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Vonray was a modern rock band from Orlando, Florida. The group formed around singer/songwriter Vaughan Rhea, originally from Tennessee,
who had come to Orlando playing as an acoustic coffeeshop act. Inspired by grunge music, Rhea put together a band with his brother, Dave, and
began playing somewhat harder sounding tunes, though still acoustic-based. Soon after, the band was opening for Third Eye Blind and Seven
Mary Three, among other national acts, and released an independent debut album, Panes, as VonRa in 1997. A second independent album
release, VonRa, followed in 1999, and a thir ...read more
Vonray was a modern rock band from Orlando, Florida. The group formed around singer/songwriter Vaughan Rhea, originally from Tennessee,
who had come to Orlando playing as an acoustic coffeeshop act. Inspired by grunge music, Rhea put together a band with his brother, Dave, and
began playing somewhat harder sounding tunes, though still acoustic-based. Soon after, the band was opening for Third Eye Blind and Seven
Mary Three, among other national acts, and released an independent debut album, Panes, as VonRa in 1997. A second independent album
release, VonRa, followed in 1999, and a third, Fame, came in 2001.
As major-label attention increased, the band scored a high-profile slot opening for fellow Florida-based rockers, Creed, in summer of 2002. The
band was signed to Elektra Records in late 2002 and, after changing the band name to Vonray, saw their first major label release on Elektra
Records in early 2003 (April 8) with their self-titled fourth record, Vonray. The band charted a single hit in the US in 2002 with the song
"Inside Out," which was featured on the WB Network's television show Smallville, on which the band made an appearance. Due to Elektra
Records then merging with Atlantic Records, promotion for the band all but ceased, and the band was dropped from the label soon after. A
casualty of the merger, Rhea and the band went on hiatus in October 2003. « hide |
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