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Full Ben Gillies Biography
Benjamin David Gillies (born 24 October 1979) is an Australian musician, best known as the drummer of successful rock band Silverchair. Silverchair is one of Australia’s most successful rock bands. The group has had more top twenty hits during the last decade than any other local artist and they have sold over six million albums worldwide.
He was born in Newcastle, New South Wales. His mother Annette Gillies worked in the cafeteria at Newcastle High School. His father, David Gillies works as a plumber. Gillies has an older sister named Kristie. The Gillies family is a part of the Surfrider Foundation, which promotes clean ocean water. Furthermore, Gillies is an excellent surfer, and cook. Gillies was a quad drummer in The Marching Koalas and he taught his friend Chris Joannou of Silverchair how to play bass in three months. Gillies also plays the guitar and bass.
In addition, Gillies was a member of an Australian rock band Tambalane which has now broken up due to Silverchair's return. In 2002, Silverchair was severely affected by the band’s inability to tour or do promotional appearances due to Daniel Johns' ill health. The singer/guitarist spent 2002 battling a severely debilitating case of reactive arthritis from which he is now recovering. In November of 2005, Ben Gillies Silverchair announced they were working on the music for their 5th studio album Young Modern, released in Australia on March 31, 2007.
Ben Gillies performed a song with Silverchair originally written by Midnight Oil at the 2006 ARIA Awards as part of Midnight Oil's induction into the ARIA Hall of Fame, during the performance Ben sang back up. At the end lead singer Daniel Johns spray painted PG4PM (Peter Garret for Prime Minister) on a stage wall.
The following are some of the Drumkits used by Ben Gillies during his musical career with Silverchair:
- Frogstomp era:
- Pearl Masters Custom Drums and Sabian Cymbals:
- Pearl Drums - Black
- 6x14" Snare
- 12x14" Tom
- 16x16" Floor Tom
- 16x18" Floor Tom
- 16x24" Bass drum
- 19" AAX Metal Crash
- 20" AAX Metal Crash
- 21" AAX Metal Crash
- 21" AA Heavy Ride
- 14" AAX Metal Hi-Hats
- Diorama era:
- Le Soprano Drums and Sabian Cymbals:
- Le Soprano Drums - Prima Original Ben Gillies Signature
- 14x6.5" Ben Gillies Signature Snare
- 13x8" Rack Tom
- 16x15"Floor Tom
- 18x15" Floor Tom
- 24x16" Bass Drum
- 14" HH Dark Hi-Hats
- 18" HH Dark Crash
- 21" HH Vintage Ride
- 20" Sabian Radia Crash |
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