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The Black Hollies
The Black Hollies
Origin	Jersey City, New Jersey, United States
Genres	Neo-Psychedelia; Space Rock; Garage Rock; Noise Pop; Alternative Rock
Years active	2005–present
Labels	Ernest Jenning
Members	Justin Angelo Morey; Herbert Joseph Wiley V; Jon Gonnelli; Nick Ferrante
Past members	Scott Bolasci

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The Black Hollies are an American rock band from Jersey City, New Jersey. The Black Hollies were founded in 2005 by three members of the band Rye Coalition.^[1]

Members

Current

Justin Angelo Morey - lead vocals, guitar, synthesizer, stylophone, harmonica, bass,
Jon Gonnelli - keyboards, guitar, lead vocals on, "Eyes of Mermaide"
Herb Wiley - guitar, electric sitar, back-up vocals
Nick Ferrante - drums, percussion

Former

Scott Bolasci - drums

Discography

Albums

Crimson Reflections (Ernest Jenning, 2006)
Casting Shadows (Ernest Jenning, 2008)
Softly Towards the Light (Ernest Jenning, 2009)
"Somewhere Between Here And Nowhere" (Ernest Jenning, 2013)

Singles

"Tell Me What You Want" b/w "Tired Of Being Lonely" (Ernest Jenning 2005)
"Paisley Pattern Ground" b/w "Hold Tight(Go Out Of Your Mind)" (Dead Flowers 2008)
"Gloomy Monday Morning" b/w "Heart Of The Country"(Safety Meeting 2009)

Split releases

The Black Hollies/Dansettes split 45: "Hush" b/w "Forty Days"(Ernest Jenning 2007)

Compilation albums

The Black Hollies contributed their version of Paul McCartney's classic, "Heart Of The Country" on Tom Scharpling's Best Show on WFMU's Ram tribute album.

Television and film placements

Their debut single "Tell Me What You Want" was placed in a Dell computer advertisement in 2008.

Some other song placements:
"Can't Stop These Tears (From Falling)" - Vampire Diaries
"Everything's Fine" - Trauma
"Paisley Pattern Ground" - Ugly Betty
"Tell Me What You Want" - Rescue Me
"Paisley Pattern Ground" - Reaper
"That Little Girl" - Around
"Gloomy Monday Morning", "Running Through My Mind", "Paisley Pattern Ground" - The Virginity Hit
"Paisley Pattern Ground", "That Little Girl" - Greek
"Paisley Pattern Ground" - IBM
"Tell Me What You Want" - Dell
"Paisely Pattern Ground" - Burton Snowboards "The Liftline"
"Running Through My Mind" - IBM / Harley Davidson

References

^ Black Hollies. "Black Hollies | Music Biography, Credits and Discography". AllMusic. Retrieved 2013-10-18.

[amg-1] Black Hollies. "Black Hollies | Music Biography, Credits and Discography". AllMusic. Retrieved 2013-10-18.

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 '''The Black Hollies''' are an American [[Rock music|rock]] band from [[Jersey City]], [[New Jersey]].  The Black Hollies were founded in 2005 by three members of the band [[Rye Coalition]].<ref name=amg>{{cite web|author=Black Hollies |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/black-hollies-mn0000531853 |title=Black Hollies &#124; Music Biography, Credits and Discography |publisher=AllMusic |date= |accessdate=2013-10-18}}</ref>
-==History==
-Part of the impetus behind the formation of the group was contractual difficulties Rye Coalition was having with labels.<ref name=craw>[http://www.crawdaddy.com/index.php/2010/03/22/crimson-reflections-the-story-of-the-black-hollies/ Crimson Reflections: The Story of the Black Hollies]. ''[[Crawdaddy!]]'', March 22, 2010.{{dead link|date=October 2013}}</ref> [[Ernest Jenning]] released the group's first 45rpm record, "Tell Me What You Want" in late 2005 shortly after the band completed the recording for their first full length. The band played their first SXSW show in March 2006. Their debut album, Crimson Reflections, was released shortly after on April 18, 2006.  The band then embarked on a mini-tour of the East Coast with long time friend Neil McAneny, serving as tour manager and security guard. The group continued to play throughout the metropolitan area constantly and managed to support; [[Joan Jett]], [[Blue Cheer]], [[Detroit Cobras]], [[The Greenhornes]] and [[Ted Leo and the Pharmacists]]. In late 2006, Justin Angelo Morey joined friends, The Dansettes on bass and continued playing in both groups until the Summer of 2007 when the Dansettes disbanded. The Black Hollies began recording demos recorded on a boom box while rehearsing in Journal Square section of [[Jersey City]].In January 2007, guitarist Jon Gonnelli relocated to Los Angeles. Local shows around this period were  performed as a trio. Andy Pierce, drummer for The Dansettes filled in on drums for the band's 2007 SXSW performance. Justin Angelo Morey introduced his home made 4-track demos to Wiley and Bolasci. With childhood friend Mike Olear behind the mobile recording console, basic rhythm tracks were recorded throughout the Winter at Scott Bolasci's house. Gonnelli flew back from Los Angeles to record his tracks. On Sunday May 27, 2007, the final mixes for Casting Shadows were completed at Dead Verse Studio in Union City, NJ. Around this time a split 45rpm from The Black Hollies and The Dansettes was released on [[Ernest Jenning]]. The split contains a cover version of [[Joe South]]'s "Hush" which features members of The Dansettes. In June 2007, drummer and founding member Scott Bolasci departed  on good terms with the group and to this day still remains extremely close with all current members. Nicholas Ferrante replaced Scott Bolasci and Gonnelli moved back to New Jersey to pursue The Black Hollies full time.  In August 2007, Justin Angelo Morey joined the Nouvellas( Contains former members of The Dansettes. Justin Angelo remained a member until May 2008). At the beginning of 2008 The Black Hollies toured the United States and returned to Austin, TX for [[SXSW]]. Their follow up LP, Casting Shadows was officially released on March 11, 2008.<ref name=amg/> The band would spend the majority of 2008 on the road throughout North America.
-''Softly Towards the Light'' was released on October in 2009.<ref name=craw/>
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