Crowded House
（重定向自Crowdies）
![Five men are standing close together on a stage and smiling. First male at left is bearded and has right arm raised to shoulder height. Second male has arms around shoulders of his neighbours and is partly obscured by a microphone stand. Third male has left hand raised overhead. Fourth male has arms at side and is looking to his left. Fifth male has right arm over his neighbour and left arm overhead. Last two are partly obscured by a keyboard and its stand. Behind the five men is more band equipment and the background contains considerable English text.](/Images/godic/202501/07/Crowded_House0213.jpg")
![Crowded House, San Francisco, April 1987. L to R: Paul Hester, Neil Finn, Nick Seymour.](/Images/godic/202501/07/Crowded-house10213.JPG")
![The band at the Montreux Pop Festival, May 1988. L to R: Seymour, Finn, Hester.](/Images/godic/202501/07/Ch-montreux0213.jpg")
![Multi-instrumentalist Mark Hart](/Images/godic/202501/07/MarkHartCrop0213.jpg")
Crowded House were a rock band formed in Melbourne, Australia, in 1985. The founding members were New Zealander Neil Finn (vocalist, guitarist, primary songwriter) and Australians Paul Hester (drums) and Nick Seymour (bass). Later band members included Neil Finn's brother, Tim Finn, and Americans Mark Hart and Matt Sherrod.