Hollis Brown

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Hollis Brown is an American modern Rock 'n' Rolll band. The band was formed by Queens-natives and songwriters Mike Montali (lead vocals/guitar) and Jonathan Bonilla (lead guitar). Both 2nd-generation immigrants (Italian-American and Puerto Rican-American, respectively), they soon found their musical brethren across America. The band has achieved a significant amount of success since their formation in 2009. They have toured extensively in America and Europe, headlining and supporting such bands as The Counting Crows, Citizen Cope, The Zombies, Jackie Greene, Heartless Bastards, Rich Robinson of Black Crowes, and Jesse Malin, and building an impressive fan base on both continents.

"We really feel like the last of the big American rock bands," Montali explains. "When you play rock music, it's always a kind of hurdle not to be considered a retro band or a throwback band because someone is always trying to put you in a box or define you. You are always compared to another artist, an other band - - which is usually great, but they are also ... old ... I think we want to make a statement that rock music can still be made in a modern way, just as well as some of those acts from the past "