Pomeroy's first big break was in the progressive rock band Genaside 2 in 1997.[4] This led to him joining UK prog and electronic groupArchive, with which he contributed, bass, guitar and mellotron.
Pomeroy has regularly performed with Rick Wakeman in the English Rock Ensemble.[5] Commonly with guitaristDave Colquhoun with who he was also a part of the band Moondigger with Colquhoun on lead vocals and guitar, Pomeroy on bass, keyboards and backing vocals and Michael Bowes on drums and backing vocals.[6]
Pomeroy was recruited by musical directorMike Stevens to be part of the backing band for Take That when they reformed in 2005.[7] Pomeroy played bass alongside Stevens, guitaristMilton McDonald, drummer Donovan Hepburn, and keyboard players Bernie Smith and Marcus Byrne.[8]
In the early 2000s, Pomeroy andAdam Wakeman (son of Rick Wakeman), who he played with in Rick Wakeman's English Rock Ensemble, discussed forming a band. They were joined by vocalistDamian Wilson, drummer Richard Brook and finally, in 2005, guitarist Pete Rinaldi.[10] The new band,Headspace, had their live debut in 2007, opening forOzzy Osbourne (in whose backing band Adam Wakeman played). Their debut release was 2007's EPI Am.... Their first studio album,I Am Anonymous, took until 2012 due to conflicting work and family pressures.[11]
Pomeroy performed bass and Chapman Stick on Steve Hackett's 2012 albumGenesis Revisited II. Pomeroy then went to perform bass, 12 string double neck, rhythm guitar and backing vocals on the Genesis Revisited tour.[12] Performances at the Hammersmith Apollo and Royal Albert Hall were recorded in the live albumsGenesis Revisited: Live at Hammersmith andRoyal Albert Hall.
After former ELO members Jeff Lynne and Richard Tandy performed a successful concert at theChildren In Need Rocks concert in 2013, with Mike Stevens as musical director, a request for ELO to reform caused Lynne to hire Stevens and the Take That backing band to perform at theBBC Radio 2'sHyde Park festival in 2014 with theBBC Concert Orchestra. Pomeroy has performed bass and backing vocals live with Jeff Lynne's ELO since 2014 including both of their tours.[13]
Pomeroy was also a member of the pop group This Oceanic Feeling collaboratorsChris Braide (vocals, keyboards, guitars) andAsh Soan (drums),[14] they release one album calledUniversal Mind which featured him on bass, chapman stick and guitar.[15]
Pomeroy (second from right) performing with Yes ft. ARW.
Alongside Rick Wakeman, