Daniel Johns
{{Short description|Australian musician (born 1979)}}
{{Use Australian English|date=October 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}}
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| name = Daniel Johns
| image = Daniel Johns Big Day Out 08.jpg
| caption = Johns performing at the Big Day Out in 2008
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| birth_name = Daniel Paul Johns
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1979|04|22}}
| birth_place = Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
| spouse = {{marriage|Natalie Imbruglia|2003|2008|end=divorced}}
| family = Heath Johns (brother), Chelsea Johns (sister)
| occupation = {{hlist|Musician|singer|songwriter}}
| years_active = 1992–present
| module = {{Infobox musical artist
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| genre = {{hlist|Alternative rock|electronica|art rock|R&B|grunge}}
| instrument = {{hlist|Vocals|guitar|keyboards}}
| label = {{hlist|Atlantic|Eleven|BMG}}
| associated_acts = {{hlist|Silverchair|Dreams|The Dissociatives|I Can't Believe It's Not Rock}}
| website = {{ubl|{{URL|danieljohns.com}}
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Daniel Paul Johns (born 22 April 1979) is an Australian musician, singer, and songwriter, best known as the frontman, guitarist, and main songwriter of the rock band Silverchair. Johns is also one half of The Dissociatives with Paul Mac and one half of Dreams with Luke Steele. On March 13, 2015 Johns released his first solo EP Aerial Love and on March 22, 2015, he released his first solo LP Talk. Johns' second solo album FutureNever was released on 22 April 2022.
In 2007, Johns was ranked at number 18 on Rolling Stone{{'}}s list of The 25 Most Underrated Guitarists.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/blogs/staff-blog/the-twenty-five-most-underrated-guitarists-20071001 |title=The Twenty-Five Most Underrated Guitarists. |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=10 January 2007 |access-date=28 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715030244/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/blogs/staff-blog/the-twenty-five-most-underrated-guitarists-20071001 |archive-date=15 July 2014 |url-status=dead}} Johns has won 21 ARIA Awards from 49 nominations as a member of Silverchair,{{Cite web |last=Collins |first=Simon |date=17 November 2016 |title=Stage fright – ARIAs celebrate 30 years of highs and lows |url=https://thewest.com.au/entertainment/music/stage-fright-arias-celebrate-30-years-of-highs-and-lows-ng-ya-123660 |website=The West Australian}} and has earned four other nominations as a solo artist.{{Cite web |date=7 October 2015 |title=2015 ARIA Awards Connected By Telstra {{!}} Nominated artists revealed |url=https://www.aria.com.au/awards/news/2015-aria-awards-connected-by-telstra-nominated-artists-revealed |website=Australian Recording Industry Association}}
Early life and education
Daniel Paul Johns was born in Newcastle, New South Wales{{cn|date=January 2025}} on 22 April 1979{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_NNmFiUnSmUC&dq=daniel+johns+1979&pg=RA39-PA1989|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music|first=Colin|last=Larkin|date=27 May 2011|publisher=Omnibus Press|isbn=9780857125958 |via=Google Books}} to Greg and Julie Johns.{{Cite magazine |date=9 January 1995 |title=Silverchair go home to put their feet up |url=https://www.chairpage.com/press_releases/item/35/ |magazine=The Australian}} His father owned a fruit shop in Newcastle, and his mother was a full-time homemaker.{{Cite magazine |last=Uhelszki |first=Jaan |date=October 1995 |title=Eating M&Ms with Silverchair – Australia's Teen Wonders Turn Up the Volume and Storm the American Charts, Frogstomp Indeed. |url=http://www.chairpage.com/_news/archive/1995/oct03.htm |magazine=Addicted to Noise}}{{Cite magazine |date=June 1999 |title=Finally Daniel Speaks |url=http://www.chairpage.com/_news/archive/1999/jun03.htm |magazine=Dolly Magazine |location=Australia}} He grew up in Merewether, with two younger siblings.
