Holopaw

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Holopaw
Origin Gainesville, Florida
Country United States
Years active 2001–present
Genres Indie rock
Labels Sub-Pop Records
Members John Orth
Jeff Hays
Patrick Quinney
Jody Bilinski
Past members Michael Johnson
Beachwolf Gensemer
Tobi Echevarria
Mario Lopez

Holopaw is an American indie band in Gainesville, Florida. The band was named after the town of Holopaw in Osceola County, Florida, although none of the members of the band has ever lived there. One of its members, John Orth, joined up with Modest Mouse frontman Isaac Brock and others in 2002 to release the album Sharpen Your Teeth under the band name Ugly Casanova. Another member, Michael Johnson, went on to join Kurt Heasley's Lilys.

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[edit] History

John Orth played with Jeff Hays as a duo for some time before joining with Michael Johnson, Ryan Gensemer, and Tobi Echevarria as Holopaw in its current state.

  • From the Holopaw Website: "depending on when you ask us holopaw is or has been or will be somewhere on the continuum of nothing-comic adaptation-songwriting duo-play a sometime show duo-long distance recordathon-actual record-recording rock band-actual touring rock band with shows in different towns that people come to and everything....right now we’re around the actual recording touring rock band end of that spectrum....well maybe not touring but we’re working on getting back to that...."

[edit] Members

  • John Orth - Vocals/Artwork - See also: Ugly Casanova
  • Tobi Echevarria - Bass Guitar/Guitar
  • Tom Reno - Guitar
  • Michael Johnson - Drums/Synths/Guitars/Loops/Vocals
  • Jeff Hays - Guitars/Keyboards/Pedal Steel/Vocals
  • Beachwolf Gensemer - Keyboards

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

  • Holopaw (Subpop, January 21, 2003)
  • Quit +/or Fight (Subpop, August 9, 2005)

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