Neil Finn

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Neil Mullane Finn (born 27 May 1958) is a New Zealand singer-songwriter and musician who is currently a member of Fleetwood Mac.

With his brother Tim Finn, he was the co-frontman for Split Enz, a project that he joined after it was initially founded by Tim and others, and then became the frontman for Crowded House.

He has also recorded several successful solo albums and assembled diverse musicians for the 7 Worlds Collide project; contributor Ed O'Brien, also guitarist for Radiohead, has hailed Finn as popular music's "most prolific writer of great songs".Finn rose to prominence in the late 1970s with Split Enz and wrote the successful songs "One Step Ahead", "History Never Repeats", "I Got You" and "Message to My Girl", among others.

Finn rose to international fame after Split Enz broke up in 1984.

While his brother Tim left for England, Neil was the founder of Crowded House with Split Enz's last drummer Paul Hester in 1985.

The group achieved international success in 1987 when they released the single "Don't Dream It's Over", written by Neil. He ended Crowded House in 1996 to embark on what was to become a moderately successful solo career, and has released two albums with his brother Tim as the Finn Brothers.

In 2006, after the death of drummer Paul 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.

In 2010, Finn commenced another world tour with Crowded House in support of their 2010 release, Intriguer.

In February 2014, Finn released his third solo album, Dizzy Heights.On 9 April 2018, it was announced that Finn would perform with Fleetwood Mac as part of their forthcoming tour in 2018, replacing Lindsey Buckingham after Buckingham's firing.

Early life (1958–1978)

Finn was born the youngest of four children to Dick and Mary Finn in Te Awamutu, New Zealand. His mother, a devout Catholic who moved to New Zealand from Ireland at the age of two, maintained a religious influence over the family. Speaking of Catholicism, Finn stated "It's a great fertile ground for pulling lyrics out. [There's] lots of good stuff going on in there, good rituals and imagery and lots of guilt. It's a very potent combination. I think you're blessed, really, to be brought up with some kind of weird dogma like that." His father, the son of a farmer from Waikato, served in the army in Italy and became an accountant during World War II. His parents instilled an "inspiring admiration of music" in young Finn; the family would often engage in sing-alongs around the family piano. In addition to music, Finn also enjoyed sports, particularly swimming, rugby, tennis, and biking.

As a child, Finn would often perform at family gatherings with his older brother Tim. Finn recalled, "We'd sing all night. It was very much part of our upbringing.... That was the first inkling of the seduction of live performance." He idolised his brother and wished to imitate his actions, learning to play guitar and piano at the same time Tim did. Tim was more public about his musical aspirations, and won ten shillings in his annual talent contest at school shortly after enrolling. When Tim left to study at Sacred Heart College, a boarding school in Auckland, eight-year-old Neil started playing a guitar that his older brother left behind. A natural performer, Finn was nicknamed 'The Ant' by his family due to his determined and ambitious nature.

Finn attended Sacred Heart boarding school in Auckland and Te Awamutu College. He decided to become a musician at the age of 12 and throughout his school years performed in prisons and hospitals, as well as at home gatherings.

Personal life

Finn married Sharon Dawn Johnson in February 1982. Finn and his wife have two sons, Liam Finn and Elroy Finn. Both sons are musicians.

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Career (1977–present)

Finn formed the group After Hours in 1976, with Mark Hough, Geoff Chunn, and Alan Brown. Finn's brother was invited to join Split Enz in London, not long after the band's debut, replacing original singer-songwriter Phil Judd. He was sharing lead singer duties and penned "I Got You," the group's first international hit. Finn contributed greatly to the band's later albums and even briefly assumed leadership in the band's last days when Tim Finn left in 1984.

Finn formed The Mullanes, a new band formed after Split Enz' breakup in 1984 (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, who met with Hunters & Collectors founder Mark Seymour), Finn met on the final Split Enz tour. Hooper left right before their first album, at the time when the band was renamed Crowded House, based on the rental property they shared while recording in Los Angeles.

Crowded House continued to enjoy worldwide acclaim, particularly in the form of its two major hits "Don't Dream It's Over" (1987: No. 1 in the United States) (1987: The United States No. 2; Canada and New Zealand No. 2; (92) and "Weather With You" (1992: No. 1 in the United Kingdom. 7 is a child. Both Neil and his brother Tim were appointed Officers of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for their contributions to music in the 1993 Queen's Birthday Honours. The band debuted four albums, including Crowded House (self-titled), Temple of Low Men, Woodface, and Together Alone, and Recurring Dream followed shortly after.

