Jon O'Mahony (born 10 August 1973) is a British music manager and founder of Rebellion Artists, who currently manage Fraser Churchill,

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, Dustin Paul, Starlight Theatre and Fat Buddha.

Early years

Before entering the music industry, O'Mahony had a variety of jobs including working at Drumtech drum school in London, and a stint working as a tennis coach at the

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Tennis Academy in

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, where he was also a hitting partner to various up and coming juniors, including the then 12-year-old

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in the early 1990s.

Music career

Ultra

O'Mahony was the drummer in the band

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signed to

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(Warner), which was formed alongside James Hearn, James Rose and Michael Harwood who were schoolfriends from

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, England in the mid-1990s. After they left school they formed various bands, playing under names such as Stepping Stoned, Decade and Suburban Surfers (where they signed to manager Tom Watkins). After nine months with Watkins, they left him and found a new manager in Tony Gordon, who had masterminded the careers of

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and

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. They eventually called themselves Ultra (named after the

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album), and the following year Nick Keynes joined as bass player, after being introduced by mutual friend Neil Cowley. Cowley at the time was the keyboard player for the

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, and more recently performed piano on

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's 20 million selling album '' 21''.

Chart success

Their demo tape eventually came to the attention of

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(ex-

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) and they were signed to Warner's

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label by Ian and

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, who was later to become CEO of

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. In 1998, they released their first single, " Say You Do", written by band member Hearn, which reached No. 11 in the UK Singles Chart. Their next single, " Say it Once", charted at No. 16 in the UK as well as hitting the No. 1 spot in several other territories, including Italy and Australia. Over the next two years they had several singles in the European and Australasian Top 20, and in 1999, their debut album, ''

'', entered the

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at No. 37. Their final single for Warners was "Rescue Me", which charted in the UK at No. 8, the band's only British Top 10 single.

Rider

Following from Ultra, O'Mahony, Keynes and Harwood formed a new group with a number of different short term vocalists, including

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. Both

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and

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also sung with the band at different times. In 2002, and with Molloy as lead singer, the band wrote and recorded a song to celebrate the

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, called "England Crazy", which they recorded as a one-off project as Rider with

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. This project was re-signed to their old record label East West, reaching number 46 in the UK chart. It has since been featured on a number of football-themed

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Goldust Productions

O'Mahony, Harwood and Keynes set up a music production company, Goldust, writing and producing for other artists such as

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, Sarah Whatmore, British Beef and

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. They also wrote music for film, with title tracks on both the

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movie '' Modigliani'' and Pathe's ''

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'', as well as working on various Miramax films including ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''.

Management company and recording studios

O'Mahony is the founder of Rebellion Artists, a music management and publishing collective that discovers, develops and manages the careers of artists, songwriters and record producers. The Rebellion office is based in LA Sound Studios in West London, which is home to various other producer/writers including Steve Brown, Richard Spiller, Blue Flowers Music, Tom Garrad-Cole, Chris Hewitt and Martyn Corbet.

Discography

References

External links

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Interview with Jon O'Mahony, HitQuarters Apr 2009
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