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Holopaw

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Origin
  
Gainesville, Florida

Years active
  
2001–present

Genres
  
Indie rock

Local time
  
Monday 1:24 PM

Labels
  
Misra Records / Sub Pop / Bakery Outlet Records / Obscurist Press / Wild Kindness Records

Associated acts
  
Iron & Wine Fruit Bats Ugly Casanova

Members
  
John Orth Patrick Quinney Matt Radick Jeff McMullen Ryan Quinney

Weather
  
26°C, Wind SE at 14 km/h, 56% Humidity

Holopaw is an American indie band from Gainesville, Florida. The band was named after the town of Holopaw in Osceola County, Florida, although none of the members of the band have 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 (Ape School), went on to join Kurt Heasley's Lilys.

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Map of Holopaw, St Cloud, FL 34773, USA

Holopaw post hurricane super deep water riding broken chairs


History

John Orth and Jeff Hays played as a duo for some time before joining with Michael Johnson, Ryan Gensemer, and Tobi Echevarria as Holopaw for the first two albums. Johnson, Gensemer and Echevarria relocated to Philadelphia. Holopaw now consists of Orth, Patrick Quinney, Jeff McMullen, Matt Radick, and Ryan Quinney.

  • 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...."
  • Members

  • John Orth - Vocals/Artwork - See also: Ugly Casanova
  • Jeff Hays - Guitars/Pedal Steel/Vocals
  • Patrick Quinney - Guitars
  • Matt Radick - Keyboards/Cello/Guitars
  • Jeff McMullen - Bass
  • Ryan Quinney - Drums
  • Albums

  • Holopaw (Subpop, January 21, 2003)
  • Quit +/or Fight (Subpop, August 9, 2005)
  • Oh, Glory. Oh, Wilderness. (Bakery Outlet / Obscurist Press, November 3, 2009)
  • Academy Songs, Volume 1 (Misra, January 15, 2013)
  • References

    Holopaw Wikipedia