Daniel Johns (Silverchair) interviewed on Rove Live

Daniel Johns interviewed by Rove McManus on "Rove Live". 2nd April 2002
Watch the performance here: • Silverchair Perform "W...

[@shadedskys]

I have to say as a strait man, Daniel Johns might be the one of the most good looking men on the planet during this time. Sheesh.

[@rizcazami5877]

Yess that true❤...

[@avedic]

Oh trust me, you're def not the only straight dude to have an aesthetic crush on Dan. I'm not even bi, but do I find Daniel attractive? Uh..very.

[@Betterworth7]

🧐

[@australian6983]

​@@avedicattractive. Mate you can say another bloke looks alright but only pooftas think other guys are attractive.

[@hvacdr]

He isn't straight, man

[@nicolegarland6818]

I went to school w them, he's always been intelligent & relatively humble...amazing to think what he's been thru

[@mafemor]

Your comment is gold. 😭

[@educostanzo]

He was so shy and nervous but so charming at the same time, very interesting person

[@rizcazami5877]

Yess.dia tampan sekali saat muda.i love daniel young❤

[@plasmichoneytrip]

How can a person that could rock so hard at such a young age sound so shy and humble in interviews. Truly talent speaks for itself.

[@Angus1966]

They stayed at home , n practice , too shy for social time wasting

[@imkuntox]

a lifetime of hiding in the closet

[@Angus1966]

Being genuinely shy ,the mark of a star.

[@fingerprint5511]

He's not American is why

[@fingerprint5511]

​@@imkuntox projecting?

[@a.e.rromero5403]

He's a beautiful person in and out.

[@katieeebarberella8546]

When rove and the crowd laughed about using pills and alcohol as therapy... no wonder so many of us have addiction issues, thats the reality of Australia back then. They laugh until it's a problem don't they . Then comes the judgement.

[@commiehunter733]

It's not a problem till you abuse it, everything in moderation

[@howdy000]

It was an different time back then. Drugs were promoted in the grudge/ rock industry ..

[@MrZZsharka]

He was talking about pain killers. Remember Rove is a comedian and Daniel jokes around a lot too.

[@nickandrews2255]

It’s true bro shit is bad all over the world. He had anorexia here because of trauma hopefully we move from a place where we work through the trauma so we don’t cope in ways that lead to things like arthritis at the age of like 12

[@system2213]

Incredibly insightful and empathetic description of depression from Rove here: "So what was it, you were just going around being really moody and brooding all the time and going gruff gruff oh nobody understands me gruff gruff gruff?". Fortunately our understanding of depression has come a long way since then.

[@fluffytuffy3269]

EXACTLY... just painful to hear and watch

[@scarl11]

What a lovely soul 💜✨

[@NpgSymboL]

@Russell White dude mental illness IS real even if you can’t see it. Now f off

[@russ1490]

I remember watching this live on tv when I was 10 years old, I was a massive Silverchair fan! I miss this band and era so much!

[@virtue696]

I remember watching Rove when the planes hit the towers on 9/11.

[@maryannebustamante6463]

Daniel Johns is humble and softly spoken. He seems quite nervous but handled this interview well. Daniel started very young being a creative and talented singer/songwriter. Always will be a fan since Silverchair. Thank You for sharing this clip. G'day from Sydney😌😊

[@sherlainmiranda76]

Awwww I love this 🤧 I’ve never seen an interview of him! I LOVED Silverchair ! What a cutie

[@dkvon]

Daniel is the best specimen

[@arielsummers2603]

Finally I get to watch this with great quality! ❤️

[@jenbunny1984]

Daniel is a beautiful man!! I like his sense of humor and I totally understand the anxiety/social anxiety! Stay strong Daniel!

[@jolinefirkin]

Oh my heart ❤️ he seems so uncomfortable. To know now how much he suffered, I want to hug him so hard. Lol

[@danedgar1539]

One of the most awesome raw talents to come out of our country

[@lotusshakespeare3389]

I remember watching this with my mother when I was a teenager and she said he’s so perfect, like a doll

[@jeanmanuel77]

Really? He looks terrible here, so skinny and like he didnt take a shower in weeks !

