Silverstein (pronounced Silver-steen) is a band from Burlington, Ontario. The band name was taken from the famous children's author Shel Silverstein.

Silverstein is a rock band from Burlington, Ontario. The band was formed in 2000 in what they sarcastically called “an attempt to tear down the boundaries between hardcore , emo and punk .” While they do incorporate some elements of these genres in some of their songs, the general community considers them to be harder alternative rock with hardcore elements; they are often placed in the controversial “ emocore ” genre, which is disputed by purists who claim emo in its true form ceased to