History YMMV / TheHollies

* SignatureSong: "Long Cool Woman" is their best known song overall.

* BaseBreakingCharacter: A RealLife example; some fans are still irked by Graham Nash's 1968 decision to leave the band to pursue a career in America with David Crosby and Stephen Stills, viewing it as self-serving and insulting to the Hollies. While nobody would deny that Nash was a hugely important member of the band during the early days, he still gets far less love from fans than Allan Clarke, Tony Hicks or even Terry Sylvester.
** For many, it's less the fact that Nash quit and more how he did it that remains a sore point. Allan Clarke--Nash's best friend since childhood--was reportedly crushed by the unceremonious manner in which Nash dumped him and the band for some Americans he barely knew.
** It's also not helped by the way Nash has tended to speak about the Hollies in interviews and his autobiography, characterizing them as uncultured beer-swigging lads from the north of England who couldn't get on his level and thus stifled him creatively.

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Starting in 1966 and continuing into 1967, the Hollies' music became more psychedelic and experimental, reflecting Graham Nash's increasing dominance within the band. The ''Butterfly'' album from late 1967 and the "King Midas in Reverse" single were the culmination of this trend; however, both sold poorly upon release, being deemed too strange. As a result, the group's next single, "Jennifer Eccles," reverted to the group's earlier poppy style, but Nash hated the song, and the overall rejection of his ideas precipitated his leaving the band. Ironically, ''Butterfly'' and "King Midas" are now usually considered to be among the band's finest works.

** For many, it's less the fact that Nash quit and more how he did it that remains a sore point. Allan Clarke--Nash's best friend since childhood--was reportedly crushed by the unceremonious manner in which Nash dumped him and the band for some Americans he barely new.

* BaseBreakingCharacter: A RealLife example; some fans are still irked by Graham Nash's 1968 decision to leave the band to pursue a career in America with David Crosby and Stephen Stills, viewing it as self-serving and insulting to the Hollies. While nobody would deny that Nash was a hugely important member of the band during the early days, he still gets far less love from fans than Allan Clarke or Tony Hicks, for example.

* BrokenBase: Whether or not anything recorded after Graham Nash's departure is worth listening to.

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Starting in 1966 and continuing into 1967, the Hollies' music became more and more psychedelic and experimental, reflecting Graham Nash's increasing dominance within the band. The ''Butterfly'' album from late 1967 and the "King Midas in Reverse" single were the culmination of this trend; however, both sold poorly upon release, being deemed too strange. As a result, the group's next single, "Jennifer Eccles," reverted to the group's earlier poppy style, but Nash hated the song, and the overall rejection of his ideas precipitated his leaving the band. Ironically, ''Butterfly'' and "King Midas" are now usually considered to be the band's finest works.

* GrowingTheBeard: ''For Certain Because'' was the first album to consist of all original material, and was a huge leap forward in defining the sound that the group would become known for.

* CoveredUp: A country-specific version. "Yes I Will" was a Top Ten hit for the band in the UK, but American fans are more familiar with the cover version by TheMonkees (under the title "I'll Be True to You").