Hamish Rosser
Birth name Hamish Rosser
Born 16 May 1974
Origin Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Genres Hard rock, Alternative rock, garage rock revival, post-grunge, indie rock, neo-psychedelia
Occupation(s) Drummer
Instruments Drums, percussion
Hamish Rosser (born 16 May 1974) is an Australian rock musician. He is the current drummer of the hard rock band Wolfmother and is best known for his time in The Vines.
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 months until he left to pursue a career as a musician.
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.
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, only to return in late 2017 to tour with the band after Alex Carapetis finished his unofficial stint as a live touring drummer during the worldwide Gypsy Caravan Tour.
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
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