Holloway

Holloway is a New Zealand alt-rock band from Wellington, active from 2018 to 2024. It is also described as an alternative rock band from Plymouth, UK, with the name appearing in different contexts across the available information.

Style and associations

The project is linked to a range of genres, including UK garage, alternative metal, metal, rock and progressive music. One description places Holloway within club music, with a sound shaped by swinging drum patterns, low-end rhythms and UKG influences. Another presents the music as progressive and feel-based, with an approach informed by additive time signatures and song hooks.

Releases and labels

Under the Holloway name, music appears on labels including Dr Banana, Instinct, Time Is Now, Sony and Eglo Records. The artist is associated with a focused approach to production and DJ work, with sets and tracks drawing on darker electronic influences.

Related identity

The name Holloway is also linked in the available information to an artist who later uses the name Rich Dissonance, identified as Eric David Holloway from Baltimore, raised on the Eastern Shore and later based in Brooklyn. That profile cites influences including Stone Temple Pilots, Smashing Pumpkins, Pearl Jam, June of 44, Radiohead, Shipping News and Jeff Buckley, and describes a percussion-led progressive style.