hit with a bottle

Frogstomp was a number-one album in Australia and New Zealand. It reached the Billboard 200 Top 10, making Silverchair the first Australian band to do so since INXS . It was certified as a US double- platinum album by the RIAA , triple-platinum in Canada by the CRIA , and multi-platinum in Australia. The album sold more than 4 million copies worldwide. Paste magazine called this album the ” last stand ” of grunge . As Frogstomp and “Tomorrow” continued to gain popularity through 1995, the group toured the US, where they supported Red Hot Chili Peppers in June, the Ramones in September, and played on the roof of Radio City Music Hall at the MTV Music Awards . In September 1995, during Silverchair’s tour in the United States, Johns was hit with a bottle of alcohol in Santa Monica, California while performing ” Israel’s Son ” and the injury required half a dozen stitches near his left eyebrow. In between touring, they continued their secondary education in Newcastle. At the ARIA Music Awards of 1995 , the band won five awards out of nine nominations. To collect their awards on the night, they sent Josh Shirley, the young son of the album’s producer. At the ceremony, they performed Radio Birdman ‘s “New Race” with Tim Rogers (of You Am I ); in 2019, Dan Condon of Double J rated this as one of the “7 great performances from the history of the ARIA Awards.” On 9 December 1995, Silverchair played “Pure Massacre” and “Tomorrow” on Saturday Night Live .