Rob Holliday
{{short description|English musician}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
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| alt = Rob Holliday wearing dark pants and a black sleeveless print shirt, playing electric guitar onstage
| caption = Holliday performing with The Prodigy in 2009
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| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1979}}
| instrument = {{hlist|Vocals|guitar|bass}}
| genre = {{hlist|Industrial metal|alternative metal|electronic|big beat}}
| occupation = Musician
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| current_member_of = {{hlist|The Prodigy (touring)|Sulpher}}
| past_member_of = {{hlist|Marilyn Manson (touring)|The Creatures (touring)|The Mission|Flint|Gary Numan (touring)|Curve (touring)|Low Art Thrill}}
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Rob Holliday is an English musician best known as the live guitarist for the Prodigy and as a former touring member of Marilyn Manson.{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1558841/marilyn-manson-did-i-want-kill-myself-yes.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110418081648/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1558841/marilyn-manson-did-i-want-kill-myself-yes.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 April 2011|title=Marilyn Manson Reveals He Came Close To Suicide; LP 'Was My Salvation'|last=Harris|first=Chris|date=4 May 2007|work=MTV|access-date=18 April 2011}} Holliday has also worked and toured with the Creatures and Gary Numan, been a member of the Mission and Flint, and is one of the founders and the frontman of the industrial rock band Sulpher.
Career
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Rob Holliday is half of the band Sulpher, having duties as a lyricist, guitarist, and lead vocalist. The duo have released two albums: Spray, with the singles "One of Us" and "You Ruined Everything", and No One Will Ever Know, which was released in 2018. Sulpher also includes Monti (Curve, Cocteau Twins, Gang of Four, the Jesus and Mary Chain) as producer, programmer, and drummer and Tim Mud as live guitarist. Holliday is currently the live guitarist for Gary Numan and live guitarist and live bassist for the Prodigy, and has also played live guitars and bass for Marilyn Manson during the Rape of the World tour. Holliday did not contribute to the writing or recording of the band's album Eat Me, Drink Me, released in 2007.
Holliday played live guitars for the Prodigy on their 2008 tour.
Discography
=Gary Numan=
- Pure (2000)
- Scarred (2003)
- Hybrid (2003)
- Live at Shepherd's Bush Empire (2004)
- Jagged (2006)
=Curve=
- Gift (2001)
=Sulpher=
- Spray (2002)
- No One Will Ever Know (2018)
=The Mission=
- Lighting the Candles (Live CD and DVD) (2005)
=The Prodigy=
- World's on Fire (Live CD and DVD) (2011)
- The Day Is My Enemy (2015)
Credits
- Low Art Thrill – guitar (1996–1997)
- Curve – live guitar (1998)
- The Creatures – live guitar, live bass (1999–2000){{cite news|title=Rockpalast Archiv |url=https://www.rockpalastarchiv.de/oster99.html#creat |website=rockpalastarchiv.de |access-date=8 October 2023}}{{cite news|title=Sequins in the Sun |url=http://www.thebansheesandothercreatures.co.uk/sequinsinthesun.htm |website=thebansheesandothercreatures.co.uk |access-date=8 October 2023}}
- Sulpher – writing, guitar, vocals (1999–present)
- Gary Numan – producer, remixer, live guitar, live bass (2000–2006)
- The Mission – live guitar (2001–2004)
- Flint – live bass (2003)
- The Prodigy – live guitar, live bass (2005–present)
- Marilyn Manson – live bass (2007), live guitar (2008)
References
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Category:English rock bass guitarists
Category:Marilyn Manson (band) members
Category:The Mission (band) members
Category:Alternative metal bass guitarists
Category:English industrial musicians