Australia’s Youngest Grunge Export at Pinkpop 1997 “Israel’s Son” – Silverchair (1997, Live at Pinkpop Festival, Landgraaf, Netherlands) By the mid-1990s, Silverchair had emerged from Newcastle, Australia as one of the youngest bands to gain international recognition in the grunge and alternative rock movement. Still teenagers, they entered the European festival circuit during the Freak Show tour, performing before massive crowds far removed from the suburban beginnings of their debut Frogstomp.