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"'''Pure Massacre'''" is a single released by [[Rock music|rock]] band [[Silverchair]] in 1995 and is the second single from their debut album ''[[Frogstomp]]'', which was also released in 1995. The song was performed on ''[[Saturday Night Live]]''.<ref>[http://snlarc.jt.org/ep.php?i=199512098 SNL Archives | Detail.] Retrieved 14 October 2007.</ref>
"'''Pure Massacre'''" is a single released by [[Rock music|rock]] band [[Silverchair]] in 1995 and is the second single from their debut album ''[[Frogstomp]]'', which was also released in 1995. The song was performed on ''[[Saturday Night Live]]''.<ref>[http://snlarc.jt.org/ep.php?i=199512098 SNL Archives | Detail.] Retrieved 14 October 2007.</ref>

==Lyrics==
According to the interviews with Daniel Johns, song and its lyrics are inspired by the [[Bosnian War]]:<ref>[http://www.chairpage.com/app/webroot/_news/archive/1995/jan01.htm]</ref>

<blockquote>"It's pretty stupid, war, like that. So, it seemed the right thing to write a song about, rather than about the usual--girls or whatever. It took about a half an hour; it came straight to my head."<ref>[https://books.google.rs/books?id=zg4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA69&dq=silverchair+pure+massacre+bosnian+war&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiYxuS4-dPUAhWKBsAKHVOrCRoQ6AEIJDAA#v=onepage&q&f=false]</ref><ref>[http://bloodytuesday.tripod.com/board32.html]</ref></blockquote>


==Track listing==
==Track listing==

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"Pure Massacre"
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"Pure Massacre" is a single released by rock band Silverchair in 1995 and is the second single from their debut album Frogstomp, which was also released in 1995. The song was performed on Saturday Night Live.[2]

Lyrics

According to the interviews with Daniel Johns, song and its lyrics are inspired by the Bosnian War:[3]

"It's pretty stupid, war, like that. So, it seemed the right thing to write a song about, rather than about the usual--girls or whatever. It took about a half an hour; it came straight to my head."[4][5]

Track listing

Australian CD (MATTCD005) /Cassette Single (MATTC005)

  1. "Pure Massacre"
  2. "Faultline" (Live in Newcastle 21 October 1994)
  3. "Stoned" (Live in Newcastle 21 October 1994)

European CD Single (Austrian/EU) (6612872)

  1. "Pure Massacre"
  2. "Acid Rain"
  3. "Blind"
  4. "Stoned"

UK CD Single (6622642)

  1. "Pure Massacre"
  2. "Acid Rain"
  3. "Blind"

UK 12" Vinyl (0166226420)

  1. "Pure Massacre"
  2. "Acid Rain"
  3. "Stoned"
  4. "Blind"

US promo CD (ESK7275)

  1. "Pure Massacre (Radio Edit)"

Charts

Chart (1995) Peak
position
Australian Singles Chart[6] 2
Canadian Rock/Alternative Chart[7] 13
New Zealand Singles Chart[8] 2
UK Singles Chart[9] 71
U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks[10] 12
U.S. Billboard Modern Rock Tracks[10] 17

References

  1. ^ Silverchair - Gallery
  2. ^ SNL Archives | Detail. Retrieved 14 October 2007.
  3. ^ [1]
  4. ^ [2]
  5. ^ [3]
  6. ^ "Silverchair singles". australian-charts.com. Retrieved 14 June 2001.
  7. ^ "Silverchair Rock/Alternative positions". RPM. Retrieved 14 June 2011. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  8. ^ "Silverchair singles". charts.org.nz. Retrieved 14 June 2011.
  9. ^ Roberts, David, ed. (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). HIT Entertainment. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  10. ^ a b "Silverchair - Billboard singles". allmusic. Retrieved 14 June 2011.
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