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The Vines' story is now a well-documented whirlwind of a musical history that saw them go from being four unknown Sydney music fans writing songs and recording them on old cassettes, to being one of the most talked about and listened-to bands of the year. In February 2002, The Vines left Sydney and spent the next 18 months playing clubs, theatres and festivals in front of thousands of fans in the USA, UK, Europe and Australia, appearing on the covers of countless magazines, from Rolling Stone to NME, and selling more than 1.5 million copies of their debut album, Highly Evolved, worldwide. Legendary television appearances like that on The Late Show with David Letterman found a band who genuinely behaved and played exactly as the moment took them - to put it mildly. Their glorious performance of "Get Free" at that years' MTV Video Music Awards put them in front of a worldwide television audience of over one billion people. Within so many extraordinary highlights, there were times when the real reason for The Vines' success - the songs - became somewhat obscured.......
这个来自澳洲的乐团The Vines(长春藤)被赞喻为“The Beatles和Nirvana的完美综合体”Nirvana的接班人，1991年，主唱Craig Nicholla结识了乐队其他成员Patrick Matthews、David Olliffe。1994年10月：Patrick、Craig及David以The Vines为团名作了第一场演出。2002年7月：The Vines首张专辑Highly Evolved于7月8日在英国抢先发行，全球各地也在7月15日时同上市。当时他们仅次于Oasis及The Red Hot Chilli Peppers得到英国专辑榜第三名的成绩，成为首支以首张专辑打入英国排行前5名的澳洲乐团。并于一个星期后登上美国专辑排行No.11及家乡澳洲No.5的成绩，在乐坛刮起了一股“POST-GRUNGE”旋风，04年发布了他们第二张专集Winning Days，目前为止他们就两长专集，我收入了他们第一张专集，感觉HIGHLY EVOLVED质量高于Winning Days，在澳洲他们有很高的地位，至于能否做Nirvana的接班人，似乎有点夸大了。HIGHLY EVOLVED中我个人比较喜欢Outtathaway，也提供大家下载。