I'm So Hollow were an English post-punk band from Sheffield, England, active from 1978 to 1981. They were part of the Sheffield scene in England, alongside such bands as Clock DVA, Comsat Angels, Artery, The Human League and Vice Versa.
The band's line-up was: Jane Wilson (vocals, keyboards), Rod Leigh (vocals, guitar), Gary Marsden (bass), and Yosef Sawicki (drums).
I'm So Hollow played their first gig opening for Clock DVA in Sheffield's Penthouse Club. Their highest profile gig was at the Futurama Festival in Leeds on the 13th September 1980. They performed the song "Touch" as seen in Eve Wood's documentary film Made In Sheffield: The Birth Of Electronic Pop (2001).
The band appeared on several compilations and recorded a John Peel session in 1980. They released their first and only single "Dreams to Fill the Vacuum" in 1980, and, feeling they had achieved their ambitions with the recording of the album Emotion/Sound/Motion, split up shortly before its release in 1981.
Links to Peel[]
Peel seemed to have first played I'm So Hollow in February 1980, when he played all four tracks from the 1980: The First Fifteen Minutes various artists compilation EP. He would play further material from the group, including a session they recorded for his show in March 1980 and also a tracks from their only album, Emotion / Sound / Motion.
In 1997, whilst sitting in for Peel's show, members of Pulp, who also came from Sheffield, chose I'm So Hollow's 'Dreams To Fill The Vacuum' to be played on the radio programme.
After Peel's death in 2004, it was later found out that he had a copy of their only album in his Record Collection: I.
Sessions[]
I'M SO HOLLOW John Peel 13th August 1980
1. Recorded: 1980-08-13. First Broadcast: 20 August 1980. Repeated: 09 September 1980, 13 November 1980
- Monotony / Dreams To Fill The Vacuum / Which Way? / Fashion
Other Shows Played[]
- 1980
- 12 February 1980: I Don't Know (v/a 7" - 1980: The First Fifteen Minutes) Neutron
- 19 February 1980 (Virgin In-Store): I Don't Know (Compilation EP-1980 The First 15 Minutes) Neutron
- 23 February 1980 (BFBS): I Don't Know (v/a 7" EP - 1980: The First Fifteen Minutes) Neutron
- 03 April 1980: I Don't Know (Various Artists Compilation LP - Hicks From The Sticks) Rockburgh
- 05 June 1980: Touch (v/a LP – Bouquet Of Steel) Aardvark
- 21 June 1980 (BFBS): Touch (v/a album - Bouquet Of Steel) Aardvark
- 03 July 1980: Touch (v/a album - Bouquet Of Steel) Aardvark
- 06 August 1980: Touch (v/a album - Bouquet Of Steel) Aardvark
- 1981
- 28 January 1981: Dreams To Fill The Vacuum (7") Hollogram
- 04 February 1981: Dreams To Fill The Vacuum (7") Hollogram
- 05 February 1981 (BFBS): Dreams To Fill The Vacuum (7") Hollogram
- 22 February 1981 (BFBS): Dreams To Fill The Vacuum (7") Hollogram
- 25 October 1981 (BFBS): Collisions (album - Emotion / Sound / Motion) Illuminated
- 1982
- 10 January 1982 (BFBS): Entrance (album - Emotion / Sound / Motion) Illuminated
- 1997
- 27 November 1997: Dreams To Fill The Vacuum (7") Hollogram