Holy Fuck (band)

Holy Fuck
Holy Fuck performing at White Heat in 2007
Background information
Origin	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Genres	Electronica, electronic rock, electro-industrial, noise rock
Years active	2004 (2004)–present
Labels	Dependent, Young Turks, Innovative Leisure
Associated acts	The Remains of Brian Borcherdt, Contrived, Wintersleep, King Cobb Steelie, By Divine Right, Buck 65, Lights
Website	holyfuckmusic.com
Members	Brian Borcherdt Graham Walsh Matt "Punchy" McQuaid Matt Schulz
Past members	Kevin Lynn Mike Bigelow Glenn Milchem Loel Campbell Brad Kilpatrick

Holy Fuck is a Canadian electronica band from Toronto. They were a part of Dependent Music, a music label and artist collective that began in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia in 2004 until its closing. They were then a part of the Young Turks label and in 2016 they signed with Innovative Leisure.

The band uses live instrumentation and miscellaneous instruments and non-instruments (including a 35 mm film synchronizer, toy keyboards and toy phaser guns) to achieve electronic-sounding effects without the use of laptops or programmed backing tracks. According to Pitchfork Media, "The band was formed with the intent of creating the equivalent of modern electronic music without actually using the techniques—looping, splicing, programming and the like—of that music."

Since their formation in 2004, Holy Fuck have performed at Coachella (supporting Brooklyn rapper Beans who recruited the band to serve as his backing unit), the CMJ Music Marathon, the Halifax Pop Explosion, POP Montreal, the Montreal Jazz Festival, All Tomorrow’s Parties, Vegoose, Evolve Festival, Lollapalooza, Osheaga Festival, Rifflandia Music Festival, and the SXSW music festival in Austin, Texas in 2006, 2007 and 2008. In the summer of 2007, Holy Fuck performed at the Glastonbury Festival, one of the largest music festivals in the world, where they were named the No. 3 top new act at the festival by NME magazine. They performed at Lollapalooza in 2008, replacing Noah and the Whale, and returned to headline the London Ontario Live Arts Festival.