In April, the band’s mainstream breakthrough came when they won a national competition called Pick Me, using their demo of “Tomorrow”. The competition was conducted by the SBS TV show Nomad and Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) alternative radio station Triple J . As part of the prize, Triple J recorded the song and ABC filmed a video , which was aired on 16 June. For the video’s broadcast, they had changed their name to Silverchair (styled as silverchair until 2002). In a 1994 interview with Melbourne magazine Buzz , the band claimed the name derived from a radio request for ” Sliver ” by Nirvana and ” Berlin Chair ” by You Am I being mixed up as Silver Chair. It was later revealed they were named for the C. S. Lewis –penned novel The Silver Chair from The Chronicles of Narnia series. Aside from Innocent Criminals, the band has used The George Costanza Trio and Short Elvis as aliases.
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