Tom Holliston
Tom Holliston is a Canadian punk rock musician. Primarily associated with the bands Nomeansno and The [Hanson Brothers |The Hanson Brothers], he also leads the side project Showbusiness Giants, and has released four solo records since 2002.
Showbusiness Giants, a rotating collective of musicians which included Scott Henderson, John Wright, Andy Kerr, Carolyn Mark, Ken Kempster, Keith Rose, and Ford Pier, became best known for the single "I've Got a Crush on Wendy Mesley", from the album Let's Have a Talk With the Dead, which was a hit on Canada's campus radio charts in 1995.
For touring in support of Why Do They [Call Me Mr. Happy?], Nomeansno hired Holliston to replace Andy Kerr. Holliston went on to become their full-time guitarist. The first Nomeansno album to feature Holliston was The Worldhood of [the World ], released in 1995. Holliston announced his departure from the band in August 2016. One month later, on September 24, John Wright announced the band's official retirement.
Discography
Solo
- Tom Holliston and His Opportunists
- I Want You To Twist With Me
- Boy in Tub; Rabbit
- ''Rotherhithe''
with Showbusiness Giants
- Gold Love
- The Benevolent Horn
- I Thought It Was a Fig
- Maybe It's Just Me
- Let's Have a Talk With the Dead
- Will There Be Corn?
- ''Self-Aggrandizement Keeps Us Going''
with Nomeansno
- The Worldhood of the World
- Would We Be Alive?
- In the Fishtank 1
- Dance of the Headless Bourgeoisie
- One
- Generic Shame
- All Roads Lead to Ausfahrt
- Tour EP 1
- ''Tour EP 2''