Gomez are an English indie rock band from Southport. Their first album, Bring It On, won the Mercury Music Prize in 1998. Guitarist and vocalist Ian Ball and drummer Olly Peacock had been friends since they were born. They had been in various bands before forming Gomez. They met bassist Paul Blackburn at college where they studied. They joined with guitarist / vocalist / keyboardist Tom Gray who lived down the road from Olly.
Then Ian met vocalist / guitarist Ben Ottewell from Matlock Bath in Derbyshire at Sheffield University, where they were both studying. The band played their first gig together in late 1996 in Leeds without a formal name. The band left a sign out which read 'Gomez the gig's in here" for a friend of theirs whose surname was Gomez to indicate that it was the site of their first gig. People saw the sign and assumed that the band's name was Gomez the name stuck.
Members
* Ian Ball (vocals, guitar)
* Ben Ottewell (vocals, guitar)
* Paul Blackburn (bass)
* Tom Gray (vocals, guitar, keyboards)
* Olly Peacock (drums)
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