Patrick Matthews

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Not to be confused with the 19th century Scottish fruit grower Patrick Matthew.

Patrick Matthews
Birth name	Patrick Matthews
Born	(1975-11-29) 29 November 1975
Origin	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Genres	Alternative rock, Indie rock, Garage rock revival, Post-grunge, Grunge (early), Neo-psychedelia
Occupations	Musician
Instruments	Bass, Keyboards, Guitar
Years active	1994–present
Associated acts	Youth Group The Vines The Jewel And The Falcon

Patrick Matthews (born 29 November 1975) is the former bass guitarist of Australian garage rock band The Vines and currently the bass guitarist of Youth Group. In 1994 Matthews founded The Vines with vocalist and lead guitarist Craig Nicholls.^[1] The two met while working at McDonald's in Sydney.^[2] Matthews stayed with the band for two albums, Highly Evolved (2002) and Winning Days (2004). After the tour supporting the release of Winning Days, he left the stage and the band after Nicholls had a breakdown at Sydney's Annandale Hotel. From 2004 Matthews is the bassist of the Australian band Youth Group who have experienced commercial success as an indie rock band in not just Australia, but the UK and US, with a #1 single "Forever Young", and #10 album, Casino Twilight Dogs, on the Australian ARIA charts in 2006.^[3] However by 2008 Youth Group's commercial fortunes had declined significantly with The Night Is Ours' album only managing to debut at #66 in Australia.^[3]

Personal life

Patrick and both his brothers; Michael, and John attended Sydney Technical High School.

References

↑ "The Vines - guest program". abc.net.au/rage. 5 October 2002. Retrieved 2 October 2011.
↑ Danton, Eric R (20 November 2002). 'S+VINES+IS+SPREADING+LIKE+CRAZY%2C+AND+THEY'RE+HAVING+THE+TIME+OF+THEIR+LIVES&pqatl=google "Kudzu of Rock; The Popularity of Australia's Vines Is Spreading Like Crazy, and They're Having the Time of Their Lives". Hartford Courant (Hartford, Conn: Richard Graziano). Retrieved 30 April 2012.
↑ 3.0 3.1 "Discography Youth Group". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 April 2012.

v t e The Vines

Craig Nicholls David Olliffe Patrick Matthews Ryan Griffiths Hamish Rosser Brad Heald

Studio albums	Highly Evolved Winning Days Vision Valley Melodia Future Primitive

Other releases	Demo The Best of The Vines

Singles	"Hot Leather/Sunchild" "Factory" "Highly Evolved" "Get Free" "Outtathaway!" "Homesick" "Fuck The World" "Ride" "Winning Days" "Gross Out" "Don't Listen to the Radio" "Anysound" "Dope Train" "He's a Rocker" "MerryGoRound" "Get Out" "Gimme Love" "Future Primitive"

Related articles	Discography Garage rock revival

Persondata
Name	Matthews, Patrick
Alternative names
Short description	Australian musician
Date of birth	29 November 1975
Place of birth	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date of death
Place of death

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