tim finn
Singer/songwriter keyboardist/guitarist Tim Finn was born in Te
Awamutu, New Zealand. Influenced by not only British Invasion acts like the Beatles, the
Move and the Kinks, but also his Catholic upbringing and the communal sing-alongs of
the native Maori people, Finn founded the '70s art-rock turned New Wave band Split
Enz leading the band through several albums to moderate international success. The
success of the between-albums solo project, Escapade, led to his leaving the band in
1983. He followed with the more ambitious second album, Big Canoe (1985) which
went virtually ignored (it was unreleased in the U.S. until the success of his brother's
band, Crowded House, stirred up enough interest by 1988). Finn returned in 1989 with a
self-titled album for Capitol Records. Despite good reviews, this too failed to make much
impact. He joined his brother Neil Finn's band, Crowded House, for their Woodface
album but left mid-tour and released his fourth solo album, Before and After in 1993. In
1995, he joined with Hothouse Flowers' Liam O Maonlai and Andy White, releasing an
album under the group name ALT. A long-rumored collaboration between the Finn
brothers was finally released in late 1995 under the name Finn Brothers (it was relaesed
in the spring of 1996 in the U.S.). Finn returned to his solo career by the fall of 1996.
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Scott Bultman and Chris Woodstra
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