Raymond "Rea" Michael Garvey (born 3 May 1973)[1] is an Irish singer, songwriter and guitarist based in Germany.

Over the 11 years that Garvey was their frontman, they saw chart-topping success in Europe, with a number of gold and platinum selling albums, Tuesday, Dream No.

By his own admission, Rea often went over the top in his youth – taking drugs, occasionally getting into fights, and getting arrested a few times – until he found a more moderate path with music.

Together with drummer Mike Gommeringer, keyboardist and saxophonist Sebastian Padotzke, guitarist Uwe Bossert and bassist Philipp Rauenbusch, he founded the band Reamonn in November of the same year.

[1] In March 2000, the band Reamonn released their first single: "Supergirl" reached number four in the charts in Germany and Austria.

[1] Garvey began working as a solo artist during his time with Reamonn[1] and since then has written songs for a variety of acts, including Paul van Dyk, Jam and Spoon, Roger Cicero and The BossHoss.

Rea has also collaborated with Apocalyptica, In Extremo, Nelly Furtado, Mary J Blige, Jam & Spoon, The BossHoss and ATB.

Garvey first showed his fascination with electronic music in 2001, on the title track "Be Angeled" for the movie Loveparade.

As the demand for the German Rat Pack grew, the four continued to tour in 2012 and, with their big band, were set to take another encore in 2014.