Phil Jamieson

Philip William H Jamieson (born 18 April 1977) is an Australian musician from Hornsby, New South Wales.

He is a founding member and singer-guitarist for the rock band Grinspoon.

Philip William H Jamieson was born on 18 April 1977 in Hornsby, New South Wales, while his parents were on the road.

His father was the singer of a Christian rock 'n' roll band, Good Grief, while his mother was a keyboard player in the support act.

The pair toured beach missions on a Baptist church initiative on the east coast of the state.

In the late 1980s, Jamieson became "quite obsessed" with pop music and the top ten hits on the charts.

He admits to being a big fan of Bros and says the band's When Will I Be Famous? tour was the first concert he ever attended.

Jamieson was also a fan of musicians such as Bon Jovi, Michael Bolton, Richard Marx, George Michael and "just anything that was particularly bad".

Greg Lawrence of WHAMMO website described Lismore's late 1980s music scene as a "collection of manic and unpredictable bands that played the - even more - unpredictable venues at the time".

He opined that it was no surprise that Grinspoon were "a young troop of riff-masters balancing on the thin line between hard and punk rock".

He praised the "strengths of the band" including Jamieson's "casual charisma".

In 1983 they moved to Bourke to the Christian community, Cornerstone.

Jamieson has three sisters.

Jamieson attended Wauchope High School, where he co-acted the lead in the school's 1994 production of Joseph and The Technicolor Dreamcoat, sharing the role with Matthew William Joyce.

During his school years, Jamieson started a band with Fiona, titled Dancing with Daisies in a Meadow of Corruption, which won the Hastings Battle of the Bands competition.

Jamieson was also the guitarist in Mescaline, singer in Crabapple and drummed in a punk band, Stiffy.

Jamieson is best known as the front man of alternative rock band Grinspoon.

In July 1995, Jamieson, on lead vocals and guitar, formed the group with Pat Davern on lead guitar, Joe Hansen on bass guitar, and Kristian Hopes on drums.

Their debut gig was at a Lismore hotel, The Gollan.

In 1995, the group won the inaugural Unearthed talent contest by national youth radio network, Triple J.

Their winning track became the band's first single, "Sickfest", which also appeared on their six-track self-titled extended play that year.

The single was co-written by Jamieson with Davern – their first effort at song writing together.

Their debut album, Guide to Better Living, was issued in September 1997 with its 16 tracks written by Jamieson, or co-written by Jamieson and Hansen, or Jamieson and Davern.

It peaked at No. 11 on the ARIA Albums Chart and remained in the top 50 for 36 weeks.

All six peaked in the top 10 with both New Detention and Alibis & Other Lies reaching No. 2. Their highest point on the related ARIA Singles Chart was actually achieved by two of their extended plays, Pushing Buttons (September 1998) and Panic Attack (March 2003) – each peaked at No. 13.

The group followed with six more studio albums, Easy (September 1999), New Detention (June 2002), Thrills, Kills & Sunday Pills (September 2004), Alibis & Other Lies (July 2007), Six to Midnight (September 2009), and Black Rabbits (September 2012).

In addition to his work with Grinspoon, Jamieson co-wrote tracks for United States group Unwritten Law including "Elva" and "Nick and Phil" on Elva (January 2002) and "She Says" and "Because of You" on Here's to the Mourning (February 2005).

Late in 2004 Jamieson was the lead vocalist for "Evie" part three, "I'm Losing You", by super group, The Wrights, which performed a cover version of Stevie Wright's 1974 hit.

They issued it as a single which peaked at No. 3 on the ARIA Singles Chart in March the following year.

In 2005 Jamieson won Best Male Performer in the second annual Jack Awards, while Grinspoon won their first ARIA Award for Best Rock Album for Thrills, Kills & Sunday Pills.

In early 2005 Jamieson performed guest vocals on the track, "Sayonara", for the film Deck Dogz.

Jamieson showcased the sounds of Grinspoon to millions of viewers in March 2006, playing live at Melbourne Cricket Ground as part of the closing ceremony of the 2006 Commonwealth Games.

The band also had a track used on the Gran Turismo 3 video game.

In August 2009, Jamieson teamed with Chris Cheney (of The Living End); Josh Pyke; and Tim Rogers (of You Am I) to perform The Beatles' White Album in its entirety in celebration of that album's 40th anniversary.

They were supported by an ensemble of 17 musicians.

Jamieson also DJs under the name "2ManyPJs" and supported the Living End in 2012 during the Sydney leg of their 'Retrospective Tour'.

Grinspoon remained together for over 18-years and from December 2013 they have been in an indefinite hiatus.

In total the band had received 13 ARIA Award nominations.

In May 2014, Jamieson and Russo performed acoustic shows in Sydney and Melbourne.

In July 2014, Jamieson, Cheney, Pyke and Rogers once again performed the White Album on an Australian tour, with a 17-piece orchestra.