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About Me

Formed in the winter of 2002 by local music scene veteran, Mike Holloway, The HMV Band were born to bring a new edge and originality to the field of Classic Rock/Blues. The founder members were joined by Gran Torino drummer Tom Vallings and started gigging in January of 2003. Over the last four years The HMV Band have brought their own form of emotive Blues and driving Rock music to numerous venues across the Midlands and are regarded as one of the premier live acts in the area. Now with a flexible line-up including some of the finest musicians in the midlands, they can tailor their performances to specific audiences and venues, varying from acoustic classics like To Be With You by Mr. Big, to My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama by Frank Zappa.The standard 120 minutes set includes songs from;
Jimi Hendrix, Cream, Bad Company, Free, Rolling Stones, Beatles, Fleetwood Mac, Bryan Adams, Whitesnake, Bon Jovi, Queen and many more!For bookings and information... Email: [email protected] or
Call LJ on 07966 446223
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Member Since: 11/28/2005
Band Website: thehmvband.com
Band Members: Lead Guitar and Vocals - Mike Holloway
Drums and Percussion - Jason Chambers, Tom Vallings, David Falshaw, Stuart Ball, Leyton Burgess, Ben Millington, Andy Cains, Gaz Ayres
Bass Guitar - Paul Wright, Max McKee, Mick Keefe, David Falshaw, Callum Duggan
Keyboards - Marc Swain Manager - Laura-Jayne Angeloff
Influences: The bands sound is shaped by their love of diverse genres, both personally and within the band line-up. Their driving rock sound is very similar to that of classic American R&B based bands such as Georgia Satellites and ZZ Top, blended with the precision and musicianship of highly influential bands such as Mr. Big and Steve Vai. On the flip side of HMV is the soulful blues and acoustic playing of Mike Holloway who takes his influences from old school legends such as Peter Green, Paul Kossoff and BB King. This again is counter pointed with his love of players like Paul Gilbert, Steve Vai and other speed merchants to perfectly display the bands capability to move from their softer side which of such songs as the Fleetwood Mac classic Need Your Love So Bad, to the searing legato guitar phrasing of Frank Zappas My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama with equal levels of conviction and emotion!Get Your Own! | View Slideshow
Sounds Like: Nothing else on the planet and different every week!
Type of Label: None

My Blog

HMV News update...

Well it’s been a long time since I’ve done a blog but after last weekend I thought it was about time! First of all I’d like to thank all the venues, band members and followers who&rs...
Posted by Mike Holloways HMV Band on Fri, 28 Mar 2008 02:19:00 PST

Mucho's busyness!

Well it's been a hectic couple of weeks with the rebranding of the band and also with gigs from my busy self! Hope you all like the new look logo's and my pretentious new band name! I figure as I'm th...
Posted by Mike Holloways HMV Band on Mon, 11 Sep 2006 08:34:00 PST

Ouch! What a weekend!

Thanks to everyone who's supported us over the last week and out fairly hectic gigging schedule with some people making it to 3 out of the 4 in 4 days! Friday night was great but Saturday was somethin...
Posted by Mike Holloways HMV Band on Mon, 27 Feb 2006 04:08:00 PST

Monday comedown

Well, what a fanctastic weekend. My fingers are bloody killing me, as is my voice but 3 days and 3 gigs, I can't complain! Special notes for the Dun Cow and The Railway which were particuarly storming...
Posted by Mike Holloways HMV Band on Mon, 06 Feb 2006 01:37:00 PST

Acoustic Set

We did our full acoustic set for the first time last night at The Bear in Bridgnorth as part of the new Bridgnorth Music Club Jam nights (http://www.bridgnorthmusicclub.co.uk/ for details). We al...
Posted by Mike Holloways HMV Band on Thu, 26 Jan 2006 03:53:00 PST