Biography

Introduction

The Holloways are a four-piece indie-rock band from North London. Their first single "Two Left Feet" entered the charts at number 33 in July, with the follow-up "Generator" charting at number 30 in October 2006. "Generator" was subsequently named the NME's 16th best song of the year for 2006, their album So, this is Great Britain? was released on October 30, 2006 on the TVT label. The band have attracted attention in the media and a live following.^{[citation needed]} NME have also tipped them to be one of the biggest bands around in the future.

Band

Alfie Jackson

David "Alfie" Jackson, is the guitarist, harmonica player and singer of the band. He spent a large part of his childhood and all his teens in Melton Mowbray, where he was part of a five piece band called Marvel, which was his first band (1997-2000). Marvel played at the De Montfort Hall as well as supporting Doves at the Charlotte in Leicester. He was raised in Leeds. He lives in Highgate and is currently dating Bonnie Beadle, the daughter of the late TV presenter Jeremy Beadle. He recently appeared on the music quiz, Never Mind The Buzzcocks. His favorite musicians include Eddie Cochran and Buddy Holly. One of Alfie's pre-Holloways songs, "What's On Your Mind?" was written for his mother.

Bryn Fowler

Bryn Tremayne Fowler is the bassist and backing vocalist. Born June 1982 and originally from Lichfield in Staffordshire, he attended Nether Stowe High School and was in a band called Silverline. Bryn moved to London in 2000 to go to Middlesex University where he got a Degree in Drama and Theatre Arts. He plays Orange bass amps and a Gibson Thunderbird bass. Bryn has been known to smash up his basses at gigs. He has done this on 3 occasions, once in the Leeds Cockpit, once at the Electric Ballroom in Camden and once at the Academy in Oxford which was filmed for rockworld.tv.

Edwin D Harris

Edwin Harris (b. 1987) joined the band in early 2009 as a drummer. He met the band through a mutual friend (Tom 'Barbs' Barber). Originally from Bristol Ed is planning on moving to London to cement his place as a true Holloway. Edwin has been playing drums for 9 years and plays a Shine kit. Since joining the band he has featured on 3 recordings. Before the Holloways he was in a band called Sliced Peach, based in Bristol.

Mike Baker

Mike Baker (b. 1985) joined the band at the same time as Edwin. He is originally from Romford, Havering and met the others through working in a guitar shop. He plays guitar and sings 2nd vocals for the band. Mike is a multi-instrumentalist and has featured on 2 recordings for The Holloways.

Ex-Members

Rob Skipper

Robert Skipper, born December 1985 in Waltham Forest is a guitarist, fiddler and singer. Skipper attended Millfield School in Street, Somerset, Somerset. In June 2003, Rob's previous group The Moulettes formed, then called "Hannah, Ruth and Rob." They first played at the Glastonbury Festival on the Greenpeace stage. Skipper has a cameo on the Larrikin Love album, The Freedom Spark, on which he plays the fiddle for the single "Edwould" and the single "Happy as Annie". At one concert, Skipper reportedly climbed to the top of a ten foot speaker and battered his guitar into pieces. Since September 2008, Skipper has been performing with his side-project, Rob Skipper & The Musical Differences.

Regular Dave

Regular Dave is the former drummer of the band.

Formation

Alfie Jackson and Bryn Fowler established the beginnings of the band and went to a local pub and live music venue on Holloway Road in London called Nambucca. Skipper performed live, A week later, they saw Skipper perform again at the same venue and enjoyed it. They approached him afterwards with an invitation to have a jam session. On October 10, 2004, Skipper and Jackson met back at Nambucca to play. Drummer Dave Danger, who lived above the venue, invited them to play in his room. After an hour, Jackson and Skipper had six songs with guitar and fiddle parts and harmonizing vocals, which they performed. Danger immediately joined the band after hearing them play.

The 2 new members were both introduced to Alfie and Bryn through friends and after a couple of practices they knew they had found a new formula that works just as well if not better than the old one. Mike and Ed are both accomplished musicians who have been impressing crowds at the bands come-back gigs.

Their band name comes from the fact that they all met and decided to form the band on Holloway Road, London, N7.