• Craig Nicholls - vocals, guitar
• Ryan Griffiths - guitar
• Patrick Matthews - bass
• Hamish Rosser - drums
• David Oliffe - drums

Amid a whirlwind of publicity, The Vines emerged from Sydney, Australia to become one of the most successful rock bands of their generation. The group, founded by two former McDonalds employees by the names of Craig Nicholls and Patrick Matthews, were immediately heralded by the British music press on the release of their limited edition 7" single 'Factory'. Despite not fitting the general musical requirements of the Garage Rock movement, The Vines found themselves lumped in with the NME's New Rock Revolution and spent the majority of their early days building up an audience in the UK.

Both follow-up singles cracked the Top 40, the second of which, 'Get Free', topped many critic and reader polls at the end of 2002. Their album, Highly Evolved, a mixture of Beck-style eclecticism and post-Nirvana punk rock crashed into the Top 3 (No. 11 in the United States) and received universal critical acclaim. The Vines spent the rest of the year touring the States and Europe and causing controversy, with Craig Nicholls under constant observation from the press, after one article compared his volatile stage antics to those of the suicidal Kurt Cobain. Tom Edwards

Releases

• The Best Of... - album, out 05/05/2008 on Heavenly. (post review)
• Don't Listen To The Radio - single, out 25/09/2006 on Heavenly. 1 review (read/post)
• Vision Valley - album, out 03/04/2006 on Heavenly. 1 review (read/post)
• Winning Days - album, out 22/03/2004 on Heavenly. 1 review (read/post)
• Ride - single, out 08/03/2004 on Heavenly. 1 review (read/post)
• Homesick - single, out 28/04/2003 on Heavenly. 1 review (read/post)
• Outtathaway - single, out 07/10/2002 on Heavenly. 1 review (read/post)
• Highly Evolved - album, out 08/07/2002 on Heavenly. 1 review (read/post)
• Get Free - single, out 17/06/2002 on Heavenly. (post review)
• Highly Evolved - single, out 08/04/2002 on Heavenly. 1 review (read/post)

Past events

• Thu 24 Aug at Nottingham The Rescue Rooms. (post review)
• Thu 19 Feb at London Camden Electric Ballroom. 1 review (read/post)
• Sun 03 Nov at London Shepherds Bush Empire. 1 review (read/post)
• Thu 07 Mar at London Camden Barfly. 1 review (read/post)

News

• 06/07/2007: Triptych 03: The Lowdown
• 20/04/2006: The Vines to make live comeback
• 19/01/2006: Axl reckons album's almost done, plus Vines and Placebo new record news...
• 23/11/2005: The Vines ready new record
• 19/11/2004: The Vines' Craig Nicholls diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome
• 07/07/2004: The Vines pull festival dates. Bothered
• 28/03/2004: CHARTS! New Entries Flood Top 10
• 26/12/2003: The Vines: F**k The Download
• 03/02/2003: Phil Spector arrested for murder (updated)
• 15/12/2002: The Vines break America, sort of...

Features

• 19/08/2002: Reading preview #3: Ollie, Colin and Gareth's picks
• 30/07/2002: Shelf Life: 1 Year. Your Time Starts Now.

Links

• The Vines - official site

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