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Finn and Hester
Other members have included his brother Tim Finn, Australians Paul Hester, Nick Seymour and Peter Jones and Americans Mark Hart and Matt Sherrod.
Neil Finn ( vocals, guitar, piano ) and drummer Paul Hester ( ex-The Cheks, Deckchairs Overboard ) were former members of New Zealand band Split Enz, which spent part of 1975-6 in Australia and several years in England.
The Mullanes formed in Melbourne in early 1985 with Finn, Hester, Seymour and guitarist Craig Hooper ( ex-The Reels ) and first performed on 11 June.
L to R: Paul Hester, Neil Finn, Nick Seymour. Thanks to their Split Enz connection, the newly formed Crowded House had an established Australasian fanbase.
L to R: Seymour, Finn, Hester. In June 1987, a year after its release, Crowded House finally reached number one on the Kent Music Report Album Charts.
Following the recording sessions with Tim, Neil began writing and recording a third Crowded House album with Hester and Seymour, but these tracks were rejected by the record company, so Neil asked Tim if Crowded House could use the Finn songs.
The concert featured the line-up of Neil Finn, Nick Seymour, Mark Hart and Paul Hester.
Paul Hester joined The Finn Brothers on stage for three songs at their Palais Theatre show in Melbourne at the end of 2004.
It was on Hessie's Shed that Finn, Hester and Seymour last shared a stage, on an episode filmed as part of Finn's promotion for his solo album Try Whistling This in 1998.
Finn and Hester performed " Not the Girl You Think You Are " with Largest Living Things, before being joined by Seymour for " Sister Madly " and a version of Paul Kelly's " Leaps and Bounds ", which also featured Kelly on vocals.
Seymour collaborated with Finn and Hester on the set design of some of their early music videos, including " Don't Dream It's Over " and " Better Be Home Soon ".
While his brother Tim Finn left for England, Neil was the founder of Crowded House with Split Enz's final drummer Paul Hester in 1985.
In 2006, following the death of Hester, Finn reformed Crowded House ( adding Beck's former drummer Matt Sherrod ) and released their first studio album in over 13 years, Time on Earth, and the band began a world tour.
Finn formed a new band called The Mullanes ( Mullane being both his middle name and his mother's maiden name ) with Split Enz drummer Paul Hester, guitarist Craig Hooper of The Reels and bassist Nick Seymour ( younger brother of Hunters & Collectors leader Mark Seymour ), whom Neil had met on the final Split Enz tour.
In 1986 Finn performed with The Rock Party a charity project initiated by The National Campaign Against Drug Abuse ( NCADA ), which included many Australasian musicians such as Reg Mombassa from Mental As Anything, Eddie Rayner, Tim Finn, Nick Seymour and Paul Hester of Crowded House, Geoff Stapleton, Mark Callaghan and Robbie James of GANGgajang, Mary Azzopardi of Rockmelons, Andrew Barnum of The Vitabeats, Lissa Barnum, Michael Barclay, Peter Blakely, Deborah Conway, Jenny Morris, Danny De Costa, Greg Herbert ( The Promise ), Spencer P Jones, Sean Kelly ( Models ), John Kennedy, Paul Kelly, Martin Plaza ( Mental as Anything ), Robert Susz ( Dynamic Hepnotics ) and Rick Swinn ( The Venetians ).
In June 1984, founder Tim Finn left Split Enz, and they released See Ya ' Round in November which included " This is Massive " which was written by Hester.
When Split Enz disbanded in December, Hester and Neil Finn decided to start a new group.
Initially, the new band formed by Hester and Neil Finn was named " The Mullanes " and then underwent a few name changes.
A highlight of the show's concerts saw Hester reunite with former bandmates Neil Finn and Tim Finn for a few songs, backing them on drums, while they were promoting their album Everyone Is Here.
At that time they changed their name to Crowded House and became a trio, composed of Neil Finn, Nick Seymour and Paul Hester.
" That's What I Call Love " written by Neil Finn and Paul Hester.

Finn and decided
Neil Finn had decided to end the band to concentrate on his solo career and the Finn Brothers project with Tim.
As the recording sessions progressed it was decided that the album would be issued under the Crowded House band name, rather than as a Neil Finn solo album.
Phil Judd and Tim Finn decided that, rather than slogging it out on the traditional pub circuit, they would play only in theatres and concert halls, which enabled them to stage a full theatrical presentation, and they began to develop elaborate sets, costumes, hairstyles and makeup.
Under Finn Laudrup's influence, the playing style was changed to a more attacking strategy, even though Finn Laudrup decided to fully concentrate his efforts as a player after only a year.

