90s at 9 'Anthem For the Year 2000'

Silverchair's "Anthem For the Year 2000" was their first lead single to not hit number 1.

"Anthem for the Year 2000" was Silverchair's first single from their third album Neon Ballroom.  It charted pretty well making it to #15 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks and #12 on the Modern Rock Tracks charts. It reached #3 on the Australian chart making it their first lead single not to hit #1.

According to Wikipedia, Australian writer Craig Mathieson described the song as "a viciously compressed take on Queen 's stadium rock moments that made Y2K into a generational battle".

Silverchair "Anthem for the Year 2000" 1999
Nikki "Nikilicious" Montgomery

I'm a Central Wisconsin girl born and raised. I grew up in Port Edwards and participated in cheerleading, basketball, volleyball and softball as well as many clubs like National Honor Society, SADD, yearbook and forensics. I was a very busy high school student and still managed to get good enough grades to go to college at UW-Stevens Point where I was just as busy between working 3 jobs including executive staff positions at the campus alternative rock radio station and volunteering at the campus television station.

After graduation I thought I would take my BA in Mass Communications with emphasis in Broadcasting and Journalism and Minor in Political Science and become a big time reporter in some major city. But instead my internship with our news station here at Midwest Communications turned into a part-time job and opened the door to the morning show co-host position at WDEZ. After 9 1/4 years of fun in the mornings I was promoted to Assistant Brand Manager and moved to The Workday Getaway.

I couldn't deny my love for rock anymore! It was time dive head first into the genre I spent my formative years listening to day in and day out. When the opportunity arose for me to become the Brand Manager for Rock 94.7 and host the morning show I couldn't pass it up.

I'm so happy that I stayed in Central Wisconsin I couldn't imagine raising my three daughters anywhere else.

Favorite band: STP

First concert: Bryan Adams 1992 at the Target Center in Minneapolis (I was 12)

Favorite color: Yellow

Favorite pasttime: Watching Walking Dead, American Horror Story and Covert Affairs

Vice: Wine