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  Honeymoon Suite
The band was formed in 1982 by the singer Johnnie Dee with the songwriters Derry Grehan (guitar) and Ray Coburn (keyboards), as well as Gary Lalonde (bass guitar, formerly of Toronto) and Dave Betts (drums).
Honeymoon Suite also appeared in Japan in 1986, taking part in the Yamaha Song Festival in Tokyo, where Coburn's 'Those Were the Days' won a gold award.
Honeymoon Suite received a Juno Award as group of the year in 1986.
www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=U1ARTU0001644   (287 words)

  
 Honeymoon Suite (band) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Honeymoon Suite are a Canadian rock band, based out of Niagara Falls, Ontario that formed in 1982.
The band's name was a nod to the fact that Niagara Falls is the unofficial honeymoon capital.
In the winter of 1987, the band started work on their third album in L.A. Unfortunately, Johnnie Dee was hit by a car at L.A.X. airport, breaking his leg in several places, and required surgery to insert a ten inch pin to help the leg heal properly.
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 Honeymoon Suite (band) at AllExperts (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.tamu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Honeymoon Suite are a Canadian rock band, based out of Niagara Falls, Ontario, who were most popular in the 1980s.
In the winter of 1987, the band started work on their third album in L.A. Unfortunately, Johnnie Dee was hit by a car at L.A.X. airport, breaking his leg in several places, and requiring surgery for a ten inch pin to help the leg heal properly.
The band continues to tour in Canada, and as of 2006 they are touring with Glass Tiger.
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 honeymoon suite
Throughout 1983 and 1984 Honeymoon Suite toured Canada and the US, consistently headlining club gigs and opening for such acts as Billy Idol, April Wine, Laura Branigan, Jethro Tull, The Kinks, and Bryan Adams.
Honeymoon Suite’s second album was released on Valentine's Day 1986.
A new best of Honeymoon Suite DVD featuring all their videos and live concert footage is also scheduled for release in early 2006.
www.honeymoonsuite.com /band/index.htm   (740 words)

  
 METAL DREAMS MAGAZINE: Review of HONEYMOON SUITE - Dreamland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
I was looking forward to the reunion of Honeymoon Suite, even though the current band only includes two original members: lead vocalist Johnnie Dee and guitarist Derry Grehan.
Frontiers encouraged the band to revamp the album and give it a melodic 80s edge to suit the European market.
Honeymoon Suite wrote some excellent commercial rockers in the 80s, like "New Girl Now," "Burning In Love," and "Feel It Again," but their current direction is very sad.
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 Honeymoon Suite - Biography - AOL Music   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
The band's formation can be traced to the introduction of lead vocalist Johnny Dee and guitarist Derry Grehan by the group's future manager in 1982.
Within a year, Honeymoon Suite had been formed and earned the attention of WEA in Canada on the strength of the song "New Girl Now," which had won an unsigned band contest sponsored by a Toronto radio station.
Get Honeymoon Suite biography information, download, listen and watch Honeymoon Suite music, mp3's, song lyrics, music videos, Internet radio, live performances, concerts, and use the music search function to find information on other new and established recording artists.
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 Honeymoon Suite (band) (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.tamu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
A trio of romantic comedies set in the honeymoon suite of New York...
Honeymoon Suite are a Canadian rock band, based out of Toronto, Ontario, who were most popular in the 1980s.
They soon signed with WEA Canada after they released their song "New Girl Now", which won them an unsigned band contest put on by a Toronto radio station.
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 Get Ready to ROCK! Interview with rock band Honeymoon Suite
Honeymoon Suite have just released their live album form their Gods 2002 show via Frontiers.
At the moment we are working on the Canadian and US release of the new HMS Live At the Gods dvd and gearing up for the spring and summer touring season.
The "grunge" years were terrible for us and all the other melodic rock bands of the 80's.
www.getreadytorock.com /10questions/honeymoon_suite.htm   (473 words)

