2. • Mary Holden
• From Harborne, Birmingham
• Educated at average state school/college
• Her music and tastes are ‘Grungey indie’
• The Jam, Nirvana, Hole, Babes In Toyland, L7, Wolf Alice
• Her aesthetic is leather, glitter, long black hair, grunge style, loud
• Self taught guitarist, local gigs around town, used to be in band called State until
unfortunate breakup
• Her songs include ’45’ ‘Real Men’ ‘Drown Soda’ ‘Quiet Room’
• Stage clothes are statement fashion, dark colours, dark make up. Fits in with personal
style.
• Her past gigs of interest include a slot at Reading, headline tour in small club type
venues that sold out
• Her goals include getting to tour with Babes In Toyland, L7 or other heroes
• One secret of hers is that she hooked up with Eric from Hole one time
• The highlight of her youth was seeing Courtney Love live, it was the best gig she’s
been to
• Some lyrics include ‘Thurston and Kim rip into him’ ‘wait until everyone is hooked’.
She regularly namechecks artists to pay homage to them.
MARY MAY HOLDEN PROFILE FOR ARTICLE
