Timothy "Tim" Harcourt Watson (born 3 June 1971) is the lead singer of Australian indie electronic band Friends of Mine and was a founding lead singer and guitarist of Australian pop-rock band

Taxiride Taxiride are an Australian rock band. Formed in 1997, the band consists of Dan Hall, Jason Singh, Tim Watson and Tim Wild. Prior to formation, the four founding members of Taxiride—Hall, Singh, Watson and Wild—had been playing in cover ban ...

. Raised in Melbourne, Watson was involved in several original projects before forming Taxiride with Tim Wild on vocals and guitars in 1996. With Taxiride, he had a top-10 hit on the

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(ARIA)

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with "

Get Set "Get Set" is the debut single of Melbourne band Taxiride. The song was recorded at Ocean Way Studios, Los Angeles, and produced by Jack Joseph Puig. Released in May 1999, it peaked within the top 10 in Australia and also reached number 41 in N ...

" and a No. 1 album with '' Imaginate'' in 1999 on the related Albums Chart. The band won an ARIA award and undertook national and international tours. Their highest charting single, "

Creepin' Up Slowly "Creepin' Up Slowly" is the lead single and the third track from Australian rock band Taxiride's second album, '' Garage Mahal''. This single was released on 10 June 2002. The song was recorded in Ocean Way Studios, Los Angeles, and produced by ...

" was co-written by Watson and peaked at No. 6 in 2002 from the related album, ''

Garage Mahal ''Garage Mahal'' is the second album by Australian rock band Taxiride. As with '' Imaginate'', Taxiride's debut album, it was recorded in Ocean Way Studios in Los Angeles and produced by Jack Joseph Puig. It contained Taxiride's most successful ...

''. In 2003, Watson left Taxiride, and after several ventures in songwriting and producing joined forces with DJ Jono Fernandez in late 2006. They began writing and recording in a backyard studio in Melbourne as Friends of Mine. He is also a movie reviewer on radio programme '' Andy Grace's Night Show''.

Biography

Timothy Harcourt Watson was born on 3 June 1971 in

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, and was raised there. From 1994, he was a singer and guitarist of various bands on the club circuit; he met Tim Wild, and the pair started writing songs together. Both were members of successive bands, Jungle Juice, Captain Spalding Band, and Hollywood Zoo, which all performed cover versions. They formed

in 1996 with Watson on guitar and vocals, Wild on guitar and vocals,

Jason Singh Jason Mahendra Singh (born 12 March 1974) is an Australian singer-songwriter-guitarist. From 1997 to 2006 he fronted the rock band Taxiride as their lead singer. In March 2009 he issued a duet single, "The World As You Know It", with Todd Watson ...

on guitar and vocals, and

Dan Hall Daniel James Hall (born 30 June 1978) is an Australian musician from Melbourne who has been in two rock music, rock bands, Taxiride and Airway Lanes. With Taxiride, as guitarist, pianist and vocalist, he had a top 10 hit on the Australian ...

on bass guitar, piano and vocals. They were signed to a United States label,

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, and released their debut single, "

". It was followed by Taxiride's debut album, '' Imaginate'', in October 1999. The album hit No. 1 on the

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and went double platinum. The single peaked in the top 10 and won the Breakthrough Artist – Single

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for

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. To support the global release of their debut album, the band toured Australia, America, Japan and Europe through 1999 and 2000. Their highest-charting single, "

", was co-written by Watson with fellow band members Singh and Wild, and with Underground Productions' Dow Brain and Brad Young. It peaked at No. 6 on the ARIA charts in June 2002 from their second album, ''

'', which was released in July. In 2003, Watson left Taxiride to pursue a career in songwriting and record production. Watson joined forces with electronic dance DJ Jono Fernandez in late 2006. Fernandez released ''Girl Vs Boy'', which featured Watson. They began writing and recording in a backyard studio in Melbourne as Friends of Mine. He is also a movie reviewer on radio programme '' Andy Grace's Night Show''. Their first video, for the song "Can't See Straight", was completed in 2009. As of 2021, Watson is a teacher at Australian arts university Collarts.

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