The Finn Brothers are a New Zealand musical duo consisting of brothers

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Tim Finn Brian Timothy Finn (born 25 June 1952) is a New Zealand singer and musician. His musical career includes forming 1970s and 1980s New Zealand rock group Split Enz, a number of solo albums, temporary membership in his brother Neil's band Crowd ...

. In June 1993 both members were awarded the OBE for their contribution to music. The two brothers began making music together at a young age; later, when Neil was 18, he was invited to join older brother Tim in

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. Neil would go on to write one of the band's biggest hits, " I Got You". Tim released his first solo album '' Escapade'' before leaving Split Enz, and the band folded soon after. Neil started his own group,

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and subsequently recorded two solo albums after Crowded House split in 1996. He reformed Crowded House in 2007, releasing three albums since then. Neil and Tim have also released a series of separate solo albums. After working on a few songs with Neil, Tim joined Crowded House for the '' Woodface'' album and accompanying tour in 1991.

History

''Woodface'' and ''Finn''

Tim and Neil intended to start the Finn brothers project after a three-week song writing spree in 1989. 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 subsequently released as B-sides on Finn Brothers singles and recently collected on a vinyl re-release of Finn. Tim left Crowded House while they were touring Europe in support of the ''Woodface'' album. Tim and Neil reconvened in 1995, and the eclectic, lo-fi album which resulted was simply called Finn. In the UK the duo changed both their name and that of the album to Finn Brothers, to avoid confusion with a band going under the moniker Fin. This title was kept for all future collaborations. However re-releases of the original album in Australia and

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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 producer

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, bassist Bones Hillman and

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on drums, then again six months later in Los Angeles with

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

song "Edible Flowers", the inspiration for the music video. 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

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, The Finn Brothers appeared at the

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Television and film

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

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. This song was also used on the final session of the last day of the 2005 England vs. Australia

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cricket series on

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Television, at the end of the last day of cricket being shown on British terrestrial television. The song "Anything Can Happen" was also featured in movie ''Aurora Borealis''. 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.''

Studio albums

Singles

References

External links

Finn Brothers Official Fan Club Notice Board

Frenz Official Fan Forum

Enzology – Radio NZ's Split Enz documentary site

Seven Worlds Fanpage

Something So Finn
* Allmusic Biography
Finnatics – German language fan page
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