Ben Gillies

Drummer

Ben Gillies was born in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia on October 24th, 1979 and is the Drummer. At the age of 44, Ben Gillies biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.

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Date of Birth
October 24, 1979
Nationality
Australia
Place of Birth
Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Age
44 years old
Zodiac Sign
Scorpio
Networth
$20 Million
Profession
Composer, Drummer, Musician, Songwriter
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Ben Gillies Height, Weight, Eye Color and Hair Color

At 44 years old, Ben Gillies has this physical status:

Height
172cm
Weight
Not Available
Hair Color
Dark brown
Eye Color
Light brown
Build
Athletic
Measurements
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Ben Gillies Religion, Education, and Hobbies
Religion
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Hobbies
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Education
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Ben Gillies Spouse(s), Children, Affair, Parents, and Family
Spouse(s)
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Children
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Dating / Affair
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Ben Gillies Career

Benjamin David Gillies was born on 24 October 1979 in Merewether, a suburb of Newcastle. He started as a quad drummer in the band The Marching Koalas, before forming a grunge group, Innocent Criminals, at the age of 12 with friends Daniel Johns and Chris Joannou. Playing originally at school and other venues in the Newcastle area, they came to attention after a weekend music workshop at the Tanilba Bay Progress Hall funded through the Arts Council of New South Wales in March 1994. By October 1994, under their new name Silverchair, their first EP Tomorrow had reached No. 1 on the ARIA Singles Chart. Silverchair went on to release five No. 1 albums, Frogstomp (1995), Freak Show (1997), Neon Ballroom (1999), Diorama (2002) and Young Modern (2007).

Gillies formed the band Tambalane in 2002 while Silverchair was in hiatus following Johns' illness, releasing a self-titled album featuring the singles "Little Miss Liar" and "Free" before the band folded in 2005. He then returned to work with Silverchair.

In May 2011, Silverchair announced an "indefinite hibernation" and that they were not likely to work together "in the foreseeable future". By June, Gillies was in the final stages of working on his solo album, he had been working on it for about 12 months and said that it was not a continuation of his earlier work with Tambalane.

In 2020, Gillies released the songs "Breathe In, Breathe Out" and "One Foot in Front of The Other".

In 2021, Gillies released the song "Yesteryear" which became a track on his five-song EP The Relative Relatives.

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Kate Ritchie admits that she once asked Silverchair to be her date to the Logies back in the '90s

www.dailymail.co.uk, October 4, 2023
They were once Australia's biggest band. Kate Ritchie, a former home and Away actress, has admitted that she was a huge fan of Silverchair in the 90s. The 49-year-old said she even went so far as requesting out members of the band to accompany both herself and her co-star Isla Fisher to the Logies.

Ben Gillies and Chris Joannou of Silverchair reveal the truth behind their tumultuous rivalry with Daniel Johns: it was all too tumultuous.'

www.dailymail.co.uk, October 4, 2023
It's the legendary feud that broke millions of music enthusiasts' hearts. Now Silverchair's Ben Gillies and Chris Joannou have confirmed that it was drugs, including alcohol, that caused the breakup of the band and its friendship with frontman Daniel Johns. The trio of school pals formed the club as teenagers and saw a meteoric rise to fame in the 1990s before separating in 2011.

After the frontman revealed why he refused to offer ABC news about the band's permission to use his music, Silverchair's Chris Joannou and Ben Gillies broke silence on their relationship with Daniel Johns

www.dailymail.co.uk, September 26, 2023
On Monday morning, Chris Joannou and Ben Gillies finally spoke out about their friendship with former Silverchair frontman Daniel Johns. After refusing to allow them to use their songs in their ABC documentary about the band, the bassist and drummer opened up about their deceased bandmate, 44. The musicians 'drifted apart' from Daniel, according to WSFM's The Jonesy and Amanda Show since Silverchair disbanded in 2011.
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