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The Vines are an Australian garage rock band notable for producing a musical hybrid of '60s rock and '90s alternative music. Since 2006 their line-up has consisted of vocalist and lead guitarist Craig Nicholls, rhythm guitarist Ryan Griffiths (guitarist)|Ryan Griffiths, bassist Brad Heald and drummer Hamish Rosser.

They appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone in October 2002 (the first Australian band to do so since Men At Work in 1983) with the words "Rock is Back: meet the Vines" boldly emblazed underneath.<ref name="rs-cover">{{cite web|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/the_vines_craig_nicholls|title=The Vines|work=Craig Nicholls has all the makings of a rock star|date=August 6, 2002|accessdate=2008-04-13|author=Sheffield, Rob|publisher=Rolling Stone Magazine</ref> Often referred to as the 'The' bands, The Strokes, The Hives, The White Stripes and The Vines combined old fashioned punk and adrenaline fuelled riffs to be ushered in at the beginning of 2002 as the saviors of rock.<ref name="retro-rock">{{cite web|url=http://media.www.keeneequinox.com/media/storage/paper537/news/2003/02/13/AE/Retro.Rock.Rules.Airwaves-367545.shtml|title=Retro rock rules airwaves|work=Bands like The Hives and The Strokes are proclaimed rock saviors|date=February 13, 2003|accessdate=2008-04-13|author=Schlauch, Jeff|publisher=The Equinox</ref>... read all