Hollerado

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Hollerado
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Hollerado performing at the Liberation Day festival in The Hague, 2014
Background information
Origin Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Genres
Years active
  • 2007–2019
  • 2024
Labels Royal Mountain Records, Arts and Crafts
MembersDean Baxter
Jake Boyd
Nixon Boyd
Menno Versteeg
Website http://www.hollerado.com/

Hollerado is a Canadian indie rock band from Ottawa, Ontario. Formed in 2007, the band consisted of Menno Versteeg (lead vocals, guitar), Nixon Boyd (lead guitar, backing vocals), Dean Baxter (bass, backing vocals) and Jake Boyd (drums, backing vocals). Hollerado went on to release four studio albums, before disbanding in 2019. They were nominated for awards such as the Juno Award that included Best New Group Award at the 2011 Juno Awards.

Contents

History

2007–2012: Formation & Record in a Bag

Hollerado performing at Burlington's Sound of Music Festival in 2011 Hollerado at BSOMF 2011.jpg
Hollerado performing at Burlington's Sound of Music Festival in 2011

Three of the four members of Hollerado grew up on the same street in Manotick, Ontario, a suburb of Ottawa. Hollerado later recorded and periodically lived in Montreal, Quebec where they gained attention as one of Montreal's "top up-and-coming bands". [1] [2] The line-up includes lead singer and guitarist Menno Versteeg, lead guitarist Nixon Boyd, bassist Dean Baxter, and drummer Jake Boyd. [3] Since its inception in April 2007 [4] the band has shared the stage with hard-rocker Andrew W.K. and Montreal's The Stills and Malajube, and was hand-picked by Jack White to open for his newest group, The Dead Weather. [5] [6] [7] The band has also played festivals such as SXSW, NXNE, Pop Montreal, Rifflandia Music Festival and Sled Island in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. [4] [5] [6]

In April and May 2009, the band accompanied The Stills and other Canadian indie rock delegates to the TransmitCHINA conference, an event established to promote cultural and musical exchange between the Asian and Canadian music markets. [8] [9] Hollerado played the conference showcase in Beijing to kick off its two-week tour of China. [8]

In 2009, Hollerado self-released its debut album Record in a Bag as a free digital download. [10] Originally from the band's Demo in a Bag 5. EP, [11] In February 2010, music label Royal Mountain Records along with Arts & Crafts re-released Record in a Bag. [12] The album's lead single "Americanarama" drew press for its music video starring The Kids in the Hall comedian Dave Foley in a parody of American Apparel founder and CEO Dov Charney. [2] [13] [14] The album has been favourably compared to the music of Supergrass, Stephen Malkmus, and Weezer. [10] [14] [15]

In February 2009, Hollerado embarked on a 28-day "residency tour". [16] The band played "seven bars in seven cities seven days a week", [1] visiting T.T. The Bears in Boston, Piano's in New York City, Pipeline Gas Bar in Lacolle, Quebec, Casbah in Hamilton, Sneaky Dee's in Toronto, Cafe Dekcuf in Ottawa, and Barfly in Montreal. [13]

In 2010, Hollerado toured with Free Energy throughout the United States and Canada, as headliner in their home country and as support act in the US. Many of these concerts featured both bands on stage aiding each other in backup vocals on their own songs, and covers of Bruce Springsteen and Neil Young.

In 2011, the band was nominated for the Best New Group Award at the 2011 Juno Awards.

2013–2018: White Paint, 111 Songs & Born Yesterday

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Hollerado performing at Rock the Hills in 2014

On February 26, 2013, the band released their second LP, White Paint, leading with the single "Pick Me Up". The album "finds Hollerado sticking to their guns by packing their songs with instantly hummable choruses and six-string riffs aplenty," but although the band didn't opt for any huge sound changes for their second album, White Paint "is a more intricately wrought and emotionally complex record than the feel-good Record in a Bag ". [17] The track "So It Goes", along with its accompanying video, garnered attention for its historical and emotional story that involved the sparing of lead singer Menno's grandfather's life during World War II. [18]

In January 2015 Hollerado began releasing tracks for their ambitious 111 Songs project, leading with the single "Firefly". The project stemmed from a release package ordered by fans of their previous record White Paint on which Hollerado has 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." [19] 111 Songs actually resulted in two years of work on the songs, dedicated to those fans and is stepping stone to the band's third full-length album.

On January 6, 2017, Hollerado's first single from their third studio album "Born Yesterday" was released. In February and March, they toured the UK with fellow Canadian pop punk outfit, Sum 41 on their "Don't Call It A Sum-Back Tour". Born Yesterday was released on 14 April 2017.

2019: Retaliation Vacation and disbandment

On February 20, 2019, Hollerado announced via a press release that they would be parting ways after releasing one last self-produced album, entitled "Retaliation Vacation", and embarking on a final tour titled The One Last Time Tour. [20] [21]

The band played their final shows on December 11, 12 and 13 at the Danforth Music Hall along with an exclusive final performance at the Horseshoe Tavern in Toronto, Canada on December 14, 2019. [22] Corey van den Hoogenband from Exclaim, cited their final performance at the Danforth Music Hall as "the perfect goodbye after a decade full of confetti, white paint and peace signs." [23]

2024: Reunion

On February 15, 2024, the band announced that they will be reuniting to support Tokyo Police Club's final shows in Toronto, which is set to take place on November 26 and 27, 2024. [24]

Awards and nominations

Juno Awards

YearNominee / workAwardResult
2011 HolleradoBest New GroupNominated
2012 Hollerado - Good Day At The RacesVideo of the YearNominated
2014 Hollerado - White PaintRecording Package of the YearNominated

[25] [26] [27]

Sirius XM Indie Awards

YearNominee / workAwardResult
2012HolleradoLive Artist/Group Or Duo of the YearNominated
2014HolleradoLive Artist/Group Or Duo of the YearWon
2014HolleradoArtist/Group Or Duo of the YearNominated
2014Hollerado - So It GoesVideo of the YearNominated

[28]

Edge 102 CASBY Awards

YearNominee / workAwardResult
2013HolleradoFavourite Sugar Beach SessionWon

[29]

Members

Discography

Albums

Demos

Other releases

Singles

YearSongChart peakAlbum
CAN
Alt
[30] [31] [32] [33] [34] 		CAN
Rock
[35] [36]
2010"Americanarama"1331Record in a Bag
"Juliette"610
2011"Got to Lose"1837
"Good Day at the Races"722Margaritaville 2: The Reckoning
2012"Pick Me Up"318White Paint
2013"So It Goes"523
2014"Desire 126"1634
2015"Firefly"321111 Songs
2017"Born Yesterday"36Born Yesterday
"I Got You"1028
2018"Eloise"—38
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.
"×" denotes periods where charts did not exist or were not archived.

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