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. "Reamonn" is the Irish for "Raymond".
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.
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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 1973 (1973--) (age )
- Guitar
: Uwe Bossert
, born 1974 (1974--) (age )
- Beats
: Mike "Gomezz" Gommeringer
, born September 26
- Bass
: Philipp Rauenbusch
- Keyboard
, Sax
, Flute
, Organ
: Sebastian Padotzke
, born 1971 (1971--) (age )
Discography
References
- BILD.de