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Holly and the Woods
8+ albums
hard rockfemale vocalalt. rock
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Band Members: Melissa Conradie (vocals) Craig Henning (rhythm guitar) Gary Ashford (bass) Lee-Jaime Havenga (drums) Darren Drawbridge (lead guitar) Ferocious songs with killer hooks and lyrics that swiftly snag you in all the right places is the defining feature of the debut album from South African five-piece Holly and The Woods, when it was released on 08-08-08. Titled ‘So I Rage’ the album was anticipated for some time by the group’s growing fanbase who’d been tracking the group’s trajectory up the homegrown rock scene over the past few years. It also marked the entrance into the South African record scene of a polished, powerful hard rock group whose songs and execution could sit happily alongside the best global releases in its genre. “We’ve worked long and hard for this moment, and wanted our first album to really be something that we are proud of,” vocalist and co-songwriter, Melissa Conradie revealed. Working towards that had entailed some serious time in rehearsal, a single-minded approach to the craft of songwriting, as much live work as they can get - and Matthew Fink. Fink – a member of Indie Rockers “The Black Hotels” – is rapidly evolving into one of the country’s most forward-thinking rock producers with a deep and varied knowledge of the genre to draw on when it comes to fine-tuning a band’s sound. “The instant I heard what Matt had done on The Sick Leaves album I knew that he would be the right producer for our band,” Conradie says. Initially the band
