Johnnie Dee formed the first incarnation of Honeymoon Suite in Toronto in 1981, with original drummer Mike Lengyell, and established the nucleus of the band. They added 3 other players to roundout the lineup with bass, keyboards and guitar.They worked hard in that first year but the lineup was short lived and changes were already in the air. In 1982, Johnnie was introduced to Derry Grehan by manager Steve Prendergast. Deciding to work together, they re-formed Honeymoon Suite adding Ray Coburn on keys and then Grehan's former Steve Blimkie and the Reason bandmate Dave Betts on drums.
In 1983 they decided to enter the Homegrown Contest put on yearly by Toronto's Q107-FM radio station so Prendergast approached his friend and producer Tom Treumuth to produce a song for them. Based on the buying public's response, New Girl Now won the contest and Bob Roper at WEA Canada was so impressed with the song and response that he signed the band right away.
Although a session player named Brian Brackstone played bass on the album, the band soon found themselves a permanent bassist in ex-Toronto member Gary Lalonde. Originally scheduled for release on Valentines Day, the milestone first album was released in June of 1984.
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