Holly Golightly
For the record: Holly Golightly was born Holly Golightly Smith, in the midst of Swinging London, in 1966. Yes, her mother really did have the wildly prescient foresight to name her daughter after the prostitute in Truman Capote’s arch Breakfast at Tiffany’s, ensuring that Holly would have an all-time great rock ‘n’ roll moniker. However, Holly still had to begin her path to stardom in relative anonymity. Her boyfriend Bruce Brand was the drummer in Thee Headscoatees, which was a mostly female subset of Billy Childish’s primary band, Thee Headcoats, in which Brand was also the drummer. Thee Headcoats had been founded in 1989 by Childish and Brand, but Childish was as adept at writing three-chord garage rock as he was at... Read More
- City Of Origin:
- England, United Kingdom
- Genre:
- Rock, Alternative/Indie, Garage Rock, Garage Punk
- Birthdate:
- 1966
