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The Dissociatives
Daniel Johns (left) and Paul Mac (right) on the cover of The Dissociatives' debut album
Background information
Origin	Australia
Genre(s)	Pop
Website	Official website
Members
Daniel Johns Paul Mac

The Dissociatives is an Australian band consisting of Daniel Johns of Silverchair and Australian dance producer Paul Mac. Their debut single "Somewhere Down the Barrel" entered the Australian Top 40 charts on debut on March 15, 2004 and was one of the five most played tracks on Australian radio in March. The debut album The Dissociatives was released on the April 4, 2004 and was expected to do spectacularly but album sales lagged after it debuted in the top 10 of the ARIA album charts for one week and fell rapidly. The only single release "Somewhere Down the Barrel" only reached #25 on the singles chart despite being a large radio success.

Contents 1 I Can't Believe It's Not Rock 2 The making of The Dissociatives album 3 Discography and Appearances 3.1 Studio albums 3.2 EPs 3.3 Singles 3.4 DVDs 3.5 Other Appearances 4 Awards and nominations 4.1 Awards 4.2 Nominations 5 External links

Daniel Johns and Paul Mac met in 1997 when Paul Mac remixed "Freak" off Silverchair's Freak Show album. The two became friends and Paul Mac worked on the subsequent Silverchair albums Neon Ballroom and Diorama. The two worked on the experimental I Can't Believe It's Not Rock EP released in 2000.

In mid 2003, Daniel Johns and Paul Mac got together to produce the album recording the basic tracks in London and finishing it off in Sydney and Newcastle. The pair produced all the instrumental tracks and vocals themselves with Johns writing the lyrics and recording them in Newcastle.

The pair described the music and lyrics in the April 2004 Australian edition of Rolling Stone. "The music is, for me, a combination of excitement, happiness, rambunctiousness and viciousness, done to whimsy," Johns said. "I'd add with a hint of melancholy, but it's more outweighed by joy," added Mac.

The pair, in an interview on Rove Live that the musical journey of The Dissociatives is "Definitely not a side project" and that they plan to release more interesting and groundbreaking music in the future under this guise. However, at the moment the band is on hiatus, due to their current projects, i.e. Johns with Silverchair, Mac with a contracted 2 year commitment to live performances with Silverchair & The Presets, the band of Julian Hamilton and Kim Moyes, currently touring.

• The Dissociatives (2004); #12 Australia (Gold)

• I Can't Believe It's Not Rock EP (2000)

From The Dissociatives:

• "Somewhere Down The Barrel" (2004) - #25 Australia
• "Young Man, Old Man (You Ain't Better Than The Rest)" (2004) - #46 Australia

• Sydney Circa 2004slash08 (2004)

• Spicks and Specks (2005); performed and produced the title music for this Australian TV show, which is a reworked cover of The Bee Gees' first hit single of the same name

• 2004 ARIA Awards, Best Video for "Somewhere Down The Barrel"
• 2004 ARIA Awards, Best Cover Art for The Dissociatives

• 2004 ARIA Awards, Album Of The Year for The Dissociatives
• 2004 ARIA Awards, Best Group for The Dissociatives
• 2004 ARIA Awards, Best Pop Release for The Dissociatives
• 2004 ARIA Awards, Producer Of The Year for The Dissociatives
• 2005 ARIA Awards, Best Music DVD for Sydney Circa 2004slash08

• The Dissociatives website
• The Dissociatives at MusicBrainz