Hollerado

 ( Musical Groups Established In 2007 ) 

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. Hollerado played the conference showcase in Beijing to kick off its two-week tour of China.

In 2009, Hollerado self-released its debut album Record in a Bag as a free music download. Originally from the band's Demo in a Bag 5. Extended play, In February 2010, music label Royal Mountain Records along with Arts & Crafts re-released Record in a Bag.Gromely, Ian Hollerado are Pro at Exclaim! February 2010. 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. The album has been favourably compared to the music of Supergrass, Stephen Malkmus, and Weezer.

In February 2009, Hollerado embarked on a 28-day "residency tour". The band played "seven bars in seven cities seven days a week", 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.

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.

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." 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.

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. 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."

• Menno Versteeg – guitar, lead vocals
• Nixon Boyd – guitar, vocals
• Dean Baxter – bass, vocals
• Jake Boyd – drums, vocals

• Record in a Bag (2009, re-released 2010)
• White Paint (2013)
• Born Yesterday (2017)
• Retaliation Vacation (2019)

• Demo in a Bag One (2007)
• Demo in a Bag Two (2007)
• Demo in a Bag Three (2007)
• Demo in a Bag Four (2007)
• Demo in a Bag Five (2008)

• Margaritaville 2: The Reckoning (2011)
• 111 Songs (2015)

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