Song · Silverchair
“Pure Massacre” by Silverchair
From the album Frogstomp (1995)
“Pure Massacre” by Silverchair appears on 6 radio countdowns from 6 stations between 1995 and 2002. It was first released in 1995 on the album Frogstomp. Its best result is #30 on the WDRE Top 103.9 Songs of 1995. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #69 alternative song of 1995 and #4,701 alternative song of all time.
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"Pure Massacre" was Silverchair's second single from Frogstomp, their 1995 debut album on Murmur, and it had big shoes to fill after "Tomorrow" had gone all the way to number one. It filled them, reaching number two in both Australia and New Zealand, number 17 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks and number 12 on Album Rock Tracks.
Daniel Johns and Ben Gillies wrote it together, and it's grunge played at full tilt: a sludgy, churning riff, drums that stomp like they're trying to crack the floor, and a vocal hollered with everything in the tank. It later turned up on The Best Of: Volume 1 in 2000, and a live take was dug out for the rarities disc of the 20th-anniversary Frogstomp remaster in 2015.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 67 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1995 | 107 |
| 1995 | 35 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 1995 | 91 |
| 1995 | 40 | 103.1 The Buzz West Palm Beach, FL | The Buzz Top 103 Alternative Songs of '95 | 103 |
| 1995 | 30 | WDRE Philadelphia Philadelphia, PA | WDRE Top 103.9 Songs of 1995 | 104 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 516 | Q101 | Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 1017 |
| 2002 | 1569 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) | 2002 |
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