The Vines Biography
The Vines Biography
The Vines are your favourite era in rock and roll regardless of what that era is. They sound like an isolated adolescence spent listening to classic albums through headphones and recording the influences on a 4 track with only 3 tracks working. They made a demo so rough, exciting and brimming with potential that anyone with a sliver of taste needed a quiet sit down afterwards.
Craig Nicholls writes the songs, plays guitar and sings. He screams and whispers and boils songs down to their basic essence to incredible effect. Patrick Matthews, Ryan Griffiths and Hamish Rosser on the bass, acoustic guitar and drums respectively, walk the line between chaos and restraint. It's a heady claim, but to hear them play together can reaffirm your faith in the rock and roll.
They've listened to a lot of records and now they want to make their own. They've played few shows, but have written a lot of songs. They've recorded one album and when you hear it will sound just like The Vines.
FACTS YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW:
All four members are born and bred Australians and still call Australia home.
Singer Craig Nicholl's father played guitar in a 60's pop group called The Vynes.
Patrick, (the bass player) recently deferred his second year of studying medicine.
All three original members met in high school whilst working at the local McDonalds
When the band first started, they played mostly Nirvana covers at friends' parties.
The Vines were first discovered when a friend of the drummer's brother interviewed them on a fledgling community radio station in Sydney called FBI.
Original drummer David Olliffe played on the upcoming debut album but isn't the touring type and is currently on a leave of absence.
Last year Craig flew in a plane for the first time and he hated it!
When recording of the album in LA was suddenly interrupted, Craig refused to go back to Australia and barricaded himself in his hotel room for 8 weeks until the project recommenced.
Ryan (2nd guitarist and most recent addition to the band) owns five snakes and is Craig's best friend from high school. Hamish, another recent recruit, was discovered playing in a Kinks cover band in Nevada.
