1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:03,040 Speaker 1: Jump Mission with joins and Amanda. 2 00:00:03,320 --> 00:00:06,200 Speaker 2: This has been gillies new song. Have I listened to this. 3 00:00:14,640 --> 00:00:17,840 Speaker 1: And you try to take it? I like it? 4 00:00:18,440 --> 00:00:21,800 Speaker 2: Ben Gillies, of course from Silverchair Fame. Silverchair sold more 5 00:00:21,840 --> 00:00:24,360 Speaker 2: than nine million albums, one more aris than any other 6 00:00:24,440 --> 00:00:27,840 Speaker 2: artist in history. So Ben Gillies is now a solo 7 00:00:28,000 --> 00:00:30,280 Speaker 2: artist and that is his new song, Ben Hello. 8 00:00:31,040 --> 00:00:33,800 Speaker 3: Hello, Hey Ben, how I love that song. It's so 9 00:00:33,880 --> 00:00:35,680 Speaker 3: great and it is, if you don't mind me saying 10 00:00:35,720 --> 00:00:36,839 Speaker 3: Silverchair esque. 11 00:00:37,720 --> 00:00:40,440 Speaker 1: So really, yeah, I said I can't hear it. I 12 00:00:40,560 --> 00:00:43,199 Speaker 1: just I just make it and I like it, and 13 00:00:43,479 --> 00:00:43,960 Speaker 1: that's it. 14 00:00:44,440 --> 00:00:47,120 Speaker 3: Do you find it hard to sing and play the drums? 15 00:00:48,880 --> 00:00:51,600 Speaker 1: Well on this track? I guess when you're in the 16 00:00:51,640 --> 00:00:54,080 Speaker 1: sto you're going to play drums and sing at the 17 00:00:54,080 --> 00:00:56,360 Speaker 1: same time. But I guess I'm playing other instrums on 18 00:00:56,400 --> 00:00:59,840 Speaker 1: it as well. But yeah, it is. It is when 19 00:00:59,840 --> 00:01:02,440 Speaker 1: you when you sing him play drums. It's definitely charting. 20 00:01:02,680 --> 00:01:04,760 Speaker 3: Yeah, Because I look at Robert sometimes at midnight all 21 00:01:04,840 --> 00:01:06,600 Speaker 3: and last time they too, and I'm sitting there, jeez, 22 00:01:06,600 --> 00:01:08,160 Speaker 3: how do you keep doing that? I'd be dead. 23 00:01:08,959 --> 00:01:12,000 Speaker 1: Oh he's the master of it, not rob He's Yeah, 24 00:01:12,360 --> 00:01:13,760 Speaker 1: he's pretty good at doing that stuff. 25 00:01:14,000 --> 00:01:17,360 Speaker 2: Well, so Silver Chair has been in the quote indefinite 26 00:01:17,480 --> 00:01:22,319 Speaker 2: hibernation since twenty eleven. Why the new solo stuff? Now, 27 00:01:22,319 --> 00:01:24,240 Speaker 2: have you been thinking about this for a long time? 28 00:01:25,600 --> 00:01:27,560 Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean I put a record out under a 29 00:01:27,640 --> 00:01:33,280 Speaker 1: Monica about seven years ago, and yeah, that was a 30 00:01:33,319 --> 00:01:35,480 Speaker 1: bit of a I guess a creative perds, but I 31 00:01:35,600 --> 00:01:38,640 Speaker 1: just didn't feel ready to put out my own music. 32 00:01:38,680 --> 00:01:40,600 Speaker 1: You know, I lost a bit of confidence, I think 33 00:01:40,640 --> 00:01:44,160 Speaker 1: with my music writing because I did a lot of 34 00:01:44,160 --> 00:01:47,080 Speaker 1: writing in the early days of Silver too, and then 35 00:01:47,200 --> 00:01:50,600 Speaker 1: Dan kind of took over the writing. Jude Is. I 36 00:01:50,680 --> 00:01:52,800 Speaker 1: just want to still being creative within the band, but 37 00:01:52,880 --> 00:01:55,960 Speaker 1: I just wasn't writing, you know, as much as most 38 00:01:56,160 --> 00:01:58,960 Speaker 1: been confidence, So I just had to get a you know, 39 00:01:59,160 --> 00:02:01,280 Speaker 1: it's a bit little while. Oh I took years, but 40 00:02:01,400 --> 00:02:03,680 Speaker 1: she still got it back and I'm really excited to 41 00:02:03,720 --> 00:02:05,320 Speaker 1: be these account. 