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Crowded House are a rock band formed in Melbourne, Australia, in 1985. The founding members were New Zealander Neil Finn (vocalist, guitarist, primary songwriter) and Australians Paul Hester (drums) and Nick Seymour (bass). Later band members included Neil Finn's brother, Tim Finn, and Americans Mark Hart and Matt Sherrod.〔McFarlane (1999)〕〔〔("Neil Finn and Nick Seymour" ) ''Australian Broadcasting Corporation'' – 16 July 2007〕 Originally active from 1985 to 1996, the band has had consistent commercial and critical success in Australia and New Zealand〔 (NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charts from 1974 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988. In 1992, Kent back calculated chart positions for 1970–1974)〕〔("Discography Crowded House" ) australiancharts.com〕〔("Discography Crowded House" ) ''charts.org.nz''〕 and international chart success in two phases, beginning with their self-titled debut album, which reached number twelve on the US Album Chart in 1987 and provided the Top Ten hits "Don't Dream It's Over" and "Something So Strong".〔("Crowded House > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles" ) AllMusic〕〔("Crowded House > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums" ) AllMusic〕 Further international success came in the UK and Europe with their third and fourth albums, ''Woodface'' and ''Together Alone'' and the compilation album ''Recurring Dream'', which included the hits "Fall at Your Feet", "Weather with You", "Distant Sun", "Locked Out", "Instinct" and "Not the Girl You Think You Are".〔Bourke (1997)〕〔("Artists > Crowded House" ) ''Chart Stats''〕 Queen Elizabeth II bestowed an OBE on both Neil and Tim Finn, in June 1993, for their contribution to the music of New Zealand. Founding drummer Hester left in May 1994 citing family reasons, but briefly returned for their "Farewell to the World" concerts in Melbourne and Sydney in 1996.〔 Neil Finn had decided to end the band to concentrate on his solo career and the Finn Brothers project with Tim.〔 On 26 March 2005 Hester committed suicide, aged 46.〔Bernard Zuel, Nassim Khadem, Patrick Donovan, James Button ("Farewell to the clown prince" ) ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' – 29 March 2005〕 In 2006 the group re-formed with new drummer Matt Sherrod and have since released two further albums, both of which reached number one on Australia's album chart.〔 ==History== Neil Finn (vocals, guitar, piano) and drummer Paul Hester (ex-The Cheks, Deckchairs Overboard) were former members of New Zealand band Split Enz, which spent part of 1975–6 in Australia and several years in England.〔 Neil Finn 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''.〔 Bassist Nick Seymour (ex-Plays with Marionettes, Bang, The Horla) is the younger brother of singer-songwriter and guitarist Mark Seymour〔 of the now defunct Australian rock group Hunters & Collectors.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Crowded House」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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