[@rizcazami5877]

Ya tuhan menciptakan wajahnya sempurna banget.❤

[@cranberriesgirlhype8292]

Daniel's a genius. A musical genius. quite eccentric and that's to be expected. I feel so sad he went through this painful condition.

[@helencharnock3436]

He was a beautiful guy. Inside and out.

[@helencharnock3436]

Sorry is a beautiful guy.

[@dantecry125]

dude's relationship record is impressive natalie imbruglia and one model..

[@nelliejo23]

A beautiful man.

[@maxrebo8455]

Ah, back in the time when mental health discussion was still a taboo or something to laugh about. Glad we've made some progress.

[@AbirTarafdar]

Like an angel.

[@jasonf.573]

I remember first time I heard Silverchair, just loved them 'the only way to get there is to go straight down' , just a fantastic album. Great listening.

[@AngelsLieToKeepCtrl]

Thanks for uploading! I feel bad watching interviews because I know Daniel gets nervous but I enjoy hearing him talk about his music etc

[@KeithDaviesMusic]

When you watch this interview, it's kinda sad to hear Daniel talk about drinking and how he doesn't really like it.. fast forward a few years and what a massive difference his whole personality became!

[@Crusherbreen]

Superstar - music that will never get old

[@iamwe7035]

This is one of my favorite artists song writers -bands- songs - style - i even like the fact that he is Australian. One of my favorite songs of his it's called fault-line cheers man . Daniel is such a huge inspiration for so many people all around the world. True artist!

[@kog5982]

Awesome! Thanks alot

[@MsBecky78]

:)

[@stevemathieu3691]

Thanks.

[@gasarockband]

Nice quality! Had never seen those last seconds of the video before 😯 So cool, thanks! ♡

[@MsBecky78]

You’re welcome!

[@dasmuss6174]

Great quote by him re music being underrated on how it affects emotion, so bloody true

[@taliehughes4341]

You brighten my life like a polystyrene hat ❤

[@dougjuenke1733]

I don't know how to take this...I feel for him.You can tell he was in such a dark place .

[@Vool2go]

thanx for the UP Beckmeiser!

[@vanhellsing8614]

Y love him and his sensitivity...

[@SilverRose794]

@Drake Bell how the hell are you, Daniel Johns, when your name and picture are completely different. Stop trying to be a stupid imposter and leave us all alone 😡

[@racquelsabesaje4562]

crush

[@salamander8301]

He's always talking the piss and that's what people don't realise

[@comotuabogada]

He's stolen my heaaaart❤

[@linziRyan1965]

He’s absolutely brilliant. His social awkwardness is so endearing. He’s my favorite vocalist of all Tim besides Ozzy. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@YardIshakHusyne]

Thanks new HQ

[@briansix2317]

his singing and talking voice are so different oh my lord

[@jyejye1077]

he got this more feminem voice as he got older freakshow and frogstomp he sounded more aussie, love daniel sm

[@duanatopduana5309]

yes , it´s perceptive

[@rizcazami5877]

Suaranya sangat lembut😢❤

[@Vor_Tex_Sun]

Frogstomp was recorded when he was 14, I believe. No way you'd think that powerful voice was from a 14yr old!

[@AnonOmous-lj1qn]

Cutest and most rocking

[@petervasquez1766]

Call Daniel John's podcast, there's a part where he's looking at his childhood memories which I know it makes him feel good, with reciting pulp fiction his favorite movie which I love as well, and his teddy bear, when he gets to Natalie's letters, I think it broke his heart for a minute, it wasn't a bad letter it didn't sound like, I think it was more of a complicated letter but she still loves him as a person, you just wanna hug him right there.

[@brksadam]

Did it sound like she was really torn?

[@saintjabroni]

Damn, he read aloud a letter from her?

[@adrianm.8278]

This interviewer has no idea. Hoping for the best for Daniel.

[@arielsummers2603]

❤️

[@adrianm.8278]

❤️👋🙏

[@ymeekins6357]

lmao. that's the 90's for yah( i grew up in that amazing and confusing time as a kid, and it was a blessing and a curse, hahahah, do to, having hardly any tech and big block t.v.s and cable, with vhs tapes to record anything good off .m.t.v., and every interviewer that interviewed a music artist, was a lil dumb or clueless to what to ask and etc)

[@nderohan]

That's rove McManus he had his own live show he was actually a better interviewer than other tv hosts at the time!

