Hamish Rosser

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title: "Hamish Rosser" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1974-births", "living-people", "australian-rock-drummers", "australian-male-drummers", "the-vines-(band)-members", "university-of-sydney-alumni", "australian-brewers", "21st-century-australian-drummers", "21st-century-australian-male-musicians", "wolfmother-members"] description: "Australian rock musician (born 1974)" topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamish_Rosser" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Australian rock musician (born 1974) ::

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Field	Value
name	Hamish Rosser
background	non_vocal_instrumentalist
image	Deichbrand2018-Wolfmother-28 (cropped).jpg
landscape	yes
caption	Hamish Rosser performing with Wolfmother at Deichbrand Festival in 2018
birth_name	Hamish Rosser
birth_date
birth_place	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
genre	Hard rock, alternative rock, garage rock revival, post-grunge, indie rock, neo-psychedelia
occupation	Drummer
years_active	2002–present
instrument	Drums, percussion
associated_acts	The Vines, Wolfmother, Andrew Stockdale
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| name = Hamish Rosser | background = non_vocal_instrumentalist | image = Deichbrand2018-Wolfmother-28 (cropped).jpg | landscape = yes | caption = Hamish Rosser performing with Wolfmother at Deichbrand Festival in 2018 | birth_name = Hamish Rosser | birth_date = | birth_place = Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | genre = Hard rock, alternative rock, garage rock revival, post-grunge, indie rock, neo-psychedelia | occupation = Drummer | years_active = 2002–present | instrument = Drums, percussion | label = | associated_acts = The Vines, Wolfmother, Andrew Stockdale | website = Hamish Rosser (born 16 May 1974) is an Australian rock musician. He is best known for his time in The Vines and Wolfmother.

Early life

Hamish’s musical journey began when he took up the guitar at the age of eight. By the time he turned eleven he had switched to drums and bought his first set of drums with money saved up from a paper round in his Sydney neighbourhood. Rosser's first gig was with high school punk band called "The Warthogs" who covered The Clash, The Ramones and the Sex Pistols.

Rosser studied chemical engineering at Sydney University and stayed there for four years until he left to pursue a career as a musician.

Career

Rosser was asked to join The Vines to replace the band's previous drummer, David Oliffe. He left the Vines, along with guitarist Ryan Griffiths, in December 2011. |url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/entertainment/bitter-fruit/2008/10/30/1224956197267.html |title=Bitter Fruit |access-date=2009-07-05 |publisher=The Sydney Morning Herald - smh.com.au |date=2008-10-31}}

Rosser started touring with Australian hard rock band Wolfmother in 2012, where the band were looking to start working on their third studio album. After a year of touring with the band, Wolfmother split up temporarily while frontman Andrew Stockdale worked on his solo album Keep Moving. Rosser performed drums and percussion on several tracks for the album. However, before embarking on a tour for the album, Stockdale reformed Wolfmother and prepared a tour under the band's name instead performing both Wolfmother and his solo tracks.

Rosser left the band in 2013, then rejoined in 2017.

In 2016, Rosser joined children's rock 'n' roll band Bunny Racket, and performed with them at Splendour in the Grass in July of that year.

In 2023, Rosser rejoined the Vines to record a new record with Craig Nicholls.

Personal life

Rosser and his wife Kristy's first child, Oscar Rosser, born in June 2012 in Queensland.

In 2011, Rosser was living in Redfern, New South Wales. In 2017, Rosser sold his Redfern house and moved to Byron Bay.

Skinny Blonde beer

In 2008, Rosser launched a beer called Skinny Blonde along with winemaker Richie Harkham and artist Jarod Taylor. The beer won the Peoples Choice awards at the 2008 Australian Beer Festival held at the Rocks in Sydney.

In June 2009, Skinny Blonde attracted national controversy across Australia over its beer bottle packaging which, through the use of modern ink technology, has a 1950s style pin up girl called 'Daisy' on the beer bottle label, slowly revealing herself as the beer level drops and the bottle temperature rises. |url=http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,25634848-5000117,00.html |title=Booby beer will go flat |first=Sally |last=Morrell |access-date=2009-07-05 |publisher=Herald and Weekly Times - heraldsun.com.au |date=2009-06-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090617054259/http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,25634848-5000117,00.html |archive-date=2009-06-17}} This was controversial. In response, Rosser stated, He was also quoted as saying that the beer was a "bit of cheeky fun".

Discography

;Studio albums

;with The Vines

• Winning Days (2004)
• Vision Valley (2006)
• Melodia (2008)
• Future Primitive (2011)

;with Andrew Stockdale

• Keep Moving (2013) AUS #32 with Wolfmother
• Rock Out (2021)

References

References

1. "Artists: Hamish Rosser". Zildjian.
2. "Biographies". Dream in the Insane.
3. Smith, Sarah. (12 July 2013). "Stockdale revives Wolfmother two months after "split"". [[Junkee Media]].
4. Klinkenberg, Alistair. (2016-07-24). "Let All The Children Boogie". The Daily Splendour.
5. (30 June 2012). "Wolfmother borrowed my daddy". The Daily Telegraph.
6. (17 October 2011). "Hamish Rosser Q&A: the Vines' drummer tackles Smith's questions". mrandmrssmith.
7. Macken, Lucy. (16 October 2017). "Rocker leaves Redfern". Domain.
8. (29 March 2024). "The Vines' Winning Days turns 20: An Interview with Hamish Rosser (2024)". indie miners.
9. McCabe, Kathy. (19 March 2009). "The Vines members launch boutique beer Skinny Blonde". The Daily Telegraph.
10. "Beerfest: The Australian Beer Awards".
11. Deery, Shannon. (13 June 2009). "Health, women's groups demand ban on Skinny Blonde beer". Herald Sun.
12. "Hamish Rosser Discography". Discogs.

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