The Vines are an Australian garage rock band notable for producing a musical hybrid of '60s rock and '90s alternative music. Since 2006 their line-up has consisted of vocalist and lead guitarist Craig Nicholls, rhythm guitarist Ryan Griffiths, bassist Brad Heald and drummer Hamish Rosser.

They appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone in October 2002 (the first Australian band to do so since Men At Work in 1983) with the words "Rock is Back: meet the Vines" boldly emblazoned underneath. Often referred to as the 'The' bands, The Strokes, The Hives, The White Stripes and The Vines combined ... read more

The Vines are an Australian garage rock band notable for producing a musical hybrid of '60s rock and '90s alternative music. Since 2006 their line-up has consisted of vocalist and lead guitarist Craig Nicholls, rhythm guitarist Ryan Griffiths, bassist Brad Heald and drummer Hamish Rosser.

They appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone in October 2002 (the first Australian band to do so since Men At Work in 1983) with the words "Rock is Back: meet the Vines" boldly emblazoned underneath. Often referred to as the 'The' bands, The Strokes, The Hives, The White Stripes and The Vines combined old fashioned punk and adrenaline fuelled riffs to be ushered in at the beginning of 2002 as the saviours of rock.

The Vines have been moderately successful in the Australian recording industry, winning an ARIA in 2002 for Breakthrough Artist and receiving nominations for six other awards in as many years. In 2003, their debut album Highly Evolved went double platinum in their home country of Australia, and since then the band has released three albums and a "Best-Of" compilation from their time at Capitol Records. They finished working on the new album Melodia in March 2008 which was released on July 12th 2008 in Australia., in the UK on July 14th, and in the USA on July 22nd. read less

Label(s): Capitol Records, BMG, Cooking Vinyl, Heavenly Records, Ivy League

Band Members: Craig Nicholls, Ryan Griffiths, Hamish Rosser, Brad Heald

Latest edited by: Elvis on Mon 09 February 2009, 10:58 a.m.