Editing The Vines (band) (section)

=== Formation and early years (1994–2001) ===
In 1991, Craig Nicholls met [[Patrick Matthews]] while working at their local [[McDonald's]] in the suburb of [[South Hurstville, New South Wales|South Hurstville]], [[New South Wales]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Brodersen |first=Alicia |date=2002-09-10 |title=BAND INFORMATION /THE VINES |url=http://thevines.com/bandinfo.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040214225333/http://thevines.com/bandinfo.php |archive-date=2004-02-14 |access-date=2023-08-16 |website=thevines.com}}</ref> Bonded over a shared love of rock music, they began playing together at Matthews' home, with Nicholls on guitar and vocals and Matthews on bass. They were later joined by Matthews' school friend [[David Olliffe]] on drums.<ref name=":7">{{Cite news |last=Ward |first=Chris |date=2002-07-15 |title=The Vines: Great Aussie Hope |pages=8–9 |work=[[CMJ]] |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hYRXLumVhOcC |access-date=2023-08-16}}</ref><ref name="Rage 2002">{{cite web |url=http://www.abc.net.au/rage/guest/2002/vines.htm |title=The Vines – Guest Program |date=5 October 2002 |publisher=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] |access-date=6 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080523025245/http://www.abc.net.au/rage/guest/2002/vines.htm |archive-date=23 May 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==== Band name ====
Originally called "Rishikesh", a name suggested by Olliffe, which refers to the Indian city where [[the Beatles]] visited an ashram in 1968,<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2011-07-29 |title=The Vines |url=https://www.abc.net.au/rage/guest/the-vines/9649676 |access-date=2023-08-15 |website=ABC Rage |language=en-AU}}</ref> they played a couple of small gigs in pubs.<ref name=":0">{{Cite magazine |last=Murphy |first=Daniel |date=2011-07-01 |title=Decade of Dysfunction: With the Release of The Vines' Fifth Album, Future Primitive, Frontman Craig Nicholls Reflects on 10 years in a Furious Spolight |url=https://archive.org/details/rolling-stone-australia-201107-the-vines |journal=[[Rolling Stone Australia]] |pages=70–75}}</ref> The local newspapers regularly misprinted the name as "Rishi Chasms", so Nicholls suggested a new name, "the Vines", as an homage to his father, who fronted a local band called the Vynes.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":5">{{Cite magazine |last=Sheffield |first=Rob |date=2002-09-19 |title=Interview: The Vines |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/interview-the-vines-47144/ |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |issue=905 |pages=62–68}}</ref>

==== Early demo recordings and live shows ====
In October 1994, Patrick, Craig and David played their first gig as The Vines at an 18th birthday party at South Hurstville RSL Memorial Bowling Club. They covered songs by [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]], [[You Am I]], and others.<ref name=":1" /> Back in the shed, meanwhile, the three had started developing their own sound on a four-track recorder,<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3">{{Cite news |last=Scatena |first=Dino |date=2002-08-10 |title=It's simply di-Vines |pages=24 |work=[[The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)]] |url=https://archive.org/details/daily-telegraph-20020810-the-vines}}</ref> with Nicholls soon emerging as the band's primary songwriter.<ref name=":4">{{Cite news |last=Segal |first=Victoria |date=2002-07-20 |title=The Drummer's Story |pages=31 |work=[[NME]] |url=https://archive.org/details/nme-20020720-the-vines}}</ref>

By late 1998, The Vines only played a handful of gigs over the course of six years. One of them was at The Iron Duke pub in Sydney. Supporting local band Starky, it was the first time they were called back onstage for an encore.<ref name=":1" />

In April 1999, The Vines entered a studio for the first time to record their debut demos with high-school friend Glenn Santry as the engineer. In two quick sessions at A# Studios in Riverwood, they recorded six tracks, including early versions of "In the Jungle" and "[[Winning Days (song)|Winning Days]]".<ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Citation |last=The Vines |title=The Vines Demos - A# Session - 1999-04-25 |date=1999-04-25 |url=http://archive.org/details/the-vines-demos-19990425 |access-date=2023-08-15}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |last=The Vines |title=The Vines Demos - A# Session - 1999-07 |date=1999-07-01 |url=http://archive.org/details/the-vines-demos-199907 |access-date=2023-08-15}}</ref>

==== Increased exposure and early releases ====
In 2000, the "In the Jungle" demo was played on [[FBi Radio|FBi Radio Sydney]], catching the ear of [[Ivy League Records]]' Andy Cassell. Ivy League's management company Winterman and Goldstein soon signed The Vines and encouraged them to record further demos and play more shows.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=L. |first=Toby |title=Interview: Andy Kelly |url=http://rockfeedback.com/andykelly_interview.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040314214336/http://rockfeedback.com/andykelly_interview.htm |archive-date=2004-03-14 |access-date=2023-08-16 |website=Rockfeedback.com}}</ref>

In early 2001, The Vines embarked on their first national tour of Australia as supporting act for You Am I and [[Eskimo Joe]]. During their gigs, the band gave away 5-track demo CDs featuring early recordings of songs like "[[Highly Evolved (song)|Highly Evolved]]" and "Mary Jane".<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":3" /> In the same year, their Australia debut single "Hot Leather/Sunchild" was released through independent label Illustrious Artists, run by [[Rusty Hopkinson|Russell Hopkinson]] from You Am I.<ref name=":5" /><ref>{{Cite news |last=Segal |first=Victoria |date=2002-07-20 |title=The Label that Discovered Them |pages=31 |work=[[NME]] |url=https://archive.org/details/nme-20020720-the-vines}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=The Vines - Hot Leather |date=2001 |url=https://www.discogs.com/master/3056249-The-Vines-Hot-Leather |access-date=2023-08-16 |language=en}}</ref>

Meanwhile, [[Rex Records (2001)|Rex Records]] put out what was to be their UK debut single, "[[Factory (The Vines)|Factory]]", as a limited seven-inch single. The release became ''[[NME]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s Single of the Week in November 2001.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2001-11-03 |title=Single of the Week: This Factory record is simply di-vine. |page=37 |work=[[NME]] |url=https://archive.org/details/nme-20011103-the-vines}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/2001.htm#Singles/ |title=''NME'' 2001 lists |website=Rocklist.net |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080327025904/http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/2001.htm#Singles/ |archive-date=27 March 2008 |url-status=usurped |access-date=6 December 2014}}</ref>