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Reamonn

 
Artist: Reamonn
 
  • Genres: Rock
  • Representative Albums: "Reamonn," "Tuesday," "Wish Live"

Biography

Following the turn of the millennium's fondness for singer/songwriter traditions, Reamonn worked the crossroads of likable acoustic rock and familiar European orchestration. Named for Irish-born frontman Reamonn Garvey, the five-piece formed in late 1998 in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. After landing an early major-label deal, the band rushed to record their debut album, choosing Steve Lyon (the Cure, Nitzer Ebb, EMF) to steer its production. The combination of raw folk and glossy production proved successful: the first German single "Supergirl" made the Top Ten and the LP, 2000's Tuesday, went gold. Wisely, Reamonn worked the album despite the major-label blanket. They toured on both sides of its release with H.I.M., the Guano Apes, and Bon Jovi and went back to work on a follow-up shortly thereafter, even though they were unaware if their style of music would have a place in the world when they resurfaced. ~ Dean Carlson, All Music Guide
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Background information
Origin Flag of Germany Germany, Freiburg
Genre(s) Pop-Rock
Years active 1999–present
Label(s) Universal, Island, Virgin
Website Reamonn.com (ENGLISH)
Members
Rea Garvey
Uwe Bossert
Mike „Gomezz“ Gommeringer
Philipp Rauenbusch
Sebastian Padotzke

Reamonn is a German rock and pop band that is well known all over Europe. They have recorded six albums.

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History

In 1997, Rea Garvey left his band The Reckless Pedestrians and home town of Tralee, Ireland to go to Germany with not a lot money and a demo CD in his pocket. He put an ad into local paper Stockacher Anzeiger stating, "Singer requires band for recording and live shows." Mike Gommeringer (Gomezz) saw this ad and accurately assumed it must have been Garvey, whose original band he had once seen play live. The twosome met up and subsequently recruited Uwe, Sebi and Phil. Their first gig was played on New Year's Eve 1998 in Stockach.

In order to secure a recording contract, they set up a showcase at Logo, a small club in Hamburg, in front of 16 representatives from various record labels in 1999. The band was quickly offered several contracts, settling on signing with Virgin Records Germany. As of 2006 they are now releasing their music through Universal Music.

On July 7, 2007 the band performed at the German leg of Live Earth in Hamburg's HSH Nordbank Arena. The same year Garvey provided vocals for Trance DJ Paul van Dyk's song "Let Go".

On July 24, 2008 the group was chosen as the opening act for Barack Obama's speech at The Siegessäule in Berlin, before an estimated crowd of 200,000. The band made the then United States Senator an honorary Reamonn member, presenting him with a band ring.[1]

On December 20, 2008 Reamonn played their song "Faith" as an entrance theme for boxer Nikolai Valuev leading up to his WBA championship fight versus Evander Holyfield in Zürich.

Members

The members are

  • Voice, Guitar: Rea Garvey, born as Raymond Michael Garvey on May 3, 1973 (1973-05-03) (age 36)
  • Guitar: Uwe Bossert, born October 3, 1974 (1974-10-03) (age 34)
  • Beats: Mike "Gomezz" Gommeringer, born September 26
  • Bass: Philipp Rauenbusch
  • Keyboard, Sax, Flute, Organ: Sebastian Padotzke, born August 7, 1971 (1971-08-07) (age 37)

Discography

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