The Vines are an Australian garage rock band notable for producing a raw musical hybrid of 60's rock and 90's alternative with the band being popularly promoted as "The Beatles meets Nirvana".

History

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Early days

The original version of the Vines met in suburban Sydney in the mid 1990s where Craig Nicholls, Patrick Matthews and David Oliffe met while working at their local McDonalds. They decided to form a band with Nicholls on guitar and vocals, Matthews on bass and vocals and Olliffe on drums. The band played Nirvana covers at parties while working on developing a sound of their own on Nicholls' four-track recorder. The band was named the Vines because Nicholls' father played in a Sydney band called the Vynes.

Highly Evolved

Their debut single "Factory" attracted little interest in their native land, but the Vines signed with Heavenly Records in the United Kingdom. They funded the recording of Highly Evolved with Rob Schnapf who had worked with the Foo Fighters, Beck and Elliott Smith. The single "Highly Evolved" earned them more critical hype as NME made it a single of the week in March 2002. That single also charted in the UK at #32 on the singles chart and also in Australia's ARIAnet top 100 singles chart. The release of the album saw more critical success with the band appearing on the cover of Rolling Stone and the NME. The album debuted at #3 in the UK's albums chart, #5 in Australia's ARIAnet albums chart and #11 in the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 albums chart. The band played high-profile slots on The Late Show with David Letterman and the MTV Video Music Awards. A few more singles were released from the album, including "Get Free" which charted in the UK at #24 and Australia at #44, while also being the #5 song in Australia's Triple J Hot 100 of 2002. A third single, "Outtathaway" also charted in the UK, at #20, and also in Australia at #38. A fourth single was also released in Australia titled "Homesick", reaching #50. Highly Evolved then went on to sell 1.5 million albums throughout the world with distribution through Capitol Records.

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@wesellnmail LOL, you could always use the standard jungle transportation, Vine Express. Their motto: We get u there in under 6 vines.
maxie2g0 (Anne Hunt) Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:57:59 -0000
@wesellnmail LOL, you could always use the standard jungle transportation, Vine Express. Their motto: We get u there in under 6 vines.
..con't : He sent his first wine from his vines to the Gran Prix in Paris where it won top honors in 1889. :-P
mrshWest1919 (Mrs H. West) Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:33:39 -0000
..con't : He sent his first wine from his vines to the Gran Prix in Paris where it won top honors in 1889. :-P
I'm listening: The Vines – Get Free: http://www.last.fm/music/The+Vines http://bit.ly/58TaOq #last.fm
p3p510 (Pablo E. Peña P.) Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:19:28 -0000
I'm listening: The Vines – Get Free: http://www.last.fm/music/The+Vines http://bit.ly/58TaOq #last.fm
feels sorry for the gorillas on the ground when Tarzan is swinging on the vines. Unkempt nutz right over their heads! All day with the nuts!
Freekflow808 (Free isabelo) Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:19:10 -0000
feels sorry for the gorillas on the ground when Tarzan is swinging on the vines. Unkempt nutz right over their heads! All day with the nuts!
How about right after convo, you stop by the Vines Center box office and get your Coffeehouse ticket?
LibertySA (Student Activities) Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:16:50 -0000
How about right after convo, you stop by the Vines Center box office and get your Coffeehouse ticket?
@GreedySheep Time for a break from vines ... are you up for a visit? Must see the mighty Malbec (& Elderberry and Vodka sounds tempting)...
BluePoles (Mark Gifford) Mon, 07 Dec 2009 13:25:35 -0000
@GreedySheep Time for a break from vines ... are you up for a visit? Must see the mighty Malbec (& Elderberry and Vodka sounds tempting)...

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