  
 Open Directory - Arts: Music: Bands and Artists: H   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
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Harvest Fly - News, MP3s, lyrics, discography and biography for the Northern Virginia band.
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 LiveTourArtists - Honeymoon Suite- Bio   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Bob Roper, AandR at WEA Canada, was so impressed with the song and response that he signed the band right away.
For album number three, the band went to Los Angeles in the winter of 1987 to record with Ted Templeman (Little Feat, The Doobie Brothers, Van Halen).
A new Best of Honeymoon Suite DVD featuring all their videos and live concert footage was also released in early 2006 and a new studio album will arrive in the fall.
www.livetourartists.com /honeymoon-suite/bio.htm   (763 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Honeymoon Suite: Music: Honeymoon Suite   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Honeymoon SuiteHoneymoon travel agents specializing in affordable honeymoons in the US, Caribbean and Mexico.
This was a band that proudly wore all of its influences on its sleeve!
Well, to make a long story short, I eventually purchased this CD (as well as the follow-up "The Big Prize") and I must day that Honeymoon Suite, after all these years, still rocks, still rolls, and is still a very unique band in the history of rock 'n' roll.
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 Honeymoon Suite
Welcome to the Honeymoon Suite Fan Forum, an MSN Group dedicated to Canadian rockers Honeymoon Suite.
In the mid-1980's HMS was part of an evolution in rock music as they melded together an edgy rock sound with a melodic soul and after 20 years and 8 CD's are still going strong with a hectic tour schedule and a new CD.
This group is for fans of HMS to meet in chat, share common experiences relating to the band and their music, post pictures of the HMS (no copyrighted images please) and all the other things that fans like to do to pay tribute to a great band.
groups.msn.com /HoneymoonSuite   (219 words)

  
 Interactive Review
sees the band moving on from their past...this is an album that sees the band modernize their sound and their approach to songwriting, with a new guitar sound, some different vocal tones and delivery styles, not to mention a more 90's friendly production.
It's something new for the band, but the song is one of the most memorable of the album.
It's hard for me to give Honeymoon Suite such a poor rating, but the record they've made is 'rubbish'.
www.melodicrock.com /reviews/honeymoonsuite-lemontongue.p3   (1144 words)

  
 Derry Grehan (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.tamu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Derry Grehan is probably best known as the lead guitarist and main songwriter with Canada’s Honeymoon Suite, a band that he co-founded with lead singer Johnnie Dee in 1982 and still records and tours with today.
Honeymoon Suite exploded on to the scene selling 300,000 copies in Canada alone and making major inroads in the USA.
In 2001, Honeymoon Suite released their first new studio album in a decade entitled “Lemon Tongue”.
www.derrygrehan.com.cob-web.org:8888 /derrybio.asp?PAGE=1   (468 words)

  
 LiveTourArtists - Honeymoon Suite   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Honeymoon Suite - So named in reference to its origins in Niagara Falls - 'honeymoon capital' of North America.
Honeymoon Suite's spirited style, supported by the then-new promotional medium of music videos, brought the band success quickly.
Honeymoon Suite received a Juno for Group of the Year in 1986.
www.livetourartists.com /honeymoon-suite/index.htm   (401 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: The Singles: Music: Honeymoon Suite   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Honeymoon Suite Enjoyed a Sweet Spell on the American and Canadian Airwaves and During the Mid-Eighties.
I play in a rock band myself, and I try to persuade the guys to do their stuff.
I've been a huge fan of this band for years.It is a band that you can just listen to over and over again without getting sick of it.Their singles album was a master piece with the song"still lovin you" taking the cake.Great guys,great sound,great music.Hope to hear more from them soon.
www.amazon.ca /Singles-Honeymoon-Suite/dp/B0000070XK   (390 words)

  
 Legacy Bio
The band had placed second at the competition, and were looking towards a bright, prosperous future.
By April the band had the opportunity of opening for Honeymoon Suite in Medicine Hat.
The band had grown quickly in their popularity and musical abilities, and turned the heads of some media personalities, whom gave them the opportunity to perform at the MY96 Sandfly Festival in Medicine Hat.
www.angelfire.com /rock/legacytheband/bio.html   (433 words)

