Editing The Vines (band) (section)

===''Future Primitive'' (2009–2012)===
{{Main|Future Primitive (The Vines album)}}
On 14 November 2009, the Vines played at the Annandale Hotel, under the alias of the Crimes. They had a support slot with You Am I, playing their back catalogue and a new song from an album due in 2011.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fasterlouder.com.au/news/local/21381/The-Vines-stage-a-comeback.htm |title=The Vines stage a comeback |date=16 November 2009 |work=fasterlouder.net.au |access-date=2 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120404055132/http://www.fasterlouder.com.au/news/local/21381/The-Vines-stage-a-comeback.htm |archive-date=4 April 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

A music video for "Gimme Love" wrapped filming on 1 March 2011, with the completed video surfacing online through YouTube on 27 March. The music video pays homage to the 2010 film ''[[Scott Pilgrim vs. the World]]''.

Over a year after its completion, ''Future Primitive'' received an official release date through ''[[The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)|The Daily Telegraph]]'' on 3 June 2011. Because the Vines did not have a label at the time of recording, the band members funded the album's recording themselves. Upon the album's completion, the band approached various record labels to see if any were interested in signing the band for its release, explaining the year-long delay between recording and release.

On 26 November 2011, rumours on the band's [[Facebook]] page suggested that the band had "pushed out" two of its members. At the 2011 [[Homebake]] music festival, the Vines emerged on the main-stage as a three piece, consisting of Nicholls, Heald and drummer Murray Sheridan. The departure of both Griffiths and Rosser was confirmed by [[Channel V Australia|Channel V]] presenter [[Jane Gazzo]], who wrote that the two had been "sacked" in a [[Twitter]] post.{{citation needed|date=October 2023}}

Craig's sister, Jess Nicholls, also confirmed their departure via the band's official forum.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thevines.forumotion.com/t86p15-new-members |title=New members? – Page 2 |publisher=Thevines.forumotion.com |access-date=10 April 2012}}</ref> "If any of you were at Homebake yesterday, I'm sure you can agree the set was amazing and sounded better than ever," she wrote. "The band has made a creative decision to revert back to a three piece, as they originally started. I know you will probably have a lot of questions but just wanted to say don't fear, this is in no way the end of the Vines!!" Nicholls, Heald and Sheridan performed again at Southbound music festival in Perth on 8 January 2012.

On 16 March 2012, Rosser announced that he had joined Australian rock band [[Wolfmother]], as their new drummer, on the ''Faster Louder'' website. He also claimed that the band had "broken up", although "Craig [Nicholls] will always write great music in the future and he may choose to carry on under the Vines' name."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fasterlouder.com.au/news/local/31901/Vines-drummer-joins-Wolfmother-claims-The-Vines-have-broken-up |title=Vines drummer joins Wolfmother; claims The Vines have "broken up" |publisher=Fasterlouder.com.au |date=16 March 2012 |access-date=10 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120419073107/http://www.fasterlouder.com.au/news/local/31901/Vines-drummer-joins-Wolfmother-claims-The-Vines-have-broken-up |archive-date=19 April 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>