Kevin Roentgen
| Goldsboro | |
|---|---|
| Origin |  Los Angeles, California, USA |
| Genres | Acoustic |
| Years active | 1999-present |
| Labels | Aceyboy Records, Lyric House |
| Website | http://lyrichousestudio.com/ |
| Members | |
| Kevin Roentgen | |
Kevin Roentgen (pronounced rent-gehn) is a singer/songwriter/producer and guitarist for Brit Award-winning American rock band Orson, who sometimes performs under the moniker, Praying Hands. Roentgen is previously known for fronting L.A. rock bands American Pearl (Wind-Up Records) and SOUL (Elektra Records).
Following the eventual break-up of American Pearl, Kevin spent most of 2003 in the studio writing and demo-ing new songs. The result was Praying Hands, The Acoustic EP, recorded and co-produced by Noah Shain at his White Buffalo Studio in Hollywood.
In 2005, Kevin joined L.A. band Orson as a guitarist. In 2006, Orson released their UK platinum #1 debut, Bright Idea (Mercury Records), which contained the UK #1 single, No Tomorrow. Orson went on to win the Brit Award in 2007 for Best International Breakthrough Act. In the Fall of 2007, Orson released the album Culture Vultures, containing the single Ain't No Party.
The full length Praying Hands album entitled Dogs and Airplanes was released in October 2008.
Kevin co-produced with Noah Shain a new project called Hott Mess, an album of 10 songs written and performed by Roentgen, Shain and singer Shayna Ross.
Kevin's song, Croire en l'homme, was released as the b-side to the debut title track single from Johnny Hallyday's latest album, Ca n'finira jamais. The single debuted at #1 on the French Single Charts, the week of November 14, 2008, and remained number one for two weeks.
Kevin's song "Lead the Way" from the Dogs and Airplanes album is featured in a new film by director, Julie Davis, called Finding Bliss that stars Leelee Sobieski, Donnamarie Recco, Denise Richards and Jamie Kennedy.
Kevin has produced the Light of Day EP for LA band, Analog Smith, and is currently working on their follow-up full length.
Kevin is also currently in the studio with Noah Shain recording the debut album from Goldsboro, the rock trio consisting of Roentgen, Chris Cano and Johnny Bentjen.
Kevin has written and produced original music compositions for Fox TV promos including American Idol, Lone Star, Chicago Code, Fringe, Bones and Cops.
[edit] References
- http://www.last.fm/music/Orson
- http://www.findingblissthemovie.com/
- http://www.analogsmithmusic.com/
- http://www.nouse.co.uk/2006/11/07/like-totally-orson-man/
- http://cdbaby.com/cd/prayinghands2
- http://www.nouse.co.uk/2006/11/07/like-totally-orson-man/