Johns attended Newcastle High School,{{Cite magazine |last=Johnson |first=Rob |date=November 1995 |title=Silverchair – Sonic Youth |url=http://www.chairpage.com/app/webroot/_news/archive/1995/nov01.htm |magazine=Request Magazine}} from which he graduated in 1997.{{Cite magazine |date=October 1999 |title=Insane Clown Posse v. Silverchair |url=http://www.chairpage.com/_news/archive/1999/oct02.htm |magazine=Circus Magazine}}
Career
=Silverchair (1992–2011)=
At the age of 12, Johns and school friends Ben Gillies and Chris Joannou formed a band, originally named "The Innocent Criminals", and practiced daily after school for periods of four hours or more.{{cite web |url=http://www.abc.net.au/longway/artist_index/silverchair.htm |title=Band: Silverchair |work=Long way to the top | publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |access-date=1 May 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080608001835/http://www.abc.net.au/longway/artist_index/silverchair.htm | archive-date=8 June 2008 |url-status=dead}}{{cite web |url=http://www.chairpage.com/biography/ |title=Biography |publisher=Official Silverchair Website |access-date=1 May 2008 |archive-date=31 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110831060643/http://www.chairpage.com/biography |url-status=dead }}
The band's career began when the three members were 15 years old when a demo recording of their song "Tomorrow" won a competition that was run by the SBS TV programme Nomad. The group, now named Silverchair, subsequently accepted a three-album deal from Sony Music in 1994, and the label hurriedly released their first album Frogstomp in 1995 after "Tomorrow" remained in the No. 1 position on the Australian singles chart for six weeks.{{cite magazine|title=Artists: Silverchair|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/silverchair/biography|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308203259/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/silverchair/biography|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 March 2012|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=27 May 2013|year=2013}}
The band released Freak Show in 1997,{{cite web|title=Silverchair – Freak Show|url=http://www.discogs.com/Silverchair-Freak-Show/master/67087|publisher=Discogs|access-date=27 May 2013|year=2013}} followed by Neon Ballroom in 1999,{{cite web|title=Silverchair – Neon Ballroom|url=http://www.discogs.com/Silverchair-Neon-Ballroom/master/67090|publisher=Discogs|access-date=27 May 2013|year=2013}} and then Diorama in 2002.{{cite web|title=Silverchair – Diorama|url=http://www.discogs.com/Silverchair-Diorama-Five-Song-Advance-CD/master/67084|publisher=Discogs|access-date=27 May 2013|year=2013}} Following Diorama, Silverchair embarked on a lengthy hiatus before the release of the next album.
In late 2005, Johns and Silverchair reunited and announced the production of a new album entitled Young Modern, whose title comes from a nickname given to Johns by composer Van Dyke Parks.{{Cite web |date=8 January 2008 |title=Daniel Johns (Silverchair) Interview |url=http://www.modernguitars.com/archives/004115.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080111050811/http://www.modernguitars.com/archives/004115.html |archive-date=11 January 2008 |access-date=18 September 2020 |website=Modern Guitars Magazine}} The new album was released on 31 March 2007 and was followed by the Across the Great Divide tour with fellow Australian band Powderfinger.
In May 2011, Silverchair announced on their website that the band was going into "indefinite hibernation" and explained that "it's become increasingly clear that the spark simply isn't there between the three of us at the moment".{{cite web|title=SILVERCHAIR NEWS|url=http://www.chairpage.com/news/item/346/|work=Chair Page|publisher=Silverchair|access-date=27 May 2013|date=25 May 2011}}{{cite web|title=Silverchair Have Split Up|url=http://musicfeeds.com.au/news/silverchair-have-split-up/|work=Music Feeds|access-date=27 May 2013|author=Vidette Moore|date=25 May 2011}} Later that month, Johns and filmmaker Josh Wakely presented a talk at TEDx Sydney in which they discussed a film that they were working on that was tentatively titled My Mind's Own Melody. A video of the talk was uploaded to YouTube in June 2011,Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/W-tc1vyoeBc Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20120823172618/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-tc1vyoeBc Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web|title=TEDxSydney – Daniel Johns & Josh Wakely – My Mind's Own Melody|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-tc1vyoeBc|via=YouTube|access-date=27 May 2013|author=TEDxTalks|format=Video upload|date=27 June 2011}}{{cbignore}} and a trailer for the completed film was released in mid-2012.{{cite web|title=Watch: Daniel Johns and Josh Wakely's Trailer For "My Mind's Own Melody."|url=http://musicfeeds.com.au/news/watch-daniel-johns-and-josh-wakelys-trailer-for-my-minds-own-melody/|work=Music Feeds|access-date=27 May 2013|author=Kiel Egging|date=30 May 2012}}
=''I Can't Believe It's Not Rock'' and The Dissociatives (2000–2004)=
During the post-Diorama hiatus, Johns worked on several side projects, the most notable being The Dissociatives with dance musician/producer Paul Mac. Johns and Mac worked together since Mac's 1997 remix of "Freak" and his contribution to Neon Ballroom. In 2000, they recorded a five-track EP I Can't Believe It's Not Rock. Their debut album The Dissociatives (2004) was initially recorded in London, United Kingdom, and a few months later, the two regrouped in Sydney and Newcastle to finish off the project. The Dissociatives toured with musicians Kim Moyes on drums, Julian Hamilton on keys, and James Haselwood on bass.
