User:Moescene/Maurice "Moe" Holmes

Maurice "Moe" Holmes (born December 2, 1970) is an American punk rock singer, guitarist, vegetarian, poet, internet radio host, and licensed plumber.

Moe's interest in punk rock came at the age of 13 while being introduced to it through New Wave music from the television show Friday Night Videos. He eventually explored more street punk from a few classmates while attending Fanning Middle School in south Saint Louis, Missouri. Although he listened to Hip-hop and R&B while growing up, he always hid an interest in punk rock that eventually grew as he got older.

Early life
While growing up in the Central West End neighborhood in Saint Louis early in life, he played baseball, basketball, and loved rollerskating with his siblings and neighborhood friends at Steinberg Skating Rink in Forest Park. After his parents' divorce, Moe, his mother, and brother moved downtown to Cochran Projects during majority of his high school years up til his senior year. During the middle of his senior year of high school, they moved yet again to north Saint Louis around Grand and Natural Bridge section of town.

Music career
After performing in the alternative rock Saint Louis -based band Striek for nine months in 1997, Moe took a few years off from music and started another short-lived band in 2002 called Dead End. After Dead End broke up, He tried out as a singer for a band called Ecliptic 7 with Donnell Robinson on drums but, didn't get the job. He decided to start his own band which would eventually become Scene of Irony in 2004. He was interviewed by the St.Louis Sinner magazine concerning the band.

Radio host
Moe hosts a punk rock internet radio show at Riverfrontradio.com on Sundays from noon to 2pm central standard time based in south Saint Louis, Missouri. He was instrumental in reviving the punk scene in Saint Louis during the mid to late 2000s when everyone was saying that punk rock was dead.

Personal life
Moe was born at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in Saint Louis, Missouri to Diane and Larry Holmes. His siblings are sister Tracey and brother Donovan. He's the youngest of three. He attended Mehlville High School from 1986 to 1990 and attended college at St. Louis Community College-Meramec He's married to Jill Jasper Holmes and has a daughter, Marley. He's also a licensed plumber in Saint Louis city and county.