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The Hollow Men

Named after a famous poem by T.S. Elliot, The Hollow Men were an indie rock band from Leeds, UK. The line-up included David Ashmoore (AKA David Owen) on vocals, Choque Hosein & Brian E. Roberts on guitar, Howard Taylor on bass and Jonny Cragg on drums. Starting out as a 2-piece, Ashemoore & Hosein released the single "Late Flowering Lust" in 1985 on their own label Evensong. They then enlisted Taylor as bassist for the recording of their debut album 'Tales Of The Riverbank'. Upon recording their follow-up "The Man Who Would Be King" the trio brought in Cragg (who had guested on the debut on drums) and Brian E. Roberts, who had previously performed with Taylor in The Passmore Sisters. With the band's roster now complete they found themselves signed to Arista Records in 1988 where they would release the single "White Train", a remixed version of the track found on their 2nd album and was the first time the group would appear on CD format. In 1990 the group released their 3rd album 'Cresta'. It included the singles "The Moons A Balloon", "November Song" and "Pantera Rosa" (listed as "Pink Panther" on the cover art). In 1991 the band split up. Cragg later joined up with the alt. glam outfit [a316068], while Hosein stayed in the UK and found success as part of the electro trio [a9254]. In 1994 a promo to the unreleased 4th album "Twisted", which was made up of demos & live tracks, was released in the US under November Records.