Alex Holderness
Building on emotional writing, crafty cynicism and melodic, yet melancholy verse Alex Holderness offers listeners an unusual glimpse into an unusual world. He brings to his lyrical pallet the grinding worlds of Capital Hill and Wall Street, and the fanatical, yet uninspiring world of the dot-comers. His songs suggest a man tormented by the need to verbally communicate in a world of deaf ears.
Alex quickly and effectively rips through your personal past with his softly persuasive, yet deeply mourning tone. This is one writer who's pain and pleasure you will feel; his music will take you deep inside yourself to feelings both sublime and dreadful.
Confident and curious in lyric, strong and melodic in song, Holderness' music finds home with both the angst and splendor of youth and emotional longing of growing up.
Tell me about your history? How did you get where you are now?
Currently residing in San Francisco but hailing originally from Minneapolis, MN, Alex Holderness has made his way around the country; stopping just long enough to understand the local scene and then move on to the next place. The formative years of this singer/songwriters youth were spent listening to Punk and Hardcore bands. Husker Du, Soul Asylum and The Replacements were staples in his tape collection. Development as a writer began with the influences of Bob Dylan and Peter Gabriel and progressed through the early 1990s when the next generation of underground took over the mainstream. By this time, Holderness and his bands were comfortably established in the underground college genre and that same melodic, soul filled songwriting is present today. Always reflective and constantly challenging his own understanding of life and the world around him, Holderness songs are true to their spirit and easy to listen to over and over again. Add this to his spectacular ability to connect with the audience during live solo performances makes Alex Holderness a unique and promising artist for the future.
Have you performed live in front of an audience? Any special memories?
Please visit www.alexholderness.com, live events tab.
Your musical influences
Bob Dylan, Peter Gabriel, Paul Westerberg, Pink Floyd, Soul Asylum, Tom Waits, Mike Ness,
