


Following that performance, the band went to a garage owned by one of the musicians to work on a demo record. As a result, everyone who came to see the fresher concluded Gomez was the name.

To help their friend whose name was Gomez find the place of their concert, the members of the group put up a sign stating ‘The Gomez band plays here’ on the entrance. The musicians could not reach any agreement on the title of their band until the very day of their first gig in 1996. Shortly after, Ball went to study in Sheffield where he met a promising young vocalist named Ben Ottewell who became the fifth participant of the formation. In a short while, they found guitarist Tom Gray and keyboardist and bassist Paul Blackburn who would share their music preferences. They used to play metal for a long time as part of the Severed band until 1995 when the musicians decided to try their skills in a different genre. The assembling of the English outfit Gomez became reality thank to guitarist and vocalist Ian Ball and drummer Olly Peacock.
