" Following the news of Hester's death, Nick Seymour joined The Finn Brothers on stage at the Royal Albert Hall in London, where the three played in memory of Paul.

" Shortly after settling on their name, Ballew and Dederer added drummer Jason Finn ; the band played their first show as a trio at Seattle's Romper Room in early December 1993.

Dana Cochrane, formerly of the band Mickey Finn, played bass with the band on live gigs in 1996 and 1997.

Winfield played the part of “ Jim the Slave ” in Huckleberry Finn ( 1974 ) which was a musical based on the novel by Mark Twain.

Their eponymous first record, released in 1997, was completely made of live recordings from shows played in their first year of performing, featuring the lineup of Stephen Krieger on drum machine, Rachael Finn on amplified cello, Paul Feuer on didjeridoo, and R. Luke DuBois on a Buchla analog synthesizer.

He filmed the short film La Torcedura in which he played the lead, and appeared in The Darwin Awards, an independent film directed by Finn Taylor, starring Winona Ryder and Joseph Fiennes.

On November 21, 2011, musicians such as Dave Grohl, Britt Daniel of Spoon, Craig Finn and Tad Kubler of The Hold Steady, Randy Randall and Dean Allen Spunt of No Age, Margaret Cho, Jason Narducy of Telekinesis, Jon Wurster of Superchunk, and Ryan Adams came together at the Walt Disney Concert Hall and played songs from Bob Mould's career.

He played Robin in two Batman films, Batman Forever and Batman & Robin, Charlie Simms in Scent of a Woman, Finn Dandridge in Grey's Anatomy, Peter Garrett in Vertical Limit, and more recently, Jack McAuliffe in The Company.

" For most of the band's last decade, Mike Musburger filled this role, but other Fastbacks drummers before him ( or when he took occasional breaks ) included Bloch himself, Richard Stuverud ( perhaps best known from War Babies, Fifth Angel and Three Fish, side project of Pearl Jam's Jeff Ament ), Nate Johnson and Rusty Willoughby ( both of whom also played in both Flop and Pure Joy ), John Moen ( of the Dharma Bums, later of Steven Malkmus's Jicks and The Decemberists ), Jason Finn ( of the Presidents of the United States of America ), Dan Peters of Mudhoney, and Tad Hutchison of the Young Fresh Fellows.

Christine Finn played the other main character, Barbara Judd ; she later voiced various characters in the popular 1960s children's television series Thunderbirds.

In the Swedish Jönssonligan series Harry showed up in the second film, and became a regular member of the gang from the next installment on, since the actor who played the original member, a Finn named Rocky, was fired.

" That year, he played Huckleberry " Huck " Finn in 1995's Tom and Huck with Jonathan Taylor Thomas.

Since relocating to Australia in 1981, Backhouse has sung and / or played guitar with Renée Geyer, Joe Walsh, Jenny Morris, Jackie Orszaszcky and many others, and has arranged and recorded backing vocals for Dave Dobbyn, Tim Finn, Vince Jones, Justine Clarke and the Umbrellas.

Several years later, Zien was featured in another Finn musical when he played a bizarre children's show host called Mr. Bungee in A New Brain.

The promotion features both John Finn and Kathryn Morris in character interrogating a murder suspect from TG4 soap Ros na Rún played by Peadar Cox who refuses to speak in English, both detectives then begin talking in Irish much to the surprise of Jeremy Ratchford's character, the promo tied in with a murder investigation in Ros na Rún.

Lenard played a late middle aged Huck Finn who reencounters his childhood friend Tom Sawyer after a lifetime apart.

In 2009, the Finn Harps played in the FAI First Division, on a semi-professional basis once again.

He played a total of 13 games, 11 in the league scoring once on his second appearance at Finn Harps.

* Footballer Ronan Finn who currently plays for Shamrock Rovers, grew up in Artane, He also played with Artane Beaumont FC.

* Mickey Finn, the name of the character played by James Finlayson, is a reference to a type of drug-spiked alcoholic drink.

Some of the artists the band have toured, played or showcased with include Sloan, Feist, Joel Plaskett, The Meligrove Band, The Bicycles, The Kaiser Chiefs, Razorlight, Bloc Party, Blue Rodeo, Major Grange, Roky Erikson, Thurston Moore, Electric Six, The Willowz, Ida Maria, Malajube, Peter Elkas, Liam Finn, Bahamas, Zeus, White Cowbell Oklahoma, The Balconies, Hexes and Ohs, Rich Aucoin, Jason Collett, State Radio

Holding the all-time record number of appearances for Finn Harps, he is the only player to have played over 400 games for them.

