The Finn Brothers
is the name of the musical project of New Zealand brothers Neil and Tim Finn.
The brothers started off making music together from a very young age, and Neil joined his big brother Tim in Split Enz at the age of eighteen. Both brothers have been involved in complicated music careers after Split Enz was disbanded in 1984. Neil started his own band, Crowded House and subsequently recorded two solo albums after Crowded House split in 1996. He reformed Crowded House in 2007 with a subsequent album and tour. Tim started a solo-career in 1983 before Split Enz disbanded and temporarily joined Crowded House for the Woodface album in 1991.
Both brothers were awarded the OBE in June 1993 for their contribution to New Zealand music.
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History
Woodface
and Finn
Tim and Neil intended to start the Finn brothers project after a three week song writing spree in 1990. However most of the songs written during this time were deemed suitable for inclusion on a Crowded House album and they appeared on
Woodface which was released in 1991 and led to Tim joining Crowded House. Many of the original demo recordings from these sessions were eventually released as b-sides on Finn Brothers singles. Tim left Crowded House while they were touring Europe in support of the Woodface album.
Tim and Neil reconvened with the Finn brothers project in 1995, and a lo-fi album simply called
Finn was released. In the UK the duo changed both their name and the album name to Finn Brothers to avoid confusion with a band going under the moniker
Fin. This title was kept for all future
brothers
collaborations, however re-releases of the original album in
Australia and
New Zealand still go by the original title
Finn
.
Everyone is Here
Their second album,
Everyone Is Here
was released in 2004. It was recorded twice, once in upstate
New York with
Bowie producer
Tony Visconti, bassist
Bones Hillman and
Ross Burge on drums, then again six months later in
Los Angeles with
Crowded House producer
Mitchell Froom and different session musicians. Some of the songs from the first recording session were kept as B sides and later appeared on a special edition of the album. The album featured the would be
Split Enz song "Edible Flowers" for which a music video was filmed. The music video features two people in a donkey suit, however its wearers cannot be seen. In the 2005 tour, Neil and Tim Finn wore a donkey suit onto stage for many performances also.
Following the
Boxing Day Tsunami, The Finn Brothers appeared at the
Wave Aid fundraising concert in
Sydney to help raise funds for aid organisations working in disaster affected areas. As well as their own material, they performed a cover of
Hunters and Collectors' "Throw Your Arms Around Me."
Television
Their song,
Anything Can Happen
was used in the first episode of
Scrubs'
fifth season,
My Intern's Eyes
.
The song was used when we first meet
Keith Dudemeister (albeit through his eyes) as he walks into his first day at
Sacred Heart.
This song was also used on the final session of the last day of the 2005
England vs.
Australia Ashes cricket series on
Channel 4 Television, at the end of the last day of cricket being shown on
British terrestrial television.
Their song "Luckiest Man Alive" was played during the closing credits of the television broadcast of the 2005 Indianapolis 500.
Discography
This discography relates to releases by The Finn Brothers. See Neil Finn's discography, Tim Finn's discography, Crowded House discography and Split Enz discography for other works by the Finn Brothers.
| Date of Release
| Title
| Label
| Charted
| Country
| Catalog Number
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| 1995
| Finn
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| #15
| UK
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| 2004
| Everyone Is Here
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| #2
#8
| AUS
UK
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| 2005
| Everyone Is Here Special Edition
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Singles
| Year
| Single
| Album
| Charted
| Certification
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| 1995
| "Suffer Never"
| Finn
| #29 (UK)
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| "Angels Heap"
| -
| -
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| 2004
| "Won't Give In"
| Everyone Is Here
| #26 (UK)
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| "Nothing Wrong With You"
| #31 (UK)
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| "Edible Flowers"
| #32 (UK)
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| "Part of Me, Part of You"
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| -
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