Tim Finn


Tim Finn will forever be linked with Split Enz above all else, but this elder statesman of New Zealand music has maintained a fascinating and prolific solo career for almost 40 years now.

Aside from amassing a solo discography now in the double figures, he scored international success with  Crowded House during the Woodface era, produced quality work with younger sibling Neil in the Finn Brothers, and has written extensively for film and the stage. He is undeniably one of our most distinctive and distinguished voices, both as a lyricist and singer.

Tim Finn at Artbar - Art Gallery of Western Australia, 5 July, 2012
Photo credit: Photo by Aaran Gicquel
Bic Runga and Tim Finn, Finn, Runga and Dobbyn tour, 2000
Photo credit: Photo by Mark Roach
Tim Finn, Bic Runga, Dave Dobbyn, Winery Tour 2010
Dave Dobbyn, Bic Runga, Tim Finn - Summer Winery Tour 2010
Finn Brothers - Anything Can Happen
Finn Brothers, 1996
Photo credit: Photo by Paul Spencer, Koji Kumada Collection
People Like Us
Death Of A Popular Song
1983 sheet music
Photo credit: Koji Kumada Collection
Tim Finn's self-titled second album, produced by Mitchell Froom (Capitol 1989)
Not Even Close
Tim Finn - Six Months in a Leaky Boat/Ono Marama Takerehāia (Waiata Anthems, 2022) - Finn collaborated with mātanga reo (language expert) Hana Mereraiha to reinvent his tale of tough passages. Joining him at the mic are Mereaiha, Bella Kalolo, Tuakoi Ohia and Kiratahanga Hona.
Tim Finn, Bic Runga and Dave Dobbyn, on their nationwide Finn, Runga and Dobbyn tour, 2000
Photo credit: Photo by Mark Roach
Phil Judd & Tim Finn - Long Hard Road
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Tim Finn and Phil Manzanera - Caught By the Heart (2021)
Tim Finn with Betchadupa, Waikato University, Hamilton, March 2002
Photo credit: Photo by Mark Roach
Dave Dobbyn, Bic Runga and Tim Finn on tour, 2000
Photo credit: Photo by Mark Roach
Tim Finn, Split Enz, Auckland Town Hall, 1975
Photo credit: Bruce Jarvis Collection - Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections 1704-1043C-04A
Tim Finn at Artbar - Art Gallery of Western Australia, 5 July, 2012
Photo credit: Photo by Aaran Gicquel
New Zealand / Australian cover for the first Tim Finn solo single, 1983
Tim Finn's 1989 showcase concert in LA with brother Neil and Mitchell Froom at the keyboards.
Photo credit: Rip it Up Archives
Steel City (soundtrack album, 1998). Music for a tap dance production by Sydney Theatre Company. Australian choreographer Dein Perry. Marie Azcona (Tim’s wife) co-wrote a couple of tracks, as did Mike Chunn.
Underwater Mountain
Tim Finn, Split Enz, Auckland Town Hall, 1975
Photo credit: Bruce Jarvis Collection - Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections 1704-1043A-15A
How'm I Gonna Sleep
Herbs with Tim Finn, 1988
The Finn, Runga and Dobbyn tour, 2000
Photo credit: Photo by Mark Roach
Tim Finn, 2007
Photo credit: Photo by Darryl Ward. Koji Kumada Collection
Tim Finn in 1986, at the time of the Big Canoe album. 
Finn Brothers - Weather With You
Homegrown Profiles: The Finns (2005)
I'll Never Know
Tim Finn drumming with Betchadupa, Waikato University, Hamilton, March 2002
Photo credit: Photo by Mark Roach
Publicity shot for the 2000 Finn, Runga and Dobbyn tour
Tim Finn with Double J & Twice The T, who would record for Definitive, the label owned by Finn and Mike Chunn
Photo credit: Murray Cammick Collection
What You've Done
Tim Finn interview, Word in Your Attic, April 2023
Fraction Too Much Friction
Tim Finn, 1983
Photo credit: Koji Kumada Collection
Out Of This World
Crowded House - Weather With You (Live At Sydney Opera House)
Finn, 1995
Photo credit: Koji Kumada Collection
Going Going Gone (The View Is Worth The Climb)
Twinkle
Finn Brothers - Part of Me, Part of You
2006 NZ promotional flyer for Imaginary Kingdom
Photo credit: Koji Kumada Collection
Tim Finn in 1993, at the time of the Before & After album. 
Photo credit: Darryl Ward
Tim Finn at Artbar - Art Gallery of Western Australia, 5 July, 2012
Photo credit: Photo by Aaran Gicquel
Parihaka
Tim Finn, Split Enz, Auckland Town Hall, 1975
Photo credit: Bruce Jarvis Collection - Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections 1704-1043A-15A
Tim Finn at Artbar - Art Gallery of Western Australia, 5 July, 2012
Photo credit: Photo by Aaran Gicquel
Dave Dobbyn, Bic Runga and Tim Finn on the Finn, Runga and Dobbyn tour, 2000
Photo credit: Photo by Mark Roach
Tim Finn, publicity photo for the Big Canoe album, 1986. 
Photo credit: Murray Cammick Collection
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