In 1998, he played the part of " Ben Handleman " in his first feature film, Sally Marshall Is Not an Alien, and " Tiny Maloney " in the television series, ' Chuck Finn '.

His brother Denis played for Galway United, where he scored in the 1985 – 86 European Cup Winners ' Cup and Finn Harps.

* Jason Finn – drums, vocals ( 1993 – present )

Elroy Finn is also following in his father and brother's musical footsteps as drummer for the psychobilly band The Tricks and has previously filled in on drums for Cut Off Your Hands.

* Jason Finn – drums

* Jason Finn – drums

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.

With Golding's departure Finn and Judd wanted to give up the band, but at Chunn's urging, the band " went electric " and expanded, adding drums, lead guitar, and brass.

The band's line-up has included Atom Willard ( drums ), Weezer bassists Mikey Welsh and Scott Shriner, Pat Finn, Jeb Lewis, Lee Loretta, and Murphy Karges.

* Jason Finn – drums

Between 2001 and 2006, Brown hosted a series of recording sessions at his home studio with Ian Lloyd ( vocals ), Tom Finn ( bass guitar / vocals ), Jim McAllister ( guitar ), and Jon Ihle ( drums ).

The reunited group also featured new players: Paul Alves ( lead guitar, backing vocals ), Charly Cazalet ( bass ), Mickey Finn ( keyboards ), Rick Reil ( drums, percussion, backing vocals ) and second keyboardist / synth player Joe McGinty ( replaced by John Spurney in 2012 ).

* Jason Finn – drums, percussion, producing, background vocals

The band consists of Craig Finn ( vocals, guitar ), Tad Kubler ( lead guitar ), Galen Polivka ( bass ), Bobby Drake ( drums ), and Steve Selvidge ( guitar ).

The group consists of Finn on guitar, Joe Santerre on bass, Ross Ramsay on keyboards, and Larry Finn on drums ; all of the members are teachers at the Berklee College of Music.

The band currently includes Don Binns ( bass ), Finn Manniche ( guitar ), Dave Osborne ( keyboards ) and Sean Stubbs ( drums ).

Accompanying the jam are Finn Hudson ( Cory Monteith ) on drums, and Noah " Puck " Puckerman ( Mark Salling ) on guitar.

Finn Coren also created a different musical setting for the poem on his album The Blake Project: Spring.

Queen Elizabeth II bestowed an OBE on both Neil and Tim Finn, in June 1993, for their contribution to the music of New Zealand.

Neil is the younger brother of Split Enz founding member Tim Finn, who joined Crowded House in 1990 on vocals, guitars and keyboards for the album Woodface.

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.

Music journalist Ed Nimmervoll claimed that Seymour's temporary departure was because Finn blamed him for causing his writer's block, however Finn cited " artistic differences " as the reason.

Neil Finn and his brother Tim recorded songs they had co-written for their own album, Finn.

In June 1993 the New Zealand Government recommended that the Queen award an OBE to Neil and Tim Finn for their contribution to the music of New Zealand.

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.

On 14 March 2009 the band joined Neil's older son, Liam Finn, on stage for three songs at the Sound Relief concert in Melbourne.

As the primary songwriter for the band, Neil Finn has always set the tone for the band's sound.

Allmusic said that Finn, " Has consistently proven his knack for crafting high-quality songs that combine irresistible melodies with meticulous lyrical detail.

* 1884 – Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is published for the first time.

The harp is also used as the logo for League of Ireland football team Finn Harps, who are Donegal's senior soccer club.

The Heimskringla tells that her father Finn had been an adviser to Harald Hardraade and, after falling out with Harald, was then made an Earl by Sweyn Estridsson, King of Denmark, which may have been another recommendation for the match.

Political correctness often is satirized, for example in the Politically Correct Manifesto ( 1992 ), by Saul Jerushalmy and Rens Zbignieuw X, and Politically Correct Bedtime Stories ( 1994 ), by James Finn Garner, presenting fairy tales re-written from an exaggerated PC perspective.

The term Finn is occasionally used locally for the Sámi people in Norway, whereas local Finnish speakers are called kvæn.

The inspiration for the classic rock-influenced band The Hold Steady came while members Craig Finn and Tad Kubler were watching The Last Waltz.