Lazlo Hollyfeld is an American

art rock Art rock is a subgenre of rock music that generally reflects a challenging or avant-garde approach to rock, or which makes use of modernist, experimental, or unconventional elements. Art rock aspires to elevate rock from entertainment to an art ...

band from

Buffalo, New York Buffalo is the second-largest city in the U.S. state of New York (behind only New York City) and the seat of Erie County. It is at the eastern end of Lake Erie, at the head of the Niagara River, and is across the Canadian border from South ...

.
-

History

The band was formed in winter 2003 in

. The bass guitarist, Chris Gangarossa, and the

keyboard player A keyboardist or keyboard player is a musician who plays keyboard instruments. Until the early 1960s musicians who played keyboards were generally classified as either pianists or organists. Since the mid-1960s, a plethora of new musical instr ...

, Scott Molloy, began focusing on creating instrumental sound based on rhythms and textures. After the addition of the guitarist, Jeff Mcleod, and the drummer, Matt Felski, Lazlo Hollyfeld began becoming popular in the underground scene in

upstate New York Upstate New York is a geographic region consisting of the area of New York State that lies north and northwest of the New York City metropolitan area. Although the precise boundary is debated, Upstate New York excludes New York City and Long Is ...

. The band's name is a reference to the character played by Jon Gries in the 1985 film, '' Real Genius'', starring

Val Kilmer Val Edward Kilmer (born December 31, 1959) is an American actor. Originally a stage actor, Kilmer found fame after appearances in comedy films, starting with ''Top Secret!'' (1984) and ''Real Genius'' (1985), as well as the military action film ...

. The band's first album, ''Our Universe is Feeding'', was released in 2004. In late 2005, the group released ''The Pacer'' EP. Lazlo Hollyfeld played two extended United States concert tours, including appearances at

South by Southwest South by Southwest, abbreviated as SXSW and colloquially referred to as South By, is an annual conglomeration of parallel film, interactive media, and music festivals and Convention (meeting), conferences organized jointly that take place in m ...

and two nights at The Boom Boom Room in

San Francisco San Francisco (; Spanish language, Spanish for "Francis of Assisi, Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the List of Ca ...

with Mike Clark and Robert Walters. In 2006 they released their second album, ''Sailfish.'' In November 2007, the band finished recording its third release, ''Elimination'', and the fourth album, ''Desert'', a concept album released on May 29, 2010.

Discography

Albums and EPs

*''Our Universe Is Feeding'' (2004) *''The Pacer'' EP (2005) *''Sailfish'' (2006) *''Elimination'' (2007) *''Desert'' (2010)

References

External links

*
Lazlo Hollyfeld
at ''SoundCloud'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Hollyfeld, Lazlo American post-rock groups Musical groups from Buffalo, New York