Jon O'Mahony

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Jon O'Mahony (born 10 August 1973) is a British artist, songwriter and record producer. He was the drummer in the band Ultra signed to East West Records (Warner), and has written & produced for artists including Bryan Adams, Natasha Bedingfield, Kylie Minogue and most recently, Honey Ryder.

Early years

Before entering the music industry, O'Mahony had a variety of jobs including working at Drumtech drum school in London, and a 3-year stint working as a tennis coach at the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy in Florida and the UK where he was also a hitting partner to various up and coming juniors, including the then 12-year-old Anna Kournikova in the early 90's.

Ultra

Although sometimes mistakenly described as a manufactured boyband, Ultra was originally formed by O'Mahony, James Hearn, James Rose & Michael Harwood who were schoolfriends from Buckinghamshire, 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 a brief 9 months with the notorious manager, they left him and found a new manager in Tony Gordon, who had masterminded the careers of Culture Club and Curiosity Killed The Cat. They eventually called themselves Ultra (named after the Depeche Mode album), and the following year Nick Keynes joined as bass player after being introduced by mutual friend Neil Cowley, who at the time was the keyboard player for the Brand New Heavies, and more recently performed piano on Adele's 20 million selling album 21.