[1][2] David Jackson and Bryn Fowler established the band, meeting Rob Skipper at the music venue Nambucca on Holloway Road in North London.
Jackson, Fowler, and Skipper jammed together, playing in a room above the venue belonging to Dave Danger.
[3] The Holloways toured with Babyshambles, The Pogues, The Kooks, The Rakes, The Wombats, The Pigeon Detectives and CSS, as well as helping launch the careers of Frank Turner, Kid Harpoon and Johnny Lloyd of Tribes inviting them to support their numerous UK tours.
[citation needed] In 2010, Reservoir Media Management acquired 100% of the Holloways publishing assets, which had formerly been administered by TVT Music Enterprises, LLC.
Skipper also played fiddle for The Urban Voodoo Machine and Jamie T.[citation needed] Danger later performed with Burning Beaches alongside singer-songwriter and past Holloways guest Sam McCarthy.