associated_acts years_active article_title name background birth_date instrument genre origin birth_name occupation
taxiride , friends of mine 1994 -- present tim watson -lrb- musician -rrb-
 tim watson solo_singer 3 june 1971 vocals , guitar pop , rock melbourne , victoria , australia timothy harcourt watson singer-songwriter , record producer , movie reviewer
tim watson -lrb- musician -rrb-

timothy `` tim '' harcourt watson -lrb- born 3 june 1971 -rrb- 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 .
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 australian recording industry association -lrb- aria -rrb- singles chart with `` get set '' 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 '' was co-written by watson and peaked at no. 6 in 2002 from the related album , `` garage mahal '' .
in 2003 , watson left taxiride , and after several ventures in song writing 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 '' .