=Collaborations=
On 13 June 2008, it was reported on Silverchair's website that Johns was working on a new side project with Luke Steele (The Sleepy Jackson, Empire of the Sun), but a release date was not confirmed for the collaboration. In 2008, the name of the project was "Hathaway and Palmer," according to a radio interview that Steele conducted, but this has not been confirmed since.{{cite web|title=Daniel Johns working on Talking Heads Inspired Album with Luke Steele|url=http://www.pedestrian.tv/news/music/daniel-johns-working-on-talking-heads-inspired-alb/7fe66d97-b6e1-474d-8a90-ab94403ba093.htm|work=Pedestrian TV|publisher=Pedestrian Group Pty Ltd|access-date=27 May 2013|author=Ash|date=13 May 2013|archive-date=9 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130609001606/http://www.pedestrian.tv/news/music/daniel-johns-working-on-talking-heads-inspired-alb/7fe66d97-b6e1-474d-8a90-ab94403ba093.htm|url-status=dead}}
In December 2008, Johns was named as the producer of The Scare's album.{{cite web |author=killyourstereo | url=http://www.killyourstereo.com/news/10/2302/daniel-johns-producing-the-scares-new-album/ | title=Daniel Johns Producing The Scare's New Album |date=19 December 2008 | access-date=19 December 2008}}
In 2012, Johns collaborated with the Australian Chamber Orchestra to create the soundtrack Atlas for a Qantas Airlines commercial that began airing a week before the 2012 Olympics.{{cite news|title=Daniel Johns gets on board as Qantas replaces iconic I Still Call Australia Home anthem|url=http://www.smh.com.au/travel/travel-news/daniel-johns-gets-on-board-as-qantas-replaces-iconic-i-still-call-australia-home-anthem-20120720-22dxx.html|access-date=27 May 2013|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=20 July 2012|author=Glenda Kwek}} Johns explained:
When Qantas first approached me, I agreed to the project as I was really into the idea of creating a piece of music that represented Australia. I wanted it to sound big, something special. It was a conscious effort to create a good piece of music and not just a jingle. I've also wanted to work with the Australian Chamber Orchestra for a long time now, so it was great to finally be able to do that.
In May 2012, Johns wrote and recorded music with pop duo The Veronicas for the latter's third album. The writing process began in November 2011, and the twin sisters stated that working with Johns "was one of our greatest experiences."{{cite news|title=Musicfix: Silverchair's Daniel Johns writes songs for The Veronicas |url=http://music.ninemsn.com/blog.aspx?blogentryid=1000776&showcomments=true |access-date=27 May 2013 |newspaper=ninemsn |date=May 2012 |author=Adam Bub |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002102631/http://music.ninemsn.com/blog.aspx?blogentryid=1000776&showcomments=true |archive-date=2 October 2013 }}
As of January 2013, Johns was scheduled to appear in a live performance with Van Dyke Parks as part of the Adelaide Festival on 8 March 2013 and was also rumoured to be working on a debut solo album.{{cite web|title=Chris Joannou on Silverchair: "The Book Is Still Open"| url=http://musicfeeds.com.au/news/chris-joannou-on-silverchair-the-book-is-still-open/|work=Music Feeds|access-date=27 May 2013|author=Kiel Egging|date=15 January 2013}} In May 2013, Steele revealed that he and Johns were completing the project that they had started in 2008.{{cite web|title=Luke Steele and Daniel Johns team up for "hard-edged" collaboration| url=http://www.fasterlouder.com.au/news/local/35682/Luke-Steele-and-Daniel-Johns-team-up-for-hard-edged-collaboration|work=FasterLouder|publisher=FasterLouder Pty Ltd|access-date=27 May 2013|author=Sarah Smith|date=14 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130617044722/http://www.fasterlouder.com.au/news/local/35682/Luke-Steele-and-Daniel-Johns-team-up-for-hard-edged-collaboration|archive-date=17 June 2013|url-status=dead}}
In January 2014, Johns co-wrote the song "Impossible", released by Australian rapper 360, and also sang on the song's chorus. Johns met 360 through his brother Heath, who is also 360's publisher.{{cite web | url=http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/music/daniel-johns-breaks-his-silence-with-melbourne-rapper-360/story-fnk854fn-1226793729610 | title=Daniel Johns breaks his silence with Melbourne rapper 360 | work=News.com.au | date=2 January 2014 | access-date=29 January 2014 | archive-date=29 January 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140129075738/http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/music/daniel-johns-breaks-his-silence-with-melbourne-rapper-360/story-fnk854fn-1226793729610 | url-status=dead }}
In 2016, Johns was a musical director and arranged and produced the music for the Netflix animated children's series Beat Bugs.{{cite web |url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/review/beatles-revived-for-kids-tv-show-beat-bugs-by-daniel-johns-josh-wakely/news-story/eebe7afff8676dc7112ff500ebdd60dd |title=Beatles revived for kids TV show Beat Bugs by Daniel Johns, Josh Wakely |website=The Australian |last=Shedden |first=Iain |publisher=News Corp Australia |date=23 July 2016 |access-date=1 August 2016}}{{cite web |url=https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/music/reinventing-the-beatles-for-kids-show-beat-bugs-has-given-daniel-johns-a-new-lease-on-life-in-la/news-story/89d65faf98b1b614f47d4cf9fb27c1c9 |title=Reinventing the Beatles for kids show Beat Bugs has given Daniel Johns a new lease on life in LA |work=News.com.au |publisher=News Corp Australia |date=24 July 2016}} He was also the singing voice for the characters Walter,{{cite web|url=http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/tv-shows/Beat-Bugs/Walter/|title=Voice of Walter|website=Behind the Voice Actors|access-date=6 September 2020}} and Mr. Mudwasp.{{cite web |url=http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/tv-shows/Beat-Bugs/Mr-Mudwasp/|title=Voice of Mr. Mudwasp|website=Behind the Voice Actors|access-date=6 September 2020}} He stated, "It's a dream job to go into the studio and dissect all of The Beatles' music". Johns said that Eddie Vedder liked his version with the guide vocals for "Magical Mystery Tour" so much that he kept Johns's backing vocals in the finished song.
