Honeymoon Suite

The band was originally formed in 1981 by lead singer and guitarist Johnnie Dee. Following the departure of his original lead guitarist, Johnnie met Derry Grehan, and he ended up joining the band. Johnnie and Derry immediately recruited Dave Betts on drums, Ray Coburn on keyboards, and Gary Lalonde on bass. In 1983, the band entered a demo of “New Girl Now” to a Homegrown Contest put on by Toronto rock station Q107. They won that year and this led to a multi album, world wide deal with WEA Canada after being signed by A&R president Bob Roper.

The band recorded their debut self-titled album which was released in July, 1984. The album was an instant success, and with the help of massive airplay, several video’s on MTV and MuchMusic, it went on to sell over 300,000 copies in Canada alone.

Since their debut album, Honeymoon Suite has released a total of 9 studio albums to date, with well over 1 million units sold worldwide. They’ve enjoyed an incredible run of success driven by a string of hit singes such as “New Girl Now”, “Burning In Love”, “Stay In the Light”, “Wave Babies”, “Feel It Again” and “What Does It Take”, to name a few.

They have toured extensively in the US, Canada and Europe with acts such as Heart, ZZ Top, Journey, Billy Idol, Loverboy, Bryan Adams, 38 Special, Jethro Tull and Saga, to name a few. Honeymoon Suite has also enjoyed having many of their songs placed in film and TV shows such as Miami Vice and Bones, and movies such as Lethal Weapon (with Mel Gibson), The Wraith (with Charlie Sheen), and One Crazy Summer (with Demi Moore).

With no sign of slowing down, Honeymoon Suite continue to create new music and tour year round thanks to a legion of loyal fans, and constant radio airplay to this day.