Ben info

"Ben's the wild man of silverchair!" - Daniel Johns

Ben Gillies is the drummer, and, well, you just read that quote from Danny Boy...

Ben uses Vater sticks to beat the living daylights out of Pearl drums and Sabian cymbals, and manages to break about 5 sticks per gig.

Useless Info:

• <--- That is what he looks like when he's acting silly as usual.
• His birthday is October 24, 1979, making him a Scorpio...the zodiac sign most associated with sex. Gee, what a shock.
• Ben's drumsticks say "Ben's Wood" - if you want photographic proof, click here (Join Us In 2000! - a silverchair millennium).
• Once got very drunk on bourbon with Daniel at a Melbourne hotel...when they woke up the next morning, all of his long hair was gone.
• Claimed that he shaved his head because having long hair was affecting his drumming. (*LOL* Trying to save face, eh Ben?)
• By the way, they couldn't find a shaver, so Daniel "shaved" Ben's hair with...nail clippers!
• Oddly enough, I have it on *very* good authority that when Daniel got sick of his dreadlocks, he let - you guessed it - *Ben* cut them off! (I also heard that Dannyboy looked kinda silly without any hair, lol.)
• Has worn the same pair of shoes for gigs for years...and just think, drummers sweat *a lot.* Ewwww.
• Once gave Daniel a black eye.
• In Year 6, everyone wanted to bash him and Daniel for being "smart arses."
• Supposedly sucked his thumb until age 7.
• He snores (and so does his Mum!) and has been nicknamed "Chainsaw" because of this.
• By the way, his Mum was a cafeteria lady at Newcastle High...the silverchair Addiction used to have photographic proof although it seems to have disappeared...
• Once took the chairpage quiz...and did really badly.
• My friend Angharad and I love making fun of him...we once spent an entire 2 hour class period cracking Ben jokes.
• Like Chris, he couldn't escape being pantsed onstage by Magic Dirt's Adalita during the Summer Freak Shows tour.
• Is obsessed with females...but everyone already knows that.
• If he could become invisible, he'd go check out chicks.
• Has been seen chatting pre-show with (female) fans while wearing a "Bedroom Security" t-shirt.
• His best fantasy involves 10 supermodels...all at once.
• Dream girl (even though he has a girlfriend!): Pamela Lee! He also likes the Spice Girls, Britney Spears, Jennifer Love Hewitt, and Madonna. (Did he put his head through too many bass drums, or what?)
• Has been known to wear bras onstage (you know, the ones thrown from the mosh pit)...and seems to like it.
• Once said that if he could ask Alanis Morissette anything, he'd ask her what kind of shampoo he uses (like he ever washed his *own* hair!)...and about ladies' underwear, which he *claims* to not know much about. (*LOL* Whatever, Ben...)
• Once said that if he could have any superpower it would be x-ray vision. Hmmm, I wonder why...(hint: see above).
• Lives near a makeout spot called Streslecki Lookout. (Gee, could that have anything to do with his little "preoccupation?")
• Supposedly once turned over Sam Holloway's hotel room mattress while drunk...and Sam was sleeping on it at the time! Well, trying to sleep on it, anyway...
• Puked on Blink 182's manager during the Loserkids tour. No, really, Daniel confirmed it! He was at the Russian Tea Room in New York with Chris and Blink, had too many fruit-flavored vodkas, and they caught up with him at about 3 a.m.!