Before they were Silverchair, they rocked this Newcastle telethon

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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

00:13 was back in March 1993 when they were called The Innocent Criminals.

00:19 They were appearing on the NBN telethon, NBN being the local TV station in their

00:23 hometown of Newcastle. I happened to be on the judging panel of

00:27 the overnight talent quest of the 93 telethon.

00:30 That's me seated alongside Miss Kim of Romper Room fame

00:34 and her puppet sidekick Mr Doobie. Now I must confess

00:39 I don't actually remember much about that performance

00:43 by The Innocent Criminals. Sorry, I know fans are going to be appalled

00:48 but I do hope that I said something kind and encouraging

00:51 like Mr Doobie would expect.

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00:58 I've just finished reading Love and Pain, the new book by Ben Gillies and Chris

01:07 Joannou and which sent me back to the Spotify

01:10 podcast Who Is Daniel Johns from a couple of years ago. They're great

01:14 reminders of the excellent adventures these boys had coming from

01:18 Newcastle and then going around the world as

01:21 teenage rock stars and we'll always have that footage

01:24 of that NBN telethon performance back in March 1993.

01:29 So as Miss Kim on Romper Room would say, ready please Mr Music.

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