John Angus "Jack" Holt, also known by his alias Jock Cheese, is an Australian musician primarily known for being a founding member and bassist of Melbourne alternative band

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. Holt's band The Collaborators released their self-titled debut album in 2019 after a crowdfunding campaign.

History

Early years

According to an interview with Holt in 2018, he began his musical career when he was very young, being taught to play piano by his music teacher. After his teacher realised he " asnot into iano, she gave him a ukulele to play. She later taught him guitar. In 1982, Holt met

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and Eugene Cester. Seeing that Holt played guitar, the three formed TISM together. The band needed a bass player, so he switched from guitar to bass, a decision he was not happy with.

TISM (''1982–2004'') (''2022–present'')

Holt was a founding member of TISM, a pseudonymous alternative rock band formed in Melbourne in 1982. He performed under the pseudonym "Jock Cheese" as a bassist, guitarist and backing vocalist. TISM produced "over 100 songs", and in December 1983 performed their first concert in

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, Melbourne. The gig was considered by the band as a "commercial and artistic failure", causing the band to briefly break up. TISM reformed in 1984, bringing on vocalist

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and releasing a self titled demo album. TISM continued releasing records to small-scale success, briefly signing with

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in 1991, with guitarist Leak Van Vlalen leaving the band and being replaced by Tokin' Blackman. In 1995, ''

Machiavelli and the Four Seasons ''Machiavelli and the Four Seasons'' is the third studio album by the Australian rock group TISM (This Is Serious Mum). It was released on 4 May 1995. Background and release TISM worked on what would become their next album at Metropolis Audi ...

'' was released to commercial success, winning the

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award for best independent release. The band continued performing and releasing albums under independent label Shock Records until 2004, when the band performed at the Earthcore festival and split shortly thereafter. TISM were quiet for near two decades, with re-release campaigns in the meantime, until June 2022, when the band announced their reunion. In December of the same year, they performed three shows at the Goodthings festival, with Holt as bassist.

Jock Cheese (''2002–2003'')

In 2002, Holt released his solo album, "'' Platter''", with some tracks co-written by

and

of TISM, under his pseudonym Jock Cheese.

The Collaborators (''2018–present'')

In 2018, Holt announced a new band with musician Matt Jeffrey, The Collaborators, and started a crowdfunding campaign on

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for a self-titled debut album. The campaign raised AU$7500 of the $7400 required by the end of the year, and the album was released in October 2019. The band performed live for an album launch on 26 October at the Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood.

Discography

TISM

Jock Cheese

The Collaborators

References

External links

Bandcamp
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