The epochs

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The Epochs
Origin	Brooklyn, New York
Genre(s)	Alternative
Years active	2002 - present
Label(s)	Rebel Group
Associated acts	Kotchy
Website	www.theepochs.com [1]
Members
Ryan Holladay, Hays Holladay, Kevin Smith, Kotchy
Former members
Aaron Reed

The Epochs are an alternative rock band based in Brooklyn, New York, and fronted by the brothers Hays and Ryan Holladay.

1 Members
2 History
3 Discography
4 Sources

[edit] Members

Hays and Ryan Holladay are said to have grown up in the "Washington, DC suburbs", and are self-taught musicians. The brothers share vocal duties on the groups two albums and in their live performances. In concert, the brothers both play guitar, keyboards, and other percussion instruments.

The band's drummer, who goes by the name of "Kotchy", is a native of Indianapolis, Indiana, and a graduate of the jazz program at the Berklee School of Music in Boston, Massachusetts. According to his website [2], Kotchy also works as an independent "creator of video, electronic and acoustic music."

The band's bassist is Kevin Smith, who is no relation to the filmmaker of the same name.

[edit] History

The band was originally a twosome, composed of the Holladay brothers, who essentially self-produced the Epochs first album, Ten Billion Light Years of Solitude in 2000/2001. After moving to New York to attend college, they added a rhythm section of Kotchy and Aaron Reed and began the slow process of writing and rehearsing the songs that would become their eponymous album.

The band nexus of operations for the period of 2002-2003 and again from 2006 to today is Sunset Park, Brooklyn. They live and rehearse in a large loft space above a battery wholesaler and within close proximity of both a church and a liquor store.