Simon Holmes (guitarist)

Simon Carter Holmes (28 March 1963 – 13 July 2017) was an Australian musician who served as the singer and lead guitarist for the indie rock bands, The Hummingbirds (1986–93) and Her Name in Lights (2003–05).

The family lived in Bentleigh, before shifting to Turramurra in 1967, before going overseas for three years, in upstate New York, where Holmes started school at Myers Corner.

He spent part of his childhood in Canberra, attending the AME School: an alternative education institution and then Hawker College.

In 1981 Holmes, on guitar and vocals, replaced founding member Greg Suptut in Sydney-based punk rockers, the Exserts, until May 1983.

During the mid-1980s Holmes was a member of Bug Eyed Monsters, alongside John Boyce on bass guitar and Mark Temple on drums.

[10] The Canberra Times' Kathryn Whitfield observed "he likes his music loud enough to rattle his bones and vibrate his internal organs, and judging by the somewhat speedy success of the band's debut album, loveBUZZ, there are a lot of other folk who enjoy the same experience.

[2] In the 1990s Holmes helped run an alternative culture bookshop, Half A Cow, in Glebe and he also worked as a music retailer.