It was the decade Helen Razer and three kids called Silverchair ruled the airwaves.
They gave this little whipper-snapper his first job out of high school.
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Michael Tunn owning that rainbow hoodie.
We woke up to these two loudmouths every morning and loved it.
Merrick & Rosso were given their big break, with no grudges held when they switched to commercial two years later.
In this 1999 interview Merrick Watts said of the station, "Everybody expects Triple J to be cool and laid back and fun, and that's exactly what it's like. It's a big happy place and you don't have somebody running in and saying, 'Right, in 30 seconds you have to do a Coke ad'. Instead they run in and say, 'Right, in 30 seconds, you have to do cocaine'. (Extended pause.) Um, that's a joke."
