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Biography
Finn grew up in fertile New Zealand. One of his
heads took six years to burst through the shoulders. Tim
looked on it, saw that it was fair and called it
Neil.
The two headed boy moved happily through
the peaceful town of Te
Awamutu, singing and playing the
piano with ease.
He brought joy to his family. None of
them ever felt that anything was wrong. Uncle George was
forever persuading Finn to sing for his supper and various
friends and priests of Irish descent were amazed to hear the
harmonies issuing forth.
Finn's future seemed assured. A
twist of nature had guaranteed him a place in Showbiz history.
Finn senior decided he wanted to move north. Finn junior
felt it was too soon.
Short of surgical intervention it
appeared that the two heads were worse than one. Finn junior
agreed to lay low for a while, allowing Finn senior to
infiltrate the art elite of Auckland and form a
group called Split
Enz.
The band cut a swathe through seventies'
Australasia, sounding and looking like no one else. European
and American tours soon followed, but Finn senior felt
something was missing. He turned to the dormant lump on his
shoulder one day and with a tap on its freckled skull,
reactivated the gruesome assemblage. Finn junior made up for
lost time with a flurry of hits that catapulted Split Enz to
fame and fortune.
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