Hamish Rosser (born 16 May 1974) is an Australian rock musician. He is best known for his time in The Vines and

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Early life

Hamish’s musical journey began when he took up the guitar at the age of eight. By the time he turned eleven he had switched to drums and bought his first set of drums with money saved up from a paper round in his Sydney neighbourhood. Rosser's first gig was with high school punk band called "The Warthogs" who covered

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and the

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. Rosser studied

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and stayed there for four years until he left to pursue a career as a musician.

Career

Rosser was asked to join The Vines to replace the band's previous drummer, David Oliffe. He left the Vines, along with guitarist Ryan Griffiths, in December 2011. Rosser started touring with Australian hard rock band

in 2012, where the band were looking to start working on their third studio album. After a year of touring with the band, Wolfmother split up temporarily while frontman

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worked on his solo album Keep Moving. Rosser performed drums and percussion on several tracks for the album. However, before embarking on a tour for the album, Stockdale reformed Wolfmother and prepared a tour under the band's name instead performing both Wolfmother and his solo tracks. Rosser left the band in 2013, then rejoined in 2017. In 2016, Rosser joined children's rock 'n' roll band Bunny Racket, and performed with them at

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in July of that year. In 2023, Rosser rejoined the Vines to record a new record with Craig Nicholls.

Personal life

Rosser and his wife Kristy's first child, Oscar Rosser, born in June 2012 in

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. In 2011, Rosser was living in

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. In 2017, Rosser sold his Redfern house and moved to Byron Bay.

Skinny Blonde beer

In 2008, Rosser launched a beer called '' Skinny Blonde'' along with winemaker Richie Harkham and artist Jarod Taylor. The beer won the ''Peoples Choice'' awards at the 2008 Australian Beer Festival held at the Rocks in Sydney. In June 2009, ''Skinny Blonde'' attracted national controversy across Australia over its beer bottle packaging which, through the use of modern ink technology, has a 1950s style pin up girl called 'Daisy' on the beer bottle label, slowly revealing herself as the beer level drops and the bottle temperature rises. This angered feminists who claimed the beer was "another blatant example of the alcohol industry objectifying women to move product". In response, Rosser stated, He was also quoted as saying that the beer was a "bit of cheeky fun".

Discography

;Studio albums ;with The Vines * '' Winning Days'' (2004) * ''

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'' (2006) * '' Melodia'' (2008) * '' Future Primitive'' (2011) ;with Andrew Stockdale *'' Keep Moving'' (2013) AUS #32 with Wolfmother *'' Rock Out (2021)''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rosser, Hamish 1974 births Living people Australian rock drummers Australian male drummers The Vines (band) members University of Sydney alumni Australian brewers 21st-century Australian drummers 21st-century Australian male musicians Wolfmother members