Editing The Vines (band) (section)

==== 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>