Anyone know what happened to Holly Vincent?

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I finally got a copy of Holly and the Italians' The Right to Be Italian -- I haven't heard Vincent's solo thang but hear it bit. I fucking love her voice. Mmmm. Is she working in a car wash or something now? I'll cry.

― Ann Sterzinger (Ann Sterzinger), Tuesday, 19 August 2003 00:06 (twenty-two years ago)

i don't know what holly vincent's doing now, but you oughta buy the tina & the total babes record

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Tuesday, 19 August 2003 03:09 (twenty-two years ago)

Yeah? Same fix?

― Ann Sterzinger (Ann Sterzinger), Tuesday, 19 August 2003 15:15 (twenty-two years ago)

I believe she was in a band called The Oblivious in the early '90's.

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Tuesday, 19 August 2003 15:29 (twenty-two years ago)

I also heard there was a fleeting thought that she could front a Waitresses reunion. (Although that idea was nixed.)

― dave225 (Dave225), Tuesday, 19 August 2003 15:51 (twenty-two years ago)

Thanks... Any chance anyone knows whether the Oblivious were any good?

― Ann Sterzinger (Ann Sterzinger), Tuesday, 19 August 2003 23:34 (twenty-two years ago)

She was also in a band with Jeannette (Concrete Blonde) Napodfghbdhshbvlo, "Vowel Movement" - 1995.

― dave225 (Dave225), Wednesday, 20 August 2003 10:37 (twenty-two years ago)

There was a bit of a revival a few years back, as I recall Nils Bernstein from Matador getting behind a reissue of the album or something and trying to get some press going on them. He had apparently tracked down Holly, so I know she's doing something in NYC...

― Hutlock (Hutlock), Wednesday, 20 August 2003 12:13 (twenty-two years ago)

four years pass...

"Rock Against Romance" just came up on random play. Great Cthulhu what a song!

― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 07:50 (eighteen years ago)

Her cover of I Got You Babe with Joey Ramone was reissued last year. I don't think the Holly & the Italians LP has even been released on CD - although it's not hard to find on vinyl for cheap.

― Colonel Poo, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 08:07 (eighteen years ago)

Anyway, Super Rocket Star came out last year. New album being recorded now.

― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 08:12 (eighteen years ago)

This is pretty stunning: http://youtube.com/watch?v=2aLZnCjD8vQ

― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 08:13 (eighteen years ago)

Wounded Bird was supposed to do a cd reish of The Italians album, but I don't think it happened.

― C. Grisso/McCain, Thursday, 13 March 2008 17:36 (eighteen years ago)

one year passes...

Completely missed that she released an album (Minnesota - California) this year.

― Elvis Telecom, Monday, 21 December 2009 04:43 (sixteen years ago)

five years pass...

I've long loved the Right to Be Italian album, but I'm just now getting into the second one from 1982 that's confusingly released under her own name but titled Holly and The Italians. "Honalu" is one of the most perfect songs I've ever heard!

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 24 July 2015 16:48 (ten years ago)

From Wiki:

In 2013 she was featured vocalist on a release by LA techno artist, Buff Roshi, a cover of her song "Paris." She is collaborating, singing and writing lyrics for Buff Roshi's album for release in 2015.

Not sure I want to hear this

― curmudgeon, Friday, 24 July 2015 17:41 (ten years ago)

Not sure who Buff Roshi is, but I guess I'll give Paris a listen and see if it's bad.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 24 July 2015 17:47 (ten years ago)

It's not bad, it's just weird for something released in 2013 (1993 seems more apt).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjaNnlnaGzE

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 24 July 2015 17:49 (ten years ago)

Like, it definitely falls under the Pizzicato Five(ish) umbrella.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 24 July 2015 17:50 (ten years ago)

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