In May 2016 Johns collaborated with Perth duo Slumberjack on their track "Open Fire",{{cite web|title=Slumberjack Drop New Track 'Open Fire' With Daniel Johns |url=http://lifewithoutandy.com/news/music/slumberjack-drop-new-track-open-fire-with-daniel-johns/|website=LWA|access-date=21 October 2016}} and also featured in the music video.Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/8T3Io5GcMMo Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20160524112306/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8T3Io5GcMMo&gl=US&hl=en Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web|title=Slumberjack – Open Fire (feat. Daniel Johns) [Official Music Video]| date=23 May 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8T3Io5GcMMo|via=YouTube|access-date=21 October 2016}}{{cbignore}} In the same year he co-wrote and provided uncredited backing vocals to 'Say It' from Flume's Skin LP.{{Cite web|date=2020-01-23|title=Daniel Johns is working on new music with his band Boom Tish|url=https://tonedeaf.thebrag.com/daniel-johns-is-working-on-new-music-with-his-band-boom-tish/|access-date=2021-06-22|website=Tone Deaf|language=en-AU}}
Johns has also worked with artists such as Zhu in the track "Modern Conversation" in 2017 and fellow Australian artist What So Not in the album Not All The Beautiful Things, released in 2018, where he contributed to a good portion of the music.
Johns premiered the band 'Boom Tish' back in 2017. They've released just one song, a cover of the Easybeats' 'Hello, How Are You'. However, band members Beau Golden and Dave Jenkins Jnr both posted new photos of Boom Tish in the studio in January 2020. Boom Tish evolved out of Johns' live band for his consecutive Sydney Opera House shows in 2015.
Johns teamed up with Luke Steele from Empire of the Sun to form Dreams, releasing the single "No One Defeats Us" in March 2018.{{cite web |url=http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/news/musicnews/first-spin:-luke-steele-&-daniel-johns-new-project-dreams-drop/9551998 |title=First Spin: Luke Steele & Daniel Johns' new project DREAMS drop debut single |publisher=Triple J|date=16 March 2018|access-date= 16 March 2018}} Dreams' debut album, No One Defeats Us, was released in September 2018 through EMI.{{Cite web|url=http://www.beat.com.au/music/we-chat-luke-steele-his-long-awaited-daniel-johns-collaboration-dreams|title=We chat with Luke Steele on his long-awaited Daniel Johns collaboration DREAMS|website=Beat Magazine|language=en|access-date=2018-12-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181221041818/http://www.beat.com.au/music/we-chat-luke-steele-his-long-awaited-daniel-johns-collaboration-dreams|archive-date=21 December 2018|url-status=dead}}
=Solo career (2013–present)=
In November 2013, it was reported by various media outlets that Johns was in the process of working on a solo album due for release sometime in 2014. His manager John Watson was quoted as saying: "it's looking extremely likely that it'll be out next year."{{cite web|title=Daniel Johns Album To Be Released Next Year|url=http://themusic.com.au/news/all/2013/11/15/daniel-johns-album-to-be-released-next-year-no-plans-for-silverchair-reformation/|work=themusic.com|access-date=18 November 2013|author=|date=15 November 2013}}
For the 40th birthday of the Triple J radio station, Beat the Drum, held at The Domain, Sydney, on 16 January 2015, Johns performed a piano version of Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit".Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/tpRMUT0-mPA Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20150116102747/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpRMUT0-mPA&gl=US&hl=en Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web|title=Daniel Johns covers 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' at triple j's Beat The Drum|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpRMUT0-mPA|website=triple j on YouTube|publisher=Google Inc|access-date=20 January 2015|format=Video upload|date=16 January 2015}}{{cbignore}}
Johns debuted a new song as a solo artist on 29 January 2015 on Triple J. Titled "Aerial Love", Peter Vincent, National Music Editor of The Sydney Morning Herald, described the song as "sexy" and "soulful". "Aerial Love" debuted at No. 50 on the Australian Singles Chart, later peaking at No. 21.{{cite web |url=http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Daniel+Johns&titel=Aerial+Love&cat=s |title=australian-charts.com – Daniel Johns – Aerial Love |publisher=Hung Medien |access-date=29 March 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150327044103/http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Daniel+Johns&titel=Aerial+Love&cat=s |archive-date=27 March 2015 }} Johns released his fifteen-track debut album as a solo artist on 22 May 2015, entitled Talk. The record features multilayered arrangements of R&B, soul, synthpop, and electronic melodies. Talk peaked at No. 2 on the ARIA Albums Chart in Australia within the first two weeks of its release.{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/hillsong-beats-daniel-johns-to-number-one-on-aria-chart--but-no-ones-celebrating-20150603-ghfl34.html|title=Hillsong beats Daniel Johns to number one on ARIA chart – but no one's celebrating|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=3 June 2015|access-date=3 June 2015}} The album also achieved some unexpected success in other parts of the world, coming in at No. 1 on the Slovakian iTunes albums chart shortly after release.