[@featheryfemme]

Love watching interviews of Daniel, but I hate knowing how terrible they must've been for him.

[@hgeiger3376]

Hes definitely autistic! Ugh i love him so much.

[@user-ee8zr4oh2o]

The good days

[@avedic]

3:45 "What about alcohol....have you tried that?" "No. Alcohol exacerbates the problem I think." That little exchange right there....is kinda painful to see. Because it presages what will eventually come. I feel for Dan. He's such a good smart sensitive human being....and I get why he eventually became so addicted to various things, including alcohol. It's because the WORK....for a while. And then they stop working. And then....they exacerbate the problem. 20 years after this interview....sure enough, that's where we're at. I went through it myself, and it's painful to see this...knowing Daniel would go through it soon enough too. I kinda wish he had just stuck to what he was doing around Diorama....someone working on that album's recording once remarked that Dan smoked more weed than Snoop Dogg around that time. But he seemed in a good place. Alcohol....is just so dangerous. I get needing SOMETHING to help with creativity and...life. I just hope he gets well soon, so to speak. I just want him to be happy now.

[@helenmedina6391]

Definitely, Daniel Johns is one of the Most Handsome Man in the world...:)❤🎉Now, his 44 years old got age but still looking Handsome...:)Daniel Johns is like Me I'm very Shy Person when Somebody is talking to Me...:)Me and Daniel Johns are same Shy Person I understand him why his Interviews during his Teenage Years his so Soft spoken and very Shy Person.

[@wyattjackson977]

At 3:33 where he says my hand just shakes and I can’t stop it no matter what I do despite the pills… first of all the fact that everybody laughed at that is fucked up… second, I’m almost 26 and I’ve had that my whole life (anxiety) and legit didn’t know until 5 months ago. Even now with pills, he’s right it doesn’t stop. And the douchy host talking about trying alcohol, that ain’t funny either. I drink a lot and Daniel is right, it just adds to the problem. Just some insight.

[@Laurenishful]

Omg Rove is annoying. DJ is a fascinating guy…

[@Hooligan71]

Even at an early age he didn't like doing interviews...he had mentioned that he has said everything he had to say through the music....there was nothing left

[@soniastarmorales8013]

Wow he is so beautiful he is like an Anime doll. Perfectly chiselled features. Also very eloquent. Too young there to have arthritis attacks. 💔

[@AVportau]

this is the real Daniel.... fans will ignore it, but Daniel today isn't the Daniel in this interview... not even close.

[@castoroy14]

The weight loss wasn't from drugs and alcohol, though he has been known to partake for sure. The weight loss was mainly from his anorexia nervosa, which then caused issues with his joints and muscles.

[@AVportau]

@@castoroy14 will he ever tell the real story?.... but it's not in his interests to tell the whole story. edit: i'm sorry Dan.... it's not my place to say... i've deleted what i shouldn''t have said.

[@AVportau]

@@castoroy14 i edited my reply and deleted info i have no right to say... sorry Darren.... it was as i said but i still shouldn't have said it.

[@castoroy14]

@@AVportau Don't worry about it.

[@featheryfemme]

Funny, I was watching this interview and thinking about how little he's changed. No idea what you're talking about.

[@cnate745]

he was struggling so hard here. rove was very insensitive

[@wheresmycheese8511]

Robe is clown and only interested in self gratification

[@NpgSymboL]

Wanna see a joke? Watch rove interview Prince. I was so let down when I saw that live

[@facethis2794]

So what do people think?? He got so identified with SilverChair, the lead singer and fame just messed him up, I know it would do the same to me..

[@buatkitatermenung9224]

Actually bef the release of diorama he had created a hard Rock album.. but he deleted it... i just hope it was part of diorama... like smashing pumpkin two cds of the moloncollie album... shud have done that approach... if they have done that Silverchair will be more huge during that era..

[@mfaiden4088]

Nah Diorama was perfect and a masterpiece. No way it should have been anything other than it was.

[@buatkitatermenung9224]

@@mfaiden4088 Not in other parts of theworld at that time...maybe in Australia only...

[@mfaiden4088]

@@buatkitatermenung9224 I don't think other countries matter lol, the proof is in the pudding, It's a fabulous album!

