Hollerado
Hollerado was an indie rock band which formed in Manotick, Ontario, Canada … Read Full Bio ↴Hollerado was an indie rock band which formed in Manotick, Ontario, Canada in 2007. The band consists of Menno Versteeg (vocals, guitar), Nixon Boyd (guitar), Dean Baxter (bass) and Jake Boyd (drums).
During the early years of the band, many demos were recorded and ripped to CDs which were often distributed for free. The demos were titled “Demo in a Bag” and the name references the fact that the CDs were “distributed” in plastic bags with homemade confetti.
In 2009, they self-released their debut album Record in a Bag in 2009 as a free download on their website. The name of their debut references their string of demos. Later that year, the band entered and won a “battle of the bands” contest in Ottawa, Ontario which was hosted by a local radio station. With the $250,000 prize money, the band reissued their self-released debut and formed Royal Mountain Records. Royal Mountain Records has since helped launch the career of other Toronto, Ontario artists such as PUP and Alvvays.
In 2011, the band was nominated for the Best New Group Award at the Canadian music awards show the 2011 Juno Awards, but lost out to Said the Whale
On February 26, 2013, the band released their second LP, White Paint. The pre-order sales of this album lead to the ambitious 111 Songs project which was eventually released in 2015. At the time, Hollerado stated "as part of the deal we would write them a custom song. The idea was the person would send us their name and where they were from and two facts about themselves, and a few months later we would send them a song we wrote for them”. The band sold over 100 of these packages before they realized the tremendous amount of work all these original songs would be. “111 Songs” actually resulted in two years of work on the songs and many of the songs were used in the band's third full-length album Born Yesterday which was released in 2017.
In early 2019, Hollerado announced the group would be disbanding following one last album and tour. Retaliation Vacation was released later that year and the band embarked on a final tour titled The One Last Time Tour. The band played their final shows on December 11th-13th at the Danforth Music Hall with a final performance at the Horseshoe Tavern in Toronto on December 14, 2019.
Since the disbandment, frontman Menno Versteeg (vocals, guitar) has joined the Canadian supergroup Anyway Gang and released some music under the moniker Mav Karlo. Jake Boyd (drums) is part of the newly formed supergroup Girlfriend Material. Nixon Boyd (guitar) is an additional guitarist/tour guitarist in “Anyway Gang” and is credited as as a producer/composer on many albums/songs from bands signed under Royal Mountain Records.
During the early years of the band, many demos were recorded and ripped to CDs which were often distributed for free. The demos were titled “Demo in a Bag” and the name references the fact that the CDs were “distributed” in plastic bags with homemade confetti.
In 2009, they self-released their debut album Record in a Bag in 2009 as a free download on their website. The name of their debut references their string of demos. Later that year, the band entered and won a “battle of the bands” contest in Ottawa, Ontario which was hosted by a local radio station. With the $250,000 prize money, the band reissued their self-released debut and formed Royal Mountain Records. Royal Mountain Records has since helped launch the career of other Toronto, Ontario artists such as PUP and Alvvays.
In 2011, the band was nominated for the Best New Group Award at the Canadian music awards show the 2011 Juno Awards, but lost out to Said the Whale
On February 26, 2013, the band released their second LP, White Paint. The pre-order sales of this album lead to the ambitious 111 Songs project which was eventually released in 2015. At the time, Hollerado stated "as part of the deal we would write them a custom song. The idea was the person would send us their name and where they were from and two facts about themselves, and a few months later we would send them a song we wrote for them”. The band sold over 100 of these packages before they realized the tremendous amount of work all these original songs would be. “111 Songs” actually resulted in two years of work on the songs and many of the songs were used in the band's third full-length album Born Yesterday which was released in 2017.
In early 2019, Hollerado announced the group would be disbanding following one last album and tour. Retaliation Vacation was released later that year and the band embarked on a final tour titled The One Last Time Tour. The band played their final shows on December 11th-13th at the Danforth Music Hall with a final performance at the Horseshoe Tavern in Toronto on December 14, 2019.
Since the disbandment, frontman Menno Versteeg (vocals, guitar) has joined the Canadian supergroup Anyway Gang and released some music under the moniker Mav Karlo. Jake Boyd (drums) is part of the newly formed supergroup Girlfriend Material. Nixon Boyd (guitar) is an additional guitarist/tour guitarist in “Anyway Gang” and is credited as as a producer/composer on many albums/songs from bands signed under Royal Mountain Records.
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Hollerado Lyrics
Americanarama Hey Philadelphia you used to exist As a city in the…
Born Yesterday I had my head Kicked in by a wild love And it…
Brick Wall Erse 1] Daddy has a farm down in Mexcio Mommy does a…
Desire 126 Oh how she love the smell of dandelions She dad to…
Do The Doot Da Doot Doo JD lives on my street, stole his fathers car Drove it…
Don't Shake When you find somebody to love And they give you the…
Don't Think (Verse) I remember the time late at spring we went to…
Eloise She's got house plants to keep her company Bought her a…
Fake Drugs Fake (oooh) drugs (oooh) Get yourself that stereo Down (oo…
Firefly blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah…
Fresno Chunk Oh won’t you search with me up through the mountain Digging…
Good Day At The Races In my bedroom there are books on architecture Bury myself in…
Got To Lose Sunday morn has a-broken Like a whip on my back And we…
Grief Money Our water′s black, and our pockets are filthy Let's cut anot…
Hollerado Land Hollllll-er-adooooooo When you take a trip Better not take a…
I Want My Medicine (Verse) I found you all alone I listened loud to that I…
Juliette She's got houseplants, To keep her company. I bought her a g…
Lonesome George Talk slow my love This weary heart don’t hear so good We…
On My Own There′s a town in southern Georgia where the sun sets…
Pick Me Up (Verse) When I'm giving a encore, my notebook expedition Whe…
Pure Emotion (Verse) Pure emotion is signing up for service Just to get s…
Reno Chunk That mean old casino Clean my pants and hold 'em out…
So It Goes (Verse) I wrote about the speed of sound The say that you…
Straight to Hell There is a place Some say I'm going to Where they put…
Thanks For The Venom (Verse) Met you in a dog town, I was leaving out…
Too Much To Handle (Verse) Another week where I wanna try stealing Air with som…
Wonder Velocity Charlie And Me (Verse) I had a dream we were standing in a grand…
Wonder, Velocity, Charlie and Me I had a dream we were standing in a grand…