because you're in a band.
-i just wanted to warn you, i've been pumping iron. hey! i'm not joking! i went to the gym. want to see me flex?
-all the people over there in "snack express," get your asses over here and get ? you better come and rock the house, f*ck food. f*ck food. that's not incentive for anorexia, food is good! food is good for you!
-that has some pretty beautiful... scenery. perfect for culitvating basil. (newcastle)
-there was a daffodil that lived on a windmill. the basil was grown and cultivated like it is still. (why thank you, daniel. that was loverly!)
-see, now. now you're starting to interrupt chris' bass playing. well once you piss chris off, there's no f*cking stopping him! he'll get down there and he'll get whoever threw it, because chris is one mean motherf*cker.
-sometimes if i was a girl, because we've toured with handsome for so long and, we know they're really cool people and we love them, and if i was a girl, i'd want to have sex with him. (jeremy chatelain)
-we're called um, seizure salad (i think he said seizure, could have been caesar...)
-we tend to have a lot of broken equipment because we like to have sex with our monitors on stage
-i've come to the conclusion that this gig kicks bottom
-sometimes when i'm lonely i like to pull my own dick
because i'm so bored, i like to lift up my stick
and oh baby, i like to masturbate
it's real great
oh yeah yeah, i hope to make it inflate, yeah
-i've got a hole in my head. f*ck! there's blood coming from it...
-i'll always remember 1995 as the year i found out star trek wasn't real
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