Life
After switching from guitar, Rosser started playing drums when he was eleven years old. Rosser's first gig was with high school punk band called "The Warthogs" who covered The Clash, The Ramones and the Sex Pistols. Since then he has performed and recorded with many bands including Bigphallica, Enemy Me, Zahlu, The City Lights, Sixties Mania, Infusion, Art vs Science,Wolfmother and most recently The Cracks. He also performed in a super group featuring Phil Jamieson, Chris Cheney, Brad Shepherd, and Ian Rilen.
Rosser studied chemical engineering at Sydney University and lasted four months as an engineer until he left to pursue a career as a musician.
Rosser toured the world with Sixties Mania, an Aussie 60s music cover band, before joining The Vines. Rosser auditioned after answering an ad which the band had placed. He was asked to join to replace The Vines previous drummer, David Oliffe.
Under the pseudonym "Hemi-Roid", Rosser also performs as the drummer with a hair metal cover band called "BigPhallica".
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