Silverchair was formed in 1992 as Death Rides A Sandwich, which they they soon changed to Innocent Criminals. For a brief time they were also known as Short Elvis due to the fact they played Elvis covers. Singer/guitarist Daniel Johns and drummer Ben Gillies started playing music together at their primary school, and when they both moved onto Newcastle High School, long time schoolmates Chris Joannou and Tobin Finnane joined the band on bass and rhythm guitar respectively. They played many shows around the Hunter Valley region in their early teens. They participated in YouthRock in 1994, a nationally recognised competition for school-based bands, although they did not win the competition.

The band's mainstream breakthrough came in mid-1994 when, as Innocent Criminals, they won a national demo competition called "Pick Me" (conducted by the SBS TV show Nomad and alternative radio station Triple J) with a song called Tomorrow. The prize included Triple J recording the song and SBS filming the video. Innocent Criminals changed their name to Silverchair in August 1994.

Silverchair's popularity quickly landed them a three album recording contract with Sony Music. A rushed release of the Triple J recording was released in August 1994. The single spent six weeks at #1 on the Australian singles charts. In 1995, re-recorded version of Tomorrow (and a new video) was made for the U.S. market, eventually becoming the most played song of the year on U.S. modern rock radio.

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