Who are you?
Tim John (bass) from The Vines.
1. The First Record I Bought:
Queen – Greatest Hits. I did chores for two weeks to earn enough to buy this album when I was eight or nine years old. Each song is perfect and unique, and taught me a lot about music, but more so how to play some wicked air guitar. I don’t think there will be another voice like Freddie’s. It should be mandatory for each Australian home to own this album.
2. The Last Record I Bought:
Andy Bull – Sea of Approval. When we were mixing Wicked Nature in Sydney, Andy was writing songs for this record in the studio next door. I’d always pop in and hear what he was up to and I was so excited and blown away to hear it finished. Such a great album with soul for years and smooth production. Plus he’s the world’s nicest dude to share a coffee with.
3. The First Thing I Recorded:
The first music I ever recorded was when I was thirteen, on a little four-track tape machine in my garage, probably some song about a girl or something. It sounded like utter crap but got me into recording my own songs. I’d recently learned that Dave Grohl had recorded the entire first Foo Fighters album with himself playing every instrument, so I wanted to do that. Shame I was a shitty guitarist at best
4. The Last Thing I Recorded:
The last thing we recorded was disc two of Wicked Nature. We’d finished the first disc with Paul McKercher, and Craig had written ten new songs he was really excited about, so we got together and Lachlan and I learnt them over two rehearsals. We recorded and mixed them in five days with Lachlan Mitchell at Jungle Studios. The songs were recorded live, and you can hear the excitement and urgency.
5. The Record That Changed My Life:
Midnight Oil – Oils on the Water. It’s a live set recorded from ’85 out on Sydney Harbour and has to be one of the best captured examples of rock’n’roll ever. I must have watched the live video of this countless times and studied every moment of it. Because of Rob Hirst at this performance, I started playing drums.
Get wrapped up in THE VINES’ Wicked Nature, out now through their own shiny new label, Wicked Nature Music.
