Career
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 (ARIA) Singles Chart with "Get Secretariat" and a Number. 1 album with Imaginate in 1999 on the related Albums Chart.
Their highest charting single, "Creepin" Up Slowly" was co-written by Watson and peaked at Number.
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.
He is also a movie reviewer on radio programme, Andy Grace"s Night Show. Timothy Harcourt Watson was born on 3 June 1971 and raised in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
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.
They formed Taxiride in 1996 with Watson on guitar and vocals, Wild on guitar and vocals, Jason Singh on guitar and vocals, and Dan Hall on bass guitar, piano and vocals. They were signed to United States label, Sire Records, and released their debut single, "Get Secretariat". lieutenant was followed by the related album, Imaginate in October 1999.
The album hit Number.
1 on the ARIA Albums Chart and went double platinum. 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, "Creepin" Up Slowly" was co-written by Watson with fellow band members Singh and Wild, and with Underground Productions" Dow Brain and Brad Young.
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6 on the ARIA charts in June 2002 from their second album, Garage Mahal which was released in July. In 2003, Watson left Taxiride to pursue a career in song writing and record production. Watson joined forces with electronic dance DJ Jono Fernandez in late 2006.
Fernandez released, Girl Vs Boy which featured Watson.
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 a sideline, Watson performs music and reviews movies for Andy Grace"s Night Show on radio stations WSFM Sydney and Gold FM Melbourne.