  
 Amazon.com: The Big Prize: Music: Honeymoon Suite   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Honeymoon suite was founded in 1982 by vocalist Johnnie Dee, guitarist Derry Grehan, and bassist Brian Blackstone.
The band is still together with a different line up anchored by Johnnie Dee and Derry Grehan.
The Big Prize was one of the albums I tried to woo her with and Honeymoon Suite were a band we went to see together.
www.amazon.com /Big-Prize-Honeymoon-Suite/dp/B000002L7X   (1069 words)

  
 purevolume™ | the honeymoon suite
The sound of five young men from Greater Manchester getting to grips with their own and each others influences and combining it with the ambition to create something new, beautiful, fun and completely minus pretention from spaces to stages to themselves and whoever might be watching.
the honeymoon suite hasn't posted a blog yet.
the honeymoon suite hasn't posted any shows yet.
www.purevolume.com /thehoneymoonsuite   (123 words)

  
 January 2002's Best New CDs
The Austin, Texas band Astroblast calls their style of music "noise pop".
Astroblast has elements of early 80's new wave bands like the Bangles or the Go-Gos combined with late 90's alt rock/grunge groups like the Breeders, Letter to Cleo, or the Pixies.
Honeymoon Suite still has a hint of the 80's arena rock sound, but they also incorporate many elements of today's modern/alternative rock bands.
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 Honeymoon Suite
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The band was formed in 1982 by the singer Johnnie Dee with the songwriters Derry Grehan (guitar) and
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 MICKEY RAT Bios
For the last fourteen years Scott has been and is still currently a lead vocalist and guitarist, and band leader for Windsor's ever popular "MICKEY RAT Band", opening for national headliners over the years such as Honeymoon Suite, Moxy Fruvous, and Mitch Ryder.
At the young age of 23 Dani is the first female vocalist to ever perform in "The MICKEY RAT Band", singing a variety of hits from famous artists such as Faith Hill, ABBA, and Shania Twain just to name a few.
Along with his ability to play a variety of instruments Mitch brings a unique versitality to the band not to mention his strong country music influence and his original songwriting capabilities.
www.themickeyratband.com /bios.html   (442 words)

  
 Ashtray Boy : Honeymoon Suite - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect
Lee's first Ashtray Boy album, unlike the rest, consisted of one band in one place, namely the Chicago lineup of himself, Niimi and Trumfio.
Interestingly, one other member helped out throughout Suite, namely not-yet-famous Liz Phair, a year away from her own solo breakthrough.
Phair gets in some solo moments to shine, as when she dresses down a creepy if not abusive suitor in "Infidel." Ending with the nice instrumental title track, with some piano as well as everything else, Suite is a fine starting point.
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 Honeymoon Suite - Dreamland
I hadn't heard rumors, news or anything about Honeymoon Suite, but here they are with their wonderful 5th studio album, and they absolutely blow me away!
Other than 4 previous albums, the band also have a live album and a 'greatest hits' record to their name.
At least it sounds like the energy of a solid band was captured on this shiny silver disk.
www.rocknet.nl /newreleases/honeymoon_suite   (273 words)

  
 Magic Enterprises Productions - Bands & Musical Tributes
Since emerging in 1984 with their hit single “New Girl Now” and winning a Juno for “Group of the Year” in 1986, Honeymoon Suite (HMS) has achieved well over a million album sales worldwide.
Now they have combined their talents to create one truly exceptional band easily crossing genres from jazz to pop to reggae and classic rock.
Having cut his (gold) teeth on the thriving disco scene in Southern California, Reggie, having achieved world wide fame while accumulating riches fit only for disco royalty, decided it was time to spread the gospel of the disco vibe to his brothers and sisters in Canada.
www.magicentprod.com /bands_tributes.html   (1460 words)

  
 Honeymoon suite band (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.tamu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
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Ray Coburn quit afterwards and was replaced by Toronto whiz-kid keyboardist Rob Preuss (formerly of the Spoons).
Problems surfaced with long-time management Head Office, and after the group left the fold, keyboardist Ray Coburn returned to the band in time for WEA to release a ´best-of´ compilation in 1989.
The trio returned to the studio in 1990 to craft ´Monsters Under The Bed´ with Paul Northfield producing, and Steve Webster (Billy Idol´s band) on bass and Jorn Anderson (NEO a4) on drums.
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 PETER NUNN … (shown here on top of the world)
A decade later, he joined Honeymoon Suite and continues with them currently — his longest running gig to date.
The two bands crossed paths often in the eighties, sometimes converging at sold-out shows together.
In May and June of 2006, with Honeymoon Suite, Peter appeared in a Nationwide McDonald's ad airing on all major Canadian networks.
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