Andre Comeau (born
September 10,
1970) is a singer and songwriter who gained notoriety as one of
the original cast members of
television reality show The Real World.
He graduated from Clarence M. Kimball High School in
Royal Oak,
Michigan. His early musical influences were the
Beatles, The
Rolling Stones, and
Bob Dylan.
His band
Reigndance moved to the
New York area in early 1990. During
auditions for the MTV show, Andre and his bandmates excitedly felt
it would be a great way to showcase their band. After viewing the
first few episodes, they discovered that it wasn't what they had in
mind.
After the season, the band felt overexposed and changed their name
to
Makeshift Gleam. They released their 3rd and
final album after securing a publishing deal. Andre moved to
Los Angeles and
in 1999, formed a new band,
MiLkWeeD. The band
released one album "MiLkWeeD... For Breakfast," and broke up
shortly thereafter.
During the 10 year
Real World reunion special, a protest
of castmembers broke out. Andre participated in the protest that
royalty checks for songs written by Reigndance were not properly
credited and that he was not receiving any. During the original
season, they would play music from
Reigndance, but
credit the songs' writers as "unknown." After a lengthy discussion,
Reigndance received royalty checks for their music played on
The Real World.
Andre went solo in 2004. Going back to his musical influences, he
now sings folk/bluegrass music with the Andre Comeau Band. The
Andre Comeau Band has changed their name to River Rouge.
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