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In October 2021, Johns released a Spotify Original Podcast, Who Is Daniel Johns?, of which he is both the host and subject. The five-part podcast, produced by Kaitlyn Sawrey, Amelia Chappelow and Frank Lopez, features interviews with key figures in Johns' life, including ex-wife Natalie Imbruglia, Paul Mac, Van Dyke Parks and Billy Corgan.{{Cite web|title='Who Is Daniel Johns?' Goes Deep into the Life and Times of The Enigmatic Silverchair Frontman|url=https://au.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/who-is-daniel-johns-podcast-32090/|date=20 October 2021 |access-date=15 November 2021|website=Rolling Stone Australia}} Who Is Daniel Johns? became Spotify's most popular podcast in Australia.{{Cite web |last=Baker |first=Danica |date=27 October 2021 |title=Daniel Johns' podcast is bigger than Joe Rogan's in Australia |url=https://tonedeaf.thebrag.com/daniel-johns-podcast-biggest-in-aus/ |website=Tone Deaf}} In an October 2021 interview on Network 10's The Project to promote the podcast, Johns said that while he still plans to work on new music, he may never play live again.{{Cite web|date=2021-10-21|title='You don't need to see it live': Daniel Johns says he will never perform again |url=https://www.abc.net.au/doublej/music-reads/music-news/daniel-johns-silverchair-never-play-live-again-the-project/13596578|access-date=2021-11-17|website=Double J|language=en}}
On 7 December 2021, Johns announced via a personal letter to fans that his second solo album, FutureNever, would be released on 1 April 2022;{{Cite web |last=Israel |first=Janine |date=7 December 2021 |title=Daniel Johns announces new album FutureNever: 'I'm not anxious about what comes next any more' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/dec/08/daniel-johns-announces-new-album-futurenever-im-not-anxious-about-what-comes-next-any-more |website=The Guardian}} however, this was later pushed back to 22 April.{{Cite web |title=Daniel Johns - YouTube |url=https://www.youtube.com/post/UgkxBkR14oldJ8vnUOSeiMjZ7OXfkDK4gMtH |access-date=2022-03-26 |via=YouTube}} The album was made available for pre-order on the FutureNever.art website. FutureNever is the first album Johns released on his own label via a new global deal with BMG.{{Cite web |last=Jenke |first=Tyler |date=8 December 2021 |title=Daniel Johns Announces First Solo Album Since 2015, 'FutureNever' |url=https://au.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/daniel-johns-new-album-futurenever-34894/ |website=Rolling Stone Australia}}
Legal issues
On 28 October 2014, Johns was stopped by police when they spotted his black Jaguar travelling at a speed of between {{convert|70|and|80|km/h}} along Morgan Street in Merewether, which is governed by a speed limit of {{convert|50|km/h}}. Johns, who was arrested for driving under the influence, told police that he had consumed four large glasses of wine.{{cite news | title = Silverchair's Daniel Johns pleads guilty to drink-driving |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald | first=Dan | last=Proudman | date=20 November 2014 | url=http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/celebrity/silverchairs-daniel-johns-pleads-guilty-to-drinkdriving-20141120-11qke0.html | access-date = 6 December 2014 | location=Sydney}} He reappeared in Newcastle Local Court in February 2015 and was convicted of mid-range drunk driving, receiving an $880 fine and disqualification from driving until June 2015, and was required to attend a traffic offenders course.{{cite news | title = Silverchair's Daniel Johns suffers head injury during Sydney night out |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald | first=Esther | last=Han | date=9 May 2015 | url=http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/celebrity/silverchairs-daniel-johns-suffers-head-injury-during-sydney-night-out-20150509-ggxs0i.html | access-date=10 May 2015 | location=Sydney}}
In March 2022, Johns was again charged with a DUI (this time in the high range, testing 0.157, more than three times the legal limit) after his SUV crossed to the wrong side of the Pacific Highway at North Arm Cove and collided with a van travelling in the opposite direction.{{Cite news |date=2022-03-24 |title=Daniel Johns charged with high-range drink driving after head-on smash |language=en-AU |work=ABC News |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-24/silverchair-frontman-daniel-johns-charged-with-drink-driving/100936748 |access-date=2022-03-25}} A woman passenger of the van was hospitalised, but there were no serious injuries and she was released from the hospital that same night.{{Cite web |date=24 March 2022 |title=Driver charged with high-range PCA following crash - Hunter Region |url=https://www.police.nsw.gov.au/news/article?id=100677 |website=NSW Police Public Site}} Johns said he had been medicating with alcohol to deal with his PTSD, anxiety and depression, and he would be admitting himself to a rehabilitation centre. On 7 July 2022, he was sentenced. The judge said the charge was serious, but Johns' background and circumstances were exceptional, and gave him a relatively light punishment by disqualifying him from driving for seven months and a 10-month intensive corrections order.{{Cite web |date=7 July 2022 |title=Silverchair frontman Daniel Johns avoids jail time for drunken crash |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/jul/06/silverchair-frontman-daniels-johns-avoids-jail-time-for-drunken-crash |website=The Guardian}}
