After months of public feuding with his former bandmates, Silverchair’s Daniel Johns appears to be seeking a ceasefire.
On Thursday, the 43-year-old rocker reached out to bassist Chris Joannou to wish him a happy birthday, but got no reply.
Posting the greeting to his Instagram, Johns messaged his old pal, ‘Sending super sensitive Birthday vibes.’
After months of public feuding with his former bandmates, Silverchair’s Daniel Johns appears to be seeking a ceasefire. On Thursday, the 43-year-old rocker reached out to bassist Chris Joannou to wish him a happy birthday, but got no reply
The famed frontman included a throwback picture of him with his arm around Joannou as they played their guitars onstage.
The post comes after Johns’ brutal takedown of his former bandmates on Channel 10’s The Project in September.
The post comes after Johns’ brutal takedown of his former bandmates on Channel 10’s the Project in September
Posting the greeting to his Instagram, Johns messaged his old pal, ‘Sending super sensitive Birthday vibes’
If Silverchair fans had any illusion of the legendary Newcastle rock band reforming, they would be sorely disappointed by Johns’ interview with Carrie Bickmore.
In just a few words, Johns revealed the extent of his crumbling relationship with Joannou and Ben Gillies, who as 15-year-olds took the world by storm with their debut album Frogstomp.
They were ‘bitter, jealous, angry’, he told The Project’s Carrie Bickmore.
Johns made a no holds barred attack on his former bandmates on Channel 10’s the Project in September calling his old friends, ‘bitter, jealous and angry.’ Pictured: Ben Gillies, Daniel Johns and Chris Joannou, at the ARIA awards held October 15, 2002
The band would go on to sell more than 10 million albums and win the most ARIA music awards in its history.
It is not the first time Johns has taken aim at his former bandmates since the trio parted ways in 2011, but it was easily the most pointed.
The explosive Project interview followed a weeks-long publicity tour for his new album following an alcohol-fuelled car crash and rehab stint.
He singled out Gillies, saying the ex-Silverchair drummer was ‘jealous’ of his solo success and had a ‘real problem’ with his fame, while both of his former bandmates ‘never come and see him’.
Silverchair sold 10 million albums and won the most ARIA music awards in its history
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