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Growing up in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, he formed Silverchair at the age of 14. Johns has found it somewhat difficult to cope with the fame brought on, at one stage suffering from anorexia nervosa and depression.
The band's career began when they signed to Sony Records in 1994, after their demo won the local heat of Triple J's "Unearthed" talent search. Their first album release was Frogstomp, in 1995.
By 2002, Johns appeared to have recovered from his internal trauma and was ready for the release of what he regarded as his band's masterpiece, Diorama. However, just as the album was due for release Johns was struck down with severe arthritis and spent most of 2002 unable to perform. It was feared that he may not be able to perform for years, and perhaps would never play again.
Still unable to play for extended periods, he performed again in October 2002 at the ARIA awards ceremony. His recovery has proceeded and Silverchair (as of February 2003) performing an extended Australian concert tour.
Johns announced his engagement to long-time girlfriend, the actorAn actor is a person who acts, or plays a role in an artistic production. The term commonly refers to someone working in movies, television, live theatre, or radio, and can occasionally denote a street entertainer. Besides playing dramatic roles, actors m, singer and modelA model is a person who acts as a human prop for purposes of art, photography, pornography, fashion, advertising, etc. Modeling is distinguished from other types of public performance such as an acting, dancing or mime artistry, although the boundary is p Natalie ImbrugliaNatalie Imbruglia (born February 4 1975) is an Australian singer and actress. She grew up on the Central Coast, north of Sydney. Like Jason Donovan and Kylie Minogue, she also played a role in the soap Neighbours before venturing into a singing career. in late 2002, and they married on New Year's Eve 2003.
Johns has also done the side project The DissociativesThe Dissociatives is an Australian band consisting of Daniel Johns of Silverchair and Australian dance producer Paul Mac. Their debut single "Somewhere Down The Barrel" entered the Australian Top 40 charts on debut on March 15, 2004 and was one of the fiv (a.k.a. I Can't Believe It's Not Rock!) with dance musician Paul MacPaul Mac (born Paul McDermott is a techno musician, producer and remixer from Sydney, Australia. McDermott formed the bands Smash Mac Mac, Itch-e And Scratch-e, Boo Boo And Mace, The Lab and The Dissociatives as well as releasing records under his own nam.
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