"Young
Punks from Australia Steal the Show"
(O Globo - Brazilian
Newspaper - January 23rd 2001)
Since
early in the afternoon, the crowd was equally excited with the announcement
of silverchair's and Red Hot Chili Peppers' shows, with Daniel Johns'
fans screaming and shouting all the time. And the band's show justified
this hysteria. Wearing a silver coat, Daniel had total control over the
trio - which was increased with the addition of a keyboardist.
The show was wisely short - the hit "Tomorrow" was left out
of the set - and the band played songs from their three albums, "Frogstomp",
"Freak Show" and "Neon Ballroom", including two new
songs, "Hollywood" and "One Way Mule".
Daniel showed his versatility both with his voice and the guitar, while
the rhythm section was very tight. The singer's Australian accent got
in the way between the band and the crowd, but when the crowd started
singing hits like "Miss You Love" and "Freak" along
with the band, it was easy to notice how much they liked silverchair's
show.
"Grunge Glitter"
Tarik de Souza, Jornal do Brasil (Brazilian Newspaper) January 23rd 2001
Who thought the old Grunge was part of the past was wrong. As the public screamed at the night, it is not dead and now it has a glitter side. On the last and most crowded night of the RIR 3, the Australian band silverchair made a glittering presentation. The guitar player Daniel Johns, also the singer and front man of the band was all shining in his suit, waving his blonde hair to the public on the night. His performance went on with him improvising a soprano, and changing his voice tone, he broke the melody of some songs making up a heavy metal style. Johns is a very talented guitar player (one of his guitars has the name Fugazzi, a legendary symbol of the Indies' group) that knows how to use distortions.
The show was a compilation of the band's 3 albums. The public was delightful when Johns jumping across the stage with his guitar played Slave from the album Freak Show. However, it was in Pure Massacre that the crowd went out of control. They also played Israel's Son from the first album Frogstomp.
The group's style is a mix between Nirvana and Smashing Pumpkins, with some Pearl Jam influence. It alternates the songs with some big rock and ballads with some heavy guitar bits. Others songs played by the group on the night included Emotion Sickness, Ana's Song (Open Fire) and the ballad Miss You Love. Before the song The Door, Johns asked the crowd: "Are you ready to rock'n'roll?" Silly question, regarding the crowd on the night.
As expected, the song Anthem for the year 2000 resulted in a big commotion of the public. The show ended with the song Freak in a high climax.
The fan Fabiana
Calvente, 14, from Rio was a leader of a group of friends that sang the
majority of the songs. "The show was wonderful, I'm speechless",
she said. "Just missed the song Tomorrow", said her a bit disappointed.
Maybe next time.
"Crowd Gives
Farewell to Rock"
Jornal
do Brasil (Brazilian Newspaper) January 22nd 2001
(Caption under image) "The Australian band silverchair was one of
the main attractions on the last night of the event."
250 thousand people came to the last night of the event and Roberto Medina
made plans for Rock In Rio 4.
Tumult and fights took place on the entrance of the RIR 3 on the last night of the event. The gates opened at 12 o'clock to let in a crowd of anxious 240 thousand people, fighting for the best places to see the main attractions of the night: the Australian band silverchair and the American group Red Hot Chili Peppers.
The event's organization couldn't control the arrival of the thousands of people at the same time. 400 policemen were trying to restrain the confusion.
Happy with the
success of the event, the manager Roberto Medina made optimistic plans
for the festival's new edition.
O Globo - Brazilian Newspaper - January 22nd 2001
(Caption under image) "Daniel Johns, from Silverchair: one of the attractions on the last night"
The last night of the event was the most crowded one. Almost 250 thousand people were there, informed the organization of the festival. The tickets were sold out for the night. When the first attraction of the night, the Brazilian band Diesel was already on the stage, around 1500 people were still outside fighting to get a place inside. The police isolated some areas to avoid the public to break into the show.
The crowd was a surprise since the only big star of the night was the American group Red Hot Chili Peppers. On the seven days of the rock marathon the national and international stars attracted around 1.2 million people in total.
The manager Roberto
Medina announced the Country Festival that will happen at the RIR location
in July. Also confirmed that the Brazilian singer Elba Ramalho will be
one of the attractions on the Rock in Rio 4 in 2003.
