Us-Holes

Us-Holes was a duo consisting of Shawn Rolton and Simon Howie, with the two of them trading instruments. Their existence was short-lived, lasting only a matter of months over 1995.

Both Rolton and Howie had shared time in a number of nameless high school bands with Dean Brown and Richard Whyte, members of Negative Eh, plus various other members. They would also go on to play together with the infamous Jimmy Smint and the Artwank Crew, with Rolton playing as Shawn Porn and Howie as Symon Pymen.

The Us-Holes’ sole live appearance was at a high school assembly at Fairfield College, where Rolton was a student, and their only recorded document was the “Make Funny Noises” cassette, released on Plop Recordings.

The name of the band was a tribute to MiButt, another Plop Recordings act, that contained Howie’s sister, Tamara, who had earlier passed away.