On 11 August 2019, The Sunday Telegraph and the Daily Mail published a false story about Johns, alleging that he had been spending his time at a notorious Sydney S&M brothel and bondage club called The Kastle.{{Cite web |date=10 May 2020 |title=Daniel Johns gets a $470k payout from News Corp following defamation lawsuit |url=https://tonedeaf.thebrag.com/daniel-johns-gets-a-470k-payout-from-news-corp-following-defamation-lawsuit/ |website=Tone Deaf}} Johns denied the allegations and sued The Sunday Telegraph and the Daily Mail for defamation. The Telegraph's publisher, News Corp, paid Johns a $470,000 settlement. The Sunday Telegraph issued a retraction and apology to Johns on 3 May 2020.{{Cite web |date=3 May 2020 |title=Apology to musician Daniel Johns |url=https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/help/for-the-record/apology-to-musician-daniel-johns/news-story/bad0ebab183e14195d0bd42a04e370b9 |website=The Daily Telegraph|location=London}} The Daily Mail issued a retraction and apology on 8 August 2020:{{Cite web|url=https://mumbrella.com.au/daily-mail-apologises-for-and-retracts-daniel-johns-brothel-story-638006|title=Daily Mail apologises for and retracts Daniel Johns brothel story|website=Mumbrella|date=10 August 2020}}
Personal life
= Health =
In late 1997, during the Freak Show tour, Johns experienced depression.{{Cite journal|title=Silverchair Resurrected |journal=Dose |publisher=Canwest Publishing Inc |date=10 July 2007 |url=http://www.dose.ca/music/story.html?id=e5407299-ffc4-4cf3-b309-29f3eb8caa02&k=9104 |access-date=27 April 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927170139/http://www.dose.ca/music/story.html?id=e5407299-ffc4-4cf3-b309-29f3eb8caa02&k=9104 |archive-date=27 September 2011 }} In 2004, Johns spoke at length to ABC interviewer Andrew Denton about his battle with anorexia nervosa at that time, saying that he weighed less than {{cvt|50 |kg}} at his thinnest. He also revealed that at one point he had considered suicide. However he was by then married to singer Natalie Imbruglia, who provided him with emotional support, and he was healthy.{{cite news | url=http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/06/05/1086377186083.html | title=Anorexia almost killed me: Daniel Johns |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald | first=Christine | last=Sams | date=6 June 2004 | access-date=1 May 2008}}
After recording Diorama, Johns was diagnosed with a rare but serious case of reactive arthritis. After treatment in Los Angeles, he was able to tour with the band for the Across the Night Tour.{{Cite news |title = What comes COX|newspaper = The Age|date = 8 December 2002|url = http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/12/07/1038950234406.html|access-date =27 April 2010 | location=Melbourne}}
After putting Silverchair into "indefinite hibernation" in 2011, Johns retreated to his home in Merewether, later stating "I felt like I was losing who I was". He checked the surf conditions obsessively every morning even though he hadn't surfed since his teens. By his own admission, he spent four years hiding and shutting things out. He kept company with his shar-pei–whippet crossbred dog named Gia, watched movies with the blinds closed, and ordered online grocery deliveries.{{Cite web|date=2015-05-15|title=Daniel Johns Opens Up on the Four Years He|url=https://www.pedestrian.tv/music/daniel-johns-opens-up-on-the-four-years-he-disappeared-after-silverchair/|access-date=2021-06-22|website=Pedestrian TV|language=en-US}}
= Animal rights =
Johns is known for his animal rights support, having revealed that he was a vegan in 1998,{{cite web|title=Daniel Johns|url=http://animal-lib.org.au/get-active/personalities/72-daniel-johns.html|publisher=Animal Liberation Front NSW|access-date=27 May 2013|first=June |last=Bird|date=November 1998|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090730201407/http://animal-lib.org.au/get-active/personalities/72-daniel-johns.html|archive-date=30 July 2009}} although it was stated that he was a pescetarian in 2009.{{cite web|url=http://news.qthemusic.com/2009/10/qs_daily_b-sides_20.html |title=Q's Daily B-Sides #20 – News – QTheMusic.com |magazine= Q|date=2009-10-12 |access-date=2012-10-10| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091017144615/http://news.qthemusic.com/2009/10/qs_daily_b-sides_20.html|archive-date=2009-10-17}} The Neon Ballroom song "Spawn Again" features Johns' views on animal liberation.{{cite web|title=For Silverchair Frontman, Animal Rights Worth Singing (Not Preaching) About |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1434068/silverchair-frontman-animal-rights-worth-singing-not-preaching-about.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021052218/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1434068/silverchair-frontman-animal-rights-worth-singing-not-preaching-about.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 October 2013|publisher=MTV|access-date=27 May 2013|date=30 March 1999}}
= Relationships=
In 1999, Johns met Australian actress, singer, and model Natalie Imbruglia backstage at a Silverchair concert in London. They started dating after meeting again at the ARIA awards after-party at the Gazebo Hotel in Sydney in October of the same year.{{Cite web |date=17 March 2009 |title=Daniel Johns and Natalie Imbruglia divorce |url=https://www.news.com.au/national/johns-imbruglia-divorce/news-story/722140a0f845b93ab5cedb8c58cb5581?sv=36351fd41281edb71aac4be3e9fd549c |website=Newscorp Australia |access-date=31 August 2020 |archive-date=25 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190725112014/https://www.news.com.au/national/johns-imbruglia-divorce/news-story/722140a0f845b93ab5cedb8c58cb5581?sv=36351fd41281edb71aac4be3e9fd549c |url-status=dead }} After years of an on-and-off relationship,{{Cite web |date=9 March 2002 |title=Silverchair's Dan saved Natalie from depression |url=https://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/music/silverchairs-dan-saved-natalie-from-depression-20020309-gdu1br.html |website=The Age}}{{Cite web |date=4 January 2004 |title=Lovers finally get it together |url=https://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/celebrity/lovers-finally-get-it-together-20040104-gdx1w2.html |website=The Age}} Johns announced their engagement shortly before Christmas 2002,{{Cite web |date=6 January 2003 |title=Imbruglia to wed rock singer |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2631591.stm |publisher=BBC News}} and they married on New Year's Eve 2003.