The Hollow Men (band)

The Hollow Men (band)

The Hollow Men were an indie band from Leeds, England. David Ashmoore (vocal) Choque (guitar) Howard "Howi" Taylor (bass) Brian E Roberts (guitar), Johnny Cragg (drums) and Alan Milne (dancer). Their tours were accompanied by a merry band of revellers calling themselves The Toytown Architects. Between 1985 and 1994 The Hollowmen released four albums and numerous singles.

Starting out as a two piece for the first single "Late Flowering Lust", David Ashmoore and Choque (who was previously in Leeds band Salvation) were joined by bassist Howard Taylor for debut album "Tales Of The Riverbank" released on their own Evensong record label.
The three did another album "The Man Who Would Be King" again on Evensong before drummer Jonny Cragg, who had guested on the album and guitarist Brian E Roberts, a former band mate of Howards when they were in [http://www.myspace.com/thepassmoresisters The Passmore Sisters] together,joined.

They signed to Arista records in 1988 and released their debut single White Train which was a remixed verion of the song that originally appeared on the "The Man Who Would Be King" album. The only album the band made for Arista was Cresta released in 1990. The band split up in 1991.

The album Twisted made up from unreleased, demo and live tracks was released in the US only on November Records in 1994.

After David left new band Buzz Aldrin were formed but did not last long. Jonny went on to drum in the band Spacehog & more recently [http://www.myspace.com/feverhut Fever Hut] & The Twenty Two's, Choque in Mercury Music Nominees Black Star Liner & Sweetblood, Howard and Brian in the band Fever Hut. David has pursued his non musical artisic interests.

[http://www.myspace.com/thehollowmen The Hollowmen on MySpace]

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