Before they were Silverchair, they rocked this Newcastle telethon
ACM executive editor James Joyce recounts the time he saw Silverchair - or ‘Innocent Criminals’, as they were known then - in their first TV performance 30 years ago.
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00:00 called I Felt Like It, The Innocent Criminals.
00:04 Let's rock and roll.
00:08 The first time that Silverchair performed live on television was back in March 1993
00:15 when they were called The Innocent Criminals.
00:17 They were appearing on the NBN telethon, NBN being the local TV station in their hometown
00:22 of Newcastle.
00:23 I happened to be on the judging panel of the overnight talent quest of the '93 telethon.
00:28 That's me seated alongside Miss Kim of Romper Room fame and her puppet sidekick Mr Doobie.
00:33 Now I must confess, I don't actually remember much about that performance.
00:40 Sorry, I know fans are going to be appalled.
00:43 But I do hope that I said something kind and encouraging like Mr Doobie would expect.
00:47 [Music]
00:58 [BLANK_AUDIO]