Uphollow

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Uphollow
Country	USA
Genres	Pop Math rock Rock
Labels	Hill Billy Stew Records
Members	Ian O'Dougherty Whit Sibley Ian William Marshall Cooke Justin Ferreira

Uphollow is a rock band formed in 1993 based in Denver, Colorado, under the Hill Billy Stew Records record label. They are known for their mathematic approach to song-writing and their use of a Cello. They are relatively unheard of, though popular in the Denver music scene.

1 Music
2 Members
3 Discography
4 External links

[edit] Music

After forming in 1993, Uphollow (then consisting of Ian O'Dougherty, Whit Sibley, and drummer Josh Kennedy) released their first album Mission to the Moon in 1995, a wild punk-influenced rock disc. After touring the United States for 2 years, the band replaced Josh Kennedy with drummer Justin Ferreira and released the dense, ambitious Rock Opera Soundtrack to an Imaginary Life. This album represented a drastic musical step away from the faster, simpler Punk-rock of their first album towards more progressive, math-based rock.

After the addition of cellist/vocalist/song-writer Ian Cooke in 2001, the group released their third album and second concept album, Ten Fingers, in 2002. Based on the natural laws of the Golden Mean, Ten Fingers held a math-based style similar to their previous album, but less dense due to the influence of Ian Cooke.

Their most recent album, Jackets For The Trip, was released in 2005. Their first non-concept album since Mission to the Moon, Jackets For The Trip features smoother, more varied songs, ranging from cello rock to acoustic folk to 70s-style epic ballad, as well as songs written by three of the band's members (O'Dougherty, Sibley, and Cooke).