Adema

Adema is an American band from Bakersfield, California.
Formed in 1998, Adema began with Mark Chavez, Mike Ransom, Mike Montano, Tim Fluckey and Kris Kohls. In 1999, Montano left Adema and Dave DeRoo, Adema's current bassist, took his place. Adema was the subject of a major label bidding war, eventually won by Arista Records. Adema released their first album, the self-titled Adema, in the United States on August 21, 2001. The first two singles from Adema, "Giving In" and "The Way You Like It", helped it sell over 600,000 copies. Following the album's initial success, Adema was part of the Ozzfest Tour in 2002 – featured on the Main Stage.
On March 10, 2006, Adema announced on their MySpace blog that they hired Bobby Reeves, frontman for Los Angeles band "LEVEL", as their new singer, as was previously rumored. On August 1, 2006, Former "LEVEL" guitarist Ed Faris was also announced as being in Adema, becoming the new second guitarist of Adema.

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