Holme (band)

Holme
Holme playing at the Royal Manor South in Wall, NJ in 1977
Background information
Origin	West Orange, New Jersey, U.S.
Genres	Pop rock Rock Alternative rock Dance-rock
Years active	1970–present
Labels	Thin Ice
Website	Official Holme Website
Members	Bobby Bandiera (vocals, guitar) Billy Coleman (guitar, vocals) Kip Conner (lead vocals, bass) Frank "Puggy" DeRosa (vocals, guitar) Harry Filkin (vocals, guitar) Danny Gralick (vocals, keyboards) Joel Krauss (vocals, guitar) Tom Labella (saxophone) Mark Mazur (vocals, guitar) Joe Mingori (vocals, B-3 and Wurlitzer electric piano) Billy Morris (guitar, vocals) Mike Peccatiello (guitar, vocals) Marc Ribler (guitar, vocals) Vinnie Santoro (keyboards) Peter Schulle (keyboard) Frank Sementa (drums)

Holme is a popular pop-rock band from West Orange, New Jersey that dominated the New Jersey dance/rock club scene in the 1970s and 1980s. The band describes itself as a "mainstream" rock band and has been described as a "legendary bar band" and "legendary Shore party band."

Although the members' musical influences vary, most credit the Beatles as an important musical influence. Frank Sementa (drums), was influenced by watching Arthur Godfrey's TV show and listening to his parents' Glenn Miller and McGuire Sisters records. Keyboardist Danny Gralick, from Belmar and Philadelphia, who had played for Jim Croce for a time, was inspired by Buddy Greco. Guitarist Joel Krauss, who was from Brooklyn, originally played the French Horn, but switched to guitar because it was more popular with his peers. Krauss was a cab driver when he saw the ad for a guitarist. Krauss later quit the band for a while, but rejoined the band later.

Bobby Bandiera, who is also from Orange, NJ, and was already playing guitar nearly every night at the Jersey Shore, dropped out of school (but earned his GED) to join Holme when he was only 16 years old. He was soon was making more money than his parents combined. Bandiera later joined Cats on a Smooth Surface, the Stone Pony's popular house band, which was founded by former Holme members Joel Krauss (father of Alexis Krauss, front women for Sleigh Bells) and Harry Filkin.Cats' other members included Glen Burtnick (who later joined Styx), Fran Smith (later in The Hooters), and Ray Andersen (who joined Meat Loaf). In addition, Springsteen sometimes jammed with Cats. Bandiera went on to play with Southside Johnny and Bon Jovi.