5/30/2023 0 Comments Silverchair diorama download rarBut as we sit down in Johns’ living room, his dog Gia sitting casually alongside us, the perceived barrier crumbles. After all, he’s a 42-year-old with the legacy of an 80-year-old, he’s sold more than ten million records worldwide for his work as a member of Silverchair, The Dissociatives, DREAMS, and as a solo musician, he’s won more ARIA and APRA Awards than any other artist (21 and six, respectively), he’s the only Australian to win both a Grammy and an Emmy in the same year, and his disdain for both interviews and being in the spotlight is well-documented. On paper, the prospect of sitting down with Johns is an almost daunting task. Just by the door sits a Yamaha grand piano, the same instrument on which Johns wrote the material for 2002’s chart-topping album, Diorama. Guitars, vintage synths, old drums, and countless other pieces of gear sit to one side, while renovations see a number of paintings (Johns’ lockdown-inspired foray into the medium) scattered against a wall. A brewing rainstorm can be seen in the distance via an ocean view, while a friendly hug from a barefoot Johns accompanies the trip across the threshold and into a world that can only be described as an artist’s paradise. It’s a cool day in Newcastle as Daniel Johns welcomes me into his coastal home the same home he once referred to as a “‘Seventies porn palace” out of Boogie Nights. Daniel Johns, photographed in Newcastle on February 12th, 2022, by Sam Wong and Long Story Short.
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