42 00:02:05,120 --> 00:02:07,000 Speaker 3: But I can really feel that as well, because as 43 00:02:07,120 --> 00:02:10,400 Speaker 3: young men, when you were forming, going through and developing 44 00:02:10,400 --> 00:02:12,840 Speaker 3: a songwriter as yourself, and as you said, with Daniel 45 00:02:12,960 --> 00:02:15,440 Speaker 3: would he would take over the songwriting, so you would 46 00:02:15,440 --> 00:02:16,920 Speaker 3: have felt like, oh, hang on a minute, well what 47 00:02:16,960 --> 00:02:17,919 Speaker 3: about my stuff here? 48 00:02:18,919 --> 00:02:21,520 Speaker 1: Yeah, exactly. I mean, particularly that I had that outlet 49 00:02:21,880 --> 00:02:25,680 Speaker 1: in the early days of the band, and then just 50 00:02:26,280 --> 00:02:29,760 Speaker 1: as a songwriter. You know, it's like a need. It's 51 00:02:29,760 --> 00:02:32,680 Speaker 1: something that you have to satisfy, and I guess I 52 00:02:32,800 --> 00:02:36,120 Speaker 1: just want. I wasn't looking after my knee, so but 53 00:02:36,280 --> 00:02:40,080 Speaker 1: now you know, I'm making sure that they're well looked after. 54 00:02:40,760 --> 00:02:44,560 Speaker 2: We got to know you better through Jackie with Housewives 55 00:02:44,560 --> 00:02:46,959 Speaker 2: of Melbourne. She's always said right from the beginning that 56 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:49,639 Speaker 2: you know you're a private person. How did you find 57 00:02:50,080 --> 00:02:51,640 Speaker 2: that whole process. 58 00:02:52,840 --> 00:02:53,800 Speaker 1: Thought of housewives? 59 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:57,320 Speaker 2: Yeah, did you enjoy being being having us see more 60 00:02:57,360 --> 00:02:58,160 Speaker 2: of your life like that? 61 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:02,440 Speaker 1: That's not really, that's not my things. I just I can't. 62 00:03:02,639 --> 00:03:05,400 Speaker 1: I just did that so just because you know, I 63 00:03:05,480 --> 00:03:08,359 Speaker 1: wanted to support my wife. It wasn't not something I'm 64 00:03:08,400 --> 00:03:09,200 Speaker 1: really into. 65 00:03:09,600 --> 00:03:11,640 Speaker 3: Yeah, you've got to keep the wife happy, happy wife, 66 00:03:11,680 --> 00:03:15,440 Speaker 3: happy life. Mate. We all I understand that, you know, 67 00:03:15,520 --> 00:03:17,560 Speaker 3: my wife's painting our house. At the moment, I don't 68 00:03:17,560 --> 00:03:20,280 Speaker 3: want to. I don't want it to do it. I'd 69 00:03:20,400 --> 00:03:22,560 Speaker 3: rather just be because it looked fine before. But you know, 70 00:03:22,600 --> 00:03:24,560 Speaker 3: what do you say you just go paint the house 71 00:03:24,800 --> 00:03:25,400 Speaker 3: or make it. 72 00:03:26,160 --> 00:03:27,920 Speaker 1: I guess the place for Covi out saying if you 73 00:03:27,960 --> 00:03:30,400 Speaker 1: want to paint it like purple or something, you know, 74 00:03:30,600 --> 00:03:32,000 Speaker 1: you run with that to make it happy. 75 00:03:32,120 --> 00:03:34,079 Speaker 3: You just got to go with it. You really you've 76 00:03:34,120 --> 00:03:36,040 Speaker 3: got to say, oh honey, do you need to do that? 77 00:03:36,240 --> 00:03:36,960 Speaker 3: Do you need to pay? 78 00:03:37,040 --> 00:03:38,640 Speaker 2: But have you got the whole set up at home? 79 00:03:38,720 --> 00:03:38,880 Speaker 1: Ben? 80 00:03:38,960 --> 00:03:41,080 Speaker 2: And so covid has been kind of a nice experience. 