Reamonn

About

Reamonn was a German pop rock band fronted by local-based Irish singer and songwriter Rea Garvey. Formed in 1999 in Freiburg, they have recorded and released a total of six full-length studio albums which were highly successful in Germany and also saw some success in other European countries. They have gone on an indefinite hiatus since 2012. The band (minus Garvey) continued as Stereolove.

In 1997, Rea Garvey left his band The Reckless Pedestrians and home town of Tralee, Ireland to go to Germany with not a lot of 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 two met up and subsequently recruited Uwe, Sebi and Phil. Their first gig was played on New Year's Eve 1998 in Stockach. Reamonn is an Irish form of the name Raymond.

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