They call themselfs the odd couple of, with feeling of understatment, of the music scene.but in the meantime austarlian Savage Garden suprise the world over and over again with beautifull popsongs. Back Up talked to with the band from down under in the big apple.

If we didn't knew nay better we could have thought Savage Garden was a one man band. A misunderstanding.It's just that Daniel Jones the shy musician of the couple rather leaves the talking to Darren. It's very hot in New York but Darren sits comfortable in his chair.

A while ago it was very different he talks without breathing it seems , Live is a party. Not so long ago I wasn't very pleased with myself. I felt lonely,unhappy and I had to get use to the thought that we are a megaband. I sometimes wasn't very nice to people around me. We never suspected that all of what happened could happen so fast. I mean Daniel and I are a odd couple who started a band and before we knew it millions of records were sold and we saw ourselves all the time on MTV. Fame can do lots of strange things with a person. If I look back I can say that I was very depressed but I didn't realise it at that time. I didn't had my own life in my hands. Till one day you wake up and decided to do all the things your own way again.

The big change happened in the states. Darren decided to leave his town Logan and moved to the buzzy city New York. He lelf his wife Colby( he wrote Truly madly deeply for her) and that was a big sacrifice for him . But I was so messed up that I had to do that. I had to leave the people that I love. It sounds selfish but I feel much better here all alone. But God knows that I felt lonely in the begining. there where days that I wanted to crawl back to Australia. But I couldn't do that.

Lots of the lyrics on Affirmation pointing to Darren's self chosen isolation in the big apple. In australia he couldn't write a word but since he lives in New York he works on the lyrics till very late at night. This are the most intimate lyrice I ever wrote. They come right out of my heart. You know in this world you can only count on yourself. You can have lots of friends but sometimes you have to kick youself to go forward. There is no one eles who does that for you and it seems that I needed that.

His wife Colby didn't want to be a exstanion of her husband and ended the relationship Darren is now in peace with her decition. We are still friends. She's my soulmate.but i know that I'm not only an australian guy but a world citizin. I feel at home every where. home is whwre my heart is you know? Did you know that I almost bought a house here? But the sale felt true cos the neighbours didn't want a musician in the appartment complex.As if I was a party animal and a big coke user. I'm not!! But the worst part of the contract was that I wasn't allowed to have people sleeping in my house.So I was forced to let family and friends to stayin a hotel. No way I didn't sign that!! My next town will probbebly be LA. nice weather and lots of space, I Stay and Aussie.

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Savage Garden started in 94 in brisbane australia after Daniel put a ad in the paper.
The name savage Garden comes from a book written by Anne Rice called The Savage Cronicle.
Darren collects everything that has to do with star Wars
Daniel loves chocolate, seinfeld and the simpsoms
Darren hated school so much that he wished that he were abducted be ET. He wanted that so bad that he mad his onw ET and put it on his bike.
Daniel nickname is waggin'
Darren is a vegetrian and never drinks alcahol.
Daniel is adicted to chatting and the internet
Darren had two Kangeroes as pets
Daniels father cried during the first Savage Garden concert
Darren likes singing better then sex
When Daniel is in america he always checks if the toilets are clean.

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