81 00:03:41,240 --> 00:03:43,160 Speaker 2: You can just go into your own music studio and 82 00:03:43,200 --> 00:03:43,760 Speaker 2: just do it all. 83 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:47,640 Speaker 1: Yeah. I kind of think covid, you know, it's it's 84 00:03:47,680 --> 00:03:53,560 Speaker 1: that sucked. But you know, I think for Newso's for 85 00:03:53,680 --> 00:03:56,760 Speaker 1: recording writing music, it hasn't really changed much because you 86 00:03:56,880 --> 00:03:59,520 Speaker 1: just go into your little ural Dan and you just 87 00:03:59,640 --> 00:04:02,040 Speaker 1: kind of here creating. So in that sense it's great. 88 00:04:02,760 --> 00:04:04,440 Speaker 1: It's a bit of a pain in the backside that 89 00:04:04,480 --> 00:04:07,520 Speaker 1: you can't go out and tour and promote your music, 90 00:04:07,600 --> 00:04:10,360 Speaker 1: but you know that doesn't mean that the music goes 91 00:04:10,440 --> 00:04:10,800 Speaker 1: to stop. 92 00:04:11,560 --> 00:04:13,080 Speaker 3: And do you catch up with the other guys from 93 00:04:13,080 --> 00:04:16,080 Speaker 3: Silverchair still? Are you guys? I know there's indefinite hibernation, 94 00:04:16,240 --> 00:04:18,640 Speaker 3: but you guys, because you're good friends, you're good friends. 95 00:04:19,680 --> 00:04:21,920 Speaker 1: Yeah. Well, I mean we've been mates and through in 96 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:24,479 Speaker 1: primary schools, so yeah, you know, I definitely keep in 97 00:04:24,520 --> 00:04:27,360 Speaker 1: contact with the guys. And when I think I want 98 00:04:27,400 --> 00:04:30,280 Speaker 1: to for dinner with Chris on the weekend, I don't think. 99 00:04:30,320 --> 00:04:30,560 Speaker 1: I know. 100 00:04:32,960 --> 00:04:33,920 Speaker 3: It was a big night. 101 00:04:35,960 --> 00:04:38,840 Speaker 1: I want to do now we wrap around it. But 102 00:04:39,200 --> 00:04:40,279 Speaker 1: we're well, well behaved. 103 00:04:40,360 --> 00:04:43,159 Speaker 3: Well you're getting older now. And also for the Silverchair fans, 104 00:04:43,360 --> 00:04:46,560 Speaker 3: indefinite hibernation, no reunion, whatsoever would you say? 105 00:04:48,080 --> 00:04:50,160 Speaker 1: Look not at the moment. I don't know who knows 106 00:04:50,200 --> 00:04:52,120 Speaker 1: what I'm happened with a band that it may happen, 107 00:04:52,200 --> 00:04:55,360 Speaker 1: it may not. I guess this strange. We just focusing 108 00:04:55,440 --> 00:04:58,200 Speaker 1: on our own stuff, you know. And I'm so happy 109 00:04:58,360 --> 00:05:01,000 Speaker 1: doing my own music and having my own outlets. 110 00:05:01,040 --> 00:05:04,960 Speaker 3: Ser well, it's great and breathing, breathe out. I love it, 111 00:05:05,040 --> 00:05:07,599 Speaker 3: can I it's so sweet. Your voice is so sweet. 112 00:05:07,640 --> 00:05:11,080 Speaker 3: I know it's lovely. It's beautiful. 113 00:05:11,480 --> 00:05:13,960 Speaker 2: Now, go and paint the house purpose, paint the house purpose. 114 00:05:15,960 --> 00:05:18,400 Speaker 1: Good on you, Ben, Thanks for having me go. 115 00:05:18,839 --> 00:05:19,400 Speaker 3: Thank you, Ben. 116 00:05:19,520 --> 00:05:22,480 Speaker 1: Talk to you so with Joins and Amanda