{{Cite web |last=Adams |first=Cameron |date=4 January 2008 |title=Daniel Johns and Natalie Imbruglia are to separate |url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/johns-and-imbruglia-split/news-story/dd052e44af401798eddb3d747913a29a?sv=709717851e3bf9e03664492d1b6081ec |website=Herald Sun}} Johns wrote the song "Satisfied" for Imbruglia's 2005 album Counting Down the Days, which he also produced,{{Cite news |last=Follos |first=Tim |date=23 July 2007 |title=Young Moderns: Silverchair |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/express/wp/2007/07/24/young_moderns_silverchair/ |newspaper=The Washington Post}} and co-wrote the song "Want" from Imbruglia's 2009 album Come to Life.{{Cite web |last=Adams |first=Cameron |date=1 October 2009 |title=Natalie Imbruglia gets support from ex-flame Chris Martin of Coldplay on new album |url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/natalie-imbruglia-gets-support-from-ex-flame-chris-martin-of-coldplay-on-new-album/news-story/e841b2490606f983079d986affa262cf?sv=e9ea3884fe1a8d832216255cffba4379 |website=Herald Sun}}{{Cite web |last=Kilkelly |first=Daniel |date=4 March 2009 |title=Imbruglia praises ex's 'beautiful' songs |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/music/a148459/imbruglia-praises-exs-beautiful-songs/ |website=Digital Spy}} Imbruglia wrote her 2005 single "Counting Down the Days" about their long-distance relationship, as Imbruglia was based in London and Johns in Newcastle. On 4 January 2008, they announced that they were divorcing, stating, "We have simply grown apart through not being able to spend enough time together."{{cite news|url=http://metro.co.uk/2008/01/04/natalie-splits-from-husband-372157/ |title=Natalie splits from husband |newspaper=Metro |date=2008-01-04 |access-date=2014-07-27}}
In 2008, Johns was dating Australian model Louise Van der Vorst.{{cite news|url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/entertainment/music/daniel-johns-and-louise-van-de-vorst-in-model-affair/story-e6frexl9-1111116641861 |title=Daniel Johns and Louise Van De Vorst in model affair |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|location=Sydney |date=2008-06-16 |access-date=2014-07-27}} In 2009, the couple moved from Australia to New York City so that Van der Vorst could expand her modelling career. By July 2011, the couple were living together in Newcastle, Australia.{{cite news| url=http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/people/louise-van-de-vorst-i-dont-want-to-be-come-a-superstar-20110718-1hkw1.html |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald| date=17 July 2011 | title=Louise van de Vorst: I don't want to become a superstar}} They split in 2012.{{cite news | url=http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity/shock-split-for-daniel-johns-and-model-louise-van-der-vors/story-fn907478-1226336826582?sv=bb1228fdde3dd1790d01745d4585fe8a | work=News.com.au | date=24 April 2012 | title=Shock split for Daniel Johns and model Louise Van der Vors | access-date=3 June 2012 | archive-date=5 October 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005182452/http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity/shock-split-for-daniel-johns-and-model-louise-van-der-vors/story-fn907478-1226336826582?sv=bb1228fdde3dd1790d01745d4585fe8a | url-status=dead }}{{cite news| url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/entertainment/sydney-confidential/daniel-johns-back-in-sydney-with-a-new-waif-in-tow/story-e6frewz0-1226634915314 |title=Daniel Johns back in Sydney with a new waif in tow |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|location=Sydney| date=4 May 2013}}
Johns commenced a relationship with former model Michelle Leslie in October 2016.{{cite web |url=https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity-life/hook-ups-break-ups/daniel-johns-finally-spotted-in-public-with-convicted-drug-offender-girlfriend-michelle-leslie/news-story/b8d36c8f02bec1eb6013d2feea97afed |title=Daniel Johns finally spotted in public with convicted drug offender girlfriend Michelle Leslie |date=31 July 2017 |work=News.com.au |archive-url=https://archive.today/20181203102916/https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity-life/hook-ups-break-ups/daniel-johns-finally-spotted-in-public-with-convicted-drug-offender-girlfriend-michelle-leslie/news-story/b8d36c8f02bec1eb6013d2feea97afed |archive-date=3 December 2018 |url-status=live |access-date=3 December 2018}} They broke up in 2019.{{cite web |url=https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/subscribe/news/1/?sourceCode=DTWEB_WRE170_a_GGL&dest=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailytelegraph.com.au%2Fentertainment%2Fannette-sharp-exmodel-michelle-leslie-a-firsttime-mum-at-42%2Fnews-story%2Fb6141b415b8c97548e701cf3c9de2828&memtype=anonymous&mode=premium&v21=HIGH-Segment-2-SCORE |title=Ex-model Michelle Leslie a first-time mum at 42 |last=Sharp |first=Annette |date=8 September 2023 |work=The Daily Telegraph |url-access=subscription}}
Discography
{{see also|Silverchair discography}}
=Studio albums=
=Singles=
==As lead artist==
==As featured artist==
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| scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:10em;"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:2em;"| Year ! scope="col" colspan="1"| Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:10em;"| Album |
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| scope="row"| "Impossible" (360 featuring Daniel Johns) | 2014 | 25 | Utopia |
| scope="row"| "Open Fire" (Slumberjack featuring Daniel Johns) | 2016 | — | {{n/a|non album single}} |
| scope="row"| "Be OK Again" (What So Not featuring Daniel Johns) | 2017 | — |
Awards and nominations
=AIR Awards=
The Australian Independent Record Awards (commonly known informally as AIR Awards) is an annual awards night to recognise, promote and celebrate the success of Australia's Independent Music sector.
