Ben Carey is an Australian guitarist born on 10 January 1975 in

Warburton, Victoria Warburton is a town in Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, east of Melbourne, Melbourne's Melbourne city centre, central business district, located within the Shire of Yarra Ranges Local government areas of Victoria, local government are ...

, Australia. He played with bands such as

Savage Garden Savage Garden was an Australian pop duo consisting of Darren Hayes on vocals and Daniel Jones on guitar, keyboards, and vocals; they formed in Brisbane, Queensland, in 1993. They were signed to John Woodruff's talent agency and achieved int ...

, Tal Bachman, and Lifehouse. He also performed with Elvis Monroe with members from bands like

Matchbox Twenty Matchbox Twenty (stylized as Matchbox 20) is an American rock band formed in Orlando, Florida, in 1995. The group currently consists of Rob Thomas (lead vocals, guitar, keyboards), Brian Yale (bass guitar), Paul Doucette (drums, rhythm guit ...

Career

From 1998 to 2000 Carey joined Savage Garden on their Affirmation World Tour as band guitarist, performing "I Knew I Loved You", "Affirmation", "Crash & Burn", and other songs. For a short period of time, he played in the band Tal Bachman and is featured in the video for the hit single " She's So High". In 2004, Carey joined Lifehouse after the departure of Sean Woolstenhulme, brother of drummer Rick Woolstenhulme, Jr. In 2009, Lifehouse announced that Carey was an official member, stating he was "family to us". He featured in the band's videos "Broken", " Halfway Gone", " All In" and " Between the Raindrops" in 2012. In December 2014, the band announced that Carey would leave to focus on other projects, such as his band Elvis Monroe. Elvis Monroe released one single; "Blue Collar Man", which was the theme song for season 3 of TV show "Vegas Rat Rods".

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Carey, Ben Living people 1975 births Australian guitarists Lifehouse (band) members Savage Garden members People from Warburton, Victoria Singers from Victoria (state)