The Vines' story is now a well-documented whirlwind of a musical history that saw them go from being four unknown Sydney music fans writing songs and recording them on old cassettes, to being one of the most talked about and listened-to bands of the year.
In February 2002, The Vines left Sydney and spent the next 18 months playing clubs, theatres and festivals in front of thousands of fans in the USA, UK, Europe and Australia, appearing on the covers of countless magazines, and selling more than 1.5 million copies of their debut album, Highly Evolved, worldwide. Legendary television appearances like that on The Late Show with David Letterman found a band who genuinely behaved and played exactly as the moment took them - to put it mildly.
From the first incredible raw demos recorded on a temperamental 4-track machine to the fully realized perfection of Highly Evolved, central to The Vines' appeal is the fact that Craig Nicholls is a songwriter of rare talent, and that Patrick Matthews (Bass), Hamish Rosser (Drums) and Ryan Griffiths (Guitar), are the three people who can make the songs sound on record and on stage as they sound in Craig's head.
(Biography by The Vines)
Website: http://www.thevines.com