Finn embarked on a solo career after the demise of Crowded House. Afterglow was released in 1999, and it contained previously unreleased Crowded House recordings. Finn appeared on "Songwriters' Circle" on BBC Four in 1999, and said that "Don't Dream It's Over" and "Better Be Home Soon" were both written quickly, with all of the song's elements—such as lyrics and verses—emerging at the same time. Finn also performed the opening lines of The Verve's "The Drugs Don't Work" on the latter song's opening chords. Finn wrote "Can You Hear Us?" for the All Blacks' appearance in the 1999 Rugby World Cup. "That made it to the top of the NZ charts in October."

Finn has released four solo albums, Whistling This Is This Is It (1998), One Nil (2001), Dizzy Heights (2014), and Out of Silence (2017). In a remastered version of One Nil, two new songs, one track was deleted, and reordering were released in the United States and Canada, and the other was renamed One All (2002). Finn and Tim Finn were both working on Finn Brothers' album Finn, which was released in 1995.

He released 7 World Collide, a live album/DVD set up in 2001, which featured songs performed at St James Theatre in Auckland, New Zealand, with many other performers. Finn was also involved in the creation of the 2001 soundtrack for the motion film Rain. Everyone Is Here, Finn Brothers' second album, was released in 2004.

Crowded House reformed in January 2007 with Neil, Nick Seymour, Mark Hart, and Matt Sherrod, the current drummer (Paul Hester died in 2005). Time on Earth was the group's latest album, and they headlined a show at Coachella in April 2007. The band then began a world tour.

Finn appeared on Missy Higgins' album On a Clear Night (2006).

In 2011, Finn and his wife Sharon started a side project called Pajama Club. After Finn's children, Liam and Elroy, left the family home to pursue their own musical careers, the two siblings wondered what to do with the time left open by their children's absence. "We've had a little more time on our hands since the boys left home, and we've just decided to make a record." It was as simple as that. Since we were dressed in our pyjamas when we started, we called the group Pajama Club." Despite the fact that neither Sharon and Neil had never played either instrument before, they started to play the bass guitar and Neil sat behind the drum set.

Finn appeared on BBC Four's Series 2 Episode 4 of the series, Songwriters' Circle, on October 23, 2011. The night brought about controversies, ending with an awkward exchange between the performers when it seemed that there was still some doubt between the songwriters over who was to perform and join in on each other's songs.

Finn and Paul Kelly undertook their joint Goin' Your Way Tour of Australia in February and March 2013. For the live album, Goin' Your Way (8 November 2013), one of their Sydney Opera House performances was caught. It was released as a 2'CD, which peaked at No. 0 on the charts. 5 on the ARIA Albums Chart. It was also released as a DVD, which peaked at No. 1. ARIA Music DVD Chart No. 1 appears on the related ARIA Music DVD Chart.

Dizzy Heights, Finn's solo album, was released in Australia and New Zealand on February 7th, 2014, through Kobalt Label Services. On the show, his sons and his wife appear as well. "Dizzy Heights" is his third solo album.

Finn joined the band on April 15th, alongside Heartbreakers' lead guitarist Mike Campbell. Both Finn and Campbell appeared on Fleetwood Mac's concert tour An Evening with Fleetwood Mac from October 2018 to November 2019.

Finn's album Lightsleeper was released in August 2018 as a result of his son Liam's contribution.

Finn performed with The Rock Party, a charity initiative launched by The National Campaign Against Drug Abuse (NCADA), which included many Australasian artists like Reg Mombassa from Mental As Anything, Tim Finn, and Crowded House's Paul Hester. "Everything To Live For" was the Rock Party's 12" single "Everything To Live For."

Many of the 7 World Collide artists reunited in Auckland, New Zealand, to record The Sun Came Out, a charity album for Oxfam.

Finn performed Tim Finn and his son Liam at Melbourne's charitable Sound Relief concert in aid of the 2009 Victorian Bushfires in March 2009. On a version of the Crowded House song "Weather With You," Liam Finn performed drums.

Finn has performed solo on many film and TV soundtracks, including Rain, Boston Legal, Boston Public, The Waiting Game, Antz, and Sports Night. Finn recorded the song "Song of the Lonely Peak," which was included in Peter Jackson's film adaptation "A Unexpected Journey."

Finn appeared on the BBC Radio Show Flight of the Conchords.

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