silverchair's Frogstomp by Jay Daniel Thompson - 9798765113332

silverchair's FrogstompAuthor(s): Jay Daniel Thompson\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, United States\nImprint: Bloomsbury Academic\nISBN-13: 9798765113332, 979-8765113332\nSynopsis\nRevisits Australian rock band silverchair's globally successful debut album Frogstomp [tel] and asserts that the band is not an imitation of American grunge nor an emblem of Gen X angst. \n\nFrogstomp transformed Australian rockers silverchair from an(other) unknown teen garage band to an internationally popular rock outfit. The album was released in 1995 and became a global sensation. Due to silverchairs grunge aesthetic, the bands success has often been attributed to its imitation of North American grunge bands and associated Generation X stereotypes. Jay Daniel Thompson demonstrates that the album has greater musical and cultural significance than that framing suggests.\n\nThis book argues that Frogstomp is culturally significant not only due to its international success, but be.