- RAIN:
- Michael Bormann (vocals,
bass, keyboards)
Per Helge "Peppa" Bruvoll (drums, backing vocals)
Lars Forseth (guitar, backing vocals)
Tore Moren (guitar, backing vocals)
- Produced by: Michael Bormann
- Engineered by: Michael Bormann
- Mixed by : Michael Bormann
- Mastered by: Rain
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| RAIN was founded
in 1997 as a result of a project started by Lars Forseth
and Sonny Crow from the band Bankok Babes. They were soon
joined by the Bangkok Babes drummer Per-Helge "Peppa"
Bruvoll, and guitarist Tore Moren from Jorn, Arcturus and
Carnivora among others. They looked around for a vocalist
for some time without luck. Lars then went on a holiday
to Rhodes to relax his soul. In the biggest live venue in
Rhodes city, the Colorado Club, he saw and heard Michael
Bormann (Jaded Heart, Bonfire, J.R. Blackmore, Zeno, etc.)
perform some numbers that caught his im-mediate attention.
The chemistry between Michael and the other guys was a sure
thing from the first minute. They were now joined by bass
player Audun Norgaard. The boys had built up a strong set
of own songs and cover songs, and was ready to meet the
public. The first gig they played together was at the legendary
"Smuget" in Oslo in December 99. The following
year RAIN played several concerts in the southern part of
Norway and did studio recordings for the first album. It
was a busy time for all involved; Michael had his own band
Jaded Heart, productions and other projects to take care
of. Peppa was playing with different cover bands and went
back and forth to USA to train as a commercial pilot. Tore,
a renowned guitarist in Norway, was busy on multiple projects.
Lars was writing songs for the forthcoming album with Sonny
Crow, and Audun was keeping busy with his side project,
Jet Surfers. The band finally released their first album
on the American label Kivel Records, titled "House
of dreams", in 2002 and got great reviews. Over
the next two years they continued to play concerts in Norway
and had several shows at Smuget in Oslo. Audun, the country soul that he is, decided in 2004 to leave RAIN and devote his time to his roots band Jet Surfers. RAIN was back to it's original four members; Michael Borman, Tore Moren, Lars Forseth and Peppa Bruvoll and has since then hired bass players when performing live sets. In March 2005 they played "Rock the Boat" in Oslo with bands like Return and Stage Dolls. The recordings for their second album took place in Michael Bormann's studio in Duisburg, Germany in 2005. The album is now being released by MTM MUSIC for the territory of Europe and in Japan by JVC/Victor. "Stronger" is a pure AOR Hardrock album and Michael Bormann continues with this great band where he stopped after the JADED HEART "IV" album. |
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