Finn and form
Minneapolis native Craig Finn of the Brooklyn band The Hold Steady claimed that The Replacements ' music, along with distaste towards the New York City music scene, was the impetus to form The Hold Steady.
Buffy eventually finds a new love interest in the form of Riley Finn ( Marc Blucas ), a soldier in the demon-hunting government task force known as the Initiative.
The Finn continued his form from 1991, with points scoring finishes in six Grands Prix, his best finishes being fourth places in France and Hungary.
The River Mourne flows through the centre of the town, and meets the River Finn to form the Foyle.
The close friendship between Finn and Judd became the core of Split Ends ( as the name was changed to Split Enz later on in 1974 ); the band soon started writing together with Judd working out the basic form and lyrics and Finn ( who was strongly influenced by classic British pop like the Beatles, the Kinks, and the Move ) providing melodies.
Finn and Hengest is a study by J. R. R. Tolkien, edited by Alan Bliss and published posthumously in book form in 1982.
Finn is a central subject of Finn and Hengest, a study of the Finnesburg Episode by J. R. R. Tolkien, edited by Alan Bliss and published posthumously in book form in 1982.
In the 2011, an Aston Martin DB5 appeared in heavily stylized form as ' Finn McMissile ', a British secret agent voiced by Michael Caine in the 2011 Pixar film Cars 2.
It was first mentioned by Jordanes when he referred to its population as the Finnaithae ( derived from an old form of Finnheden, Finn ( h ) aith -) when describing the nations of Scandza in Getica.
Some of the more influential bands in the 1970s were Th ' Dudes ( whose guitarist Dave Dobbyn formed DD Smash in the 1980s ), Dragon, Hello Sailor and Split Enz, fronted by Tim Finn, and later, his brother Neil Finn who went on to form Crowded House.
Stranorlar and Ballybofey ( located on the other side of the River Finn ) form the Twin Towns.
The name Corofin means the white or foam-flecked ford from the Irish " Finn Coradh ", the earliest form of the name to be found in the literature: " fearann re hucht Finn Coradh ".- hUidhrín, 15c.
Raina running through a poor form in the Test series especially in the last match made some impact in the 5 match-ODI series though the team was unable to secure a win at all. He top-scored in a rain-affected game at the Lord's scoring a commendable 84 from 111 balls. In the first One Day International he scored 88, but fell to steven Finn.

Finn and new
Seymour approached Finn during the after party for the Melbourne show and asked if he could audition for the new band.
As the band's primary songwriter, Neil Finn was under pressure to create a second album to match their debut and the band joked that one potential title for the new release was Mediocre Follow-Up.
The DVD featured newly recorded audio commentary by Finn, Hart and Seymour and other new bonus material.
In January 2007, the group publicly announced their reformation and on 23 February, after 20 days of auditions, former Beck drummer Matt Sherrod joined Finn, Seymour and Mark Hart to complete the new line up.
The two-and-a-half hour set included some new tracks, including " Silent House " co-written by Finn with the Dixie Chicks.
The next day, Finn and Seymour were interviewed on Rove Live and the band, with Hart and Sherrod, performed " Don't Stop Now " to promote the new album, which was titled Time on Earth.
The Finn spent his time in the back room, running another new business venture ; construction.
He gets depressed, especially when the Scoobies fail to keep him in the loop regarding Buffy's new boyfriend Riley Finn and his membership in the Initiative.
The additional material included new liner notes, demos, b-sides, The Story So Far DVD and a remix of debut single " Hit or Miss " by the late Jerry Finn.
When new elections are called, Finn is in a dilemma.
At a political meeting in Dublin, Finn argues that a new tenant-right bill should be presented to the Westminster Parliament during the next session.
Welcoming a new team-mate for the year in Australian Chris Atkinson, who replaced the disappointing Finn who had been the former Champion's SWRT team-mate throughout 2004, Mikko Hirvonen, Solberg started his 2005 season brightly as he sought an immediate answer to Loeb, the Norwegian winning two of the first three events, in Sweden and Mexico.
It consisted of " Late Last Night ", four re-arranged and re-recorded tracks from the New Zealand / Australian Mental Notes LP, three new songs, and a new version of one of the earliest Judd – Finn compositions, " 129 ", retitled " Matinee Idyll ( 129 )".
His first publication was Feature Funnies, which cannily mixed color reprints of hit strips ( including Joe Palooka, Mickey Finn, and Dixie Dugan ) with a smattering of new features.
This chance find offers a new clue to the case, and Tommy concludes that the Jane Finn they found was planted by their enemies, in order to convince them that the game was over.
On 13 July 1854, James Finn of the British consulate in Jerusalem wrote to the British ambassador in Constantinople describing the wishes of the 2, 000 strong Ashkenazic community to build a new synagogue.
A new arrival is Rhonda LeBeck ( Finn Carter ), a graduate student conducting seismology tests.
After the surgery, Finn experienced a year of humbled serenity and constantly felt like he had a " new brain.
The MTL is an annual summer lab where emerging musical theatre artists are supported and new musical works are created, fine-tuned and produced under the curatorship of Finn and Boyd.

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