[@buatkitatermenung9224]

@@mfaiden4088 It does matter because why did the album being sold outside Australia?if its only for Australian Market then why it is sold world wide? if its only for themselves then why selling it?

[@lukeism2]

@@buatkitatermenung9224 you’re not understanding his point. You’re talking past each other.

[@racquelsabesaje4562]

handsome

[@YardIshakHusyne]

How u do it Becky?

[@Toroidalzpe]

There seemed to be some sexual tension here, I hope he wasn’t abused by the industry like many others have been. It would explain a lot.

[@scarl11]

I can just imagine DJ being so magnetic, that energy is difficult not to react to. Super charismatic. I hope he wasn't abused as well, some people have no issue crossing boundaries :(

[@morphix007]

21 years ffuuk

[@JennzOrs]

is this a laugh track? how are people laughing at the serious shit he's saying? the 2000s were wild.... as were the 90s and 80s...

[@jonathanholbrook6300]

He reminds me of Peter Pan. Daffodil

[@shanefraser7764]

Lol that Daffodil could have had Any Woman or Girl in Australia at one time ✌️🤣

[@gorgen23]

Wtf are the audience laughing at?

[@Jack-russell103]

There’s no way this guy is straight

[@elishifter7995]

He's bi

[@AVportau]

seen his latest interview with Carrie B on CH.10 The Project... Dan obviously needs professional help and a lot seems very similar to someone's symptoms of abusing various substances... what does Dan's band name Dissociatives mean?... we'd all like Dan to be happy and well... i've said it before, Dan should grab a few friends and go backpack the world and become a nobody for a while.... but the problem seems Dan doesn't wish to leave certain things alone, or behind him... AND he really dissed the fk out of Ben and Chris too.... he's not the Dan we used to know and love, he's in trouble within himself.... let's hope he finds rest in his mind.... he admitted he went to rehab, not for alcohol, for voices in his head but said nothing of drugs.... i've known people who have taken LSD, DMT, ICE, and other substances and have never been the same again... one person has been lost for near 30yrs now after taking a trip.... i think Dan's close to lost now, even sadder is i think Dan thinks it too.

[@lawdawg6730]

I think he has lyme neuroborreliosis.

[@Spedly]

nope He had reactive arthritis

[@brianwoodrow395]

Rove tries to be funny but really he's not , a bit like Dave Hughes not sure how they make it on TV , the difference is Daniel is his normal self and 100 times funnier and charismatic then Rove ...

[@lam19bo]

He's wasted

[@kimsherlock8969]

Daniel if you hear me Stop.

[@hobo1704]

Straight out with the victim mentality.. this guy plays it well.

[@cpg8000]

Straight out with the judgmental [ignorant] mentality.. you play it well

[@hobo1704]

@@cpg8000 😂 good come back champ..

[@cpg8000]

@@hobo1704 😂 aww thanks, pal

[@inobi30]

This guy is terminally self obsessed

[@skippybartalozzi]

no he isn't, have you read his book ?

[@inobi30]

@@skippybartalozzi no but I read his statement after hurting people driving wasted. Incredibly, it was all about him.

[@gaiagoddess5360]

@@inobi30 Nobody was hurt in that accident.

[@inobi30]

@@gaiagoddess5360. It was a head on collision. "The woman was taken to John Hunter Hospital for further treatment." - not hurt badly but hurt enough to go to hospital. He made no mention of them. Only his struggles. I’m not criticizing him because I don’t like him. He’s mentally Ill and part of that is self obsession. I’ve seen this before. Fame is lethal to some people. They experienced such highs early on they often abuse drugs to try and maintain that feeling and become self consumed. Celebrity rehab was a show for a reason. Famous people and child stars often self destruct and it has something to do with the ego and dopamine.

[@gaiagoddess5360]

@@inobi30 All reports I read said they were treated at the scene and released. He did mention them in his IG post. If you don't like him, why are you commenting on a video about him? It seems you don't know much about him because his fans (and those who know him well) have all said he's one of the most humble musicians there is. He said so many things over the years that show this (that they don't deserve awards or fame). Not all mentally ill celebrities are the same.

[@ApostelKrieger]

So sad that he was drug addicted and had depressions till now. Loved SC so much !