Patrick Matthews

Patrick Matthews (born 29 November 1975) is an Australian musician, best known for being the bass guitarist of Australian garage rock band The Vines and the bass guitarist of Youth Group. In 1994, Matthews founded The Vines with vocalist and lead guitarist Craig Nicholls. The two met while working at McDonald's in Sydney. Matthews stayed with the band for two albums, Highly Evolved (2002) and Winning Days (2004). After the tour supporting the release of Winning Days, he left the stage and the band after Nicholls had a breakdown at Sydney's Annandale Hotel. Since 2004, Matthews has been the bassist of the Australian band Youth Group; who experienced commercial success with "Forever Young", and #10 album, Casino Twilight Dogs, on the Australian ARIA charts in 2006. The band's most recent album, 2008's The Night Is Ours', peaked at #66 in Australia.Following the hiatus of Youth Group, Matthews sang and played guitar in The Jewel and the Falcon alongside theredsunband's Sarah Kelly from 2011 to 2012. He also played bass for Sydney bands Betty Airs and Community Radio, the latter of which was fronted by fellow Youth Group member Cameron Emerson-Elliott.In May 2018, Matthews rejoined The Vines, playing two sell-out shows on Jet's "Get Re-Born" tour at Sydney's Metro Theatre and Enmore Theatre respectively. These shows marked the first time Matthews had played with The Vines in 14 years. In 2019, Matthews announced a new band, Victoria, again with Emerson-Elliott. They released their debut single, "Pompeii," in January of 2019.