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! {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
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| rowspan="2"| 2023
| rowspan="2"| FutureNever
| Independent Album of the Year
| {{nom}}
| rowspan="2"| {{cite web|url= https://musicfeeds.com.au/news/nominees-announced-for-the-australian-independent-music-awards-2023/|title= Nominees Announced for the Australian Independent Music Awards 2023 |website=Music Feeds|date=31 May 2023|access-date=31 May 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://musicfeeds.com.au/news/air-awards-2023-winners/|title=King Stingray and Genesis Owusu Win Big at 2023 AIR Awards |website=Music Feeds|date= 4 August 2023|access-date=5 August 2023}}
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| Best Independent Pop Album or EP
| {{won}}
{{end}}
=APRA Awards=
The APRA Awards are held in Australia and New Zealand by the Australasian Performing Right Association to recognise songwriting skills, sales and airplay performance by its members annually.
{{Awards table}}
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|-
| rowspan="3"| 2008
| rowspan="2"|"Straight Lines"
| Song of the Year
| {{won}}
| rowspan="3"|{{cite web | url = http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/APRAAwards/APRASongoftheYear/PreviousWinners.aspx | title = Previous Winners Song of the Year | publisher = Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) | access-date = 28 April 2010 }}{{cite web | url = http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/apraawards/musicawards/history/2008Winners.aspx | title = 2008 Winners – APRA Music Awards | publisher = Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) | access-date = 28 April 2010 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140401031935/http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/apraawards/musicawards/history/2008Winners.aspx | archive-date = 1 April 2014 }}
|-
| Most Played Australian Work
| {{won}}
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| Daniel Johns
| Songwriter of the Year
| {{won}}
|-
| 2016
| "Aerial Love"
| rowspan="2"| Song of the Year
| {{shortlisted}}
|-
| 2023
| "I Feel Electric"
| {{nom}}
| {{cite web |url=https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/news/2023-apra-song-of-the-year-nominees-announced/101888132 |title=These 20 songs are up for 2023 APRA Song Of The Year |website=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |date=25 January 2023 |access-date=28 January 2023 }}{{cite web|url=https://www.apraamcos.com.au/about-us/news-and-events/nominees-revealed-for-the-2023-apra-music-awards|title=Nominees revealed for the 2023 APRA Music Awards|website=APRA Awards|date=30 March 2023|access-date=31 March 2023}}
|-
{{end}}
=ARIA Music Awards=
The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony held by the Australian Recording Industry Association.
{{Awards table}}
! {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
| 2002
| Silverchair's Diorama
| {{won}}
|{{cite web|url=http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history/award/Producer-Of-The-Year?view=list|title=Winners by Award – Producer of the Year|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA)|access-date=5 November 2016}}{{cite web | archive-url = https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20040222130000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/40484/20040223-0000/aria_awards/main.htm | url = http://www.aria_awards.com.au/main.htm | title = 17th Annual ARIA Awards | publisher = Australian Recording Industry Association | archive-date = 22 February 2004 | access-date = 5 November 2016 | url-status = dead }} {{cbignore|bot=medic}}Note: User may be required to access archived information by selecting 'The History', then 'By Award', 'Producer of the Year' and 'Option Show Nominations'.
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|rowspan="2"| 2015
| Daniel Johns Talk
| {{nom}}
|-
| Lorin Askill for Daniel Johns – "Aerial Love"
| {{nom}}
|-
| 2022
| FutureNever
| {{nom}}
|-
{{end}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
{{Wikiquote}}
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- [http://www.chairpage.com/ Official Silverchair website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100227150659/http://www.chairpage.com/ |date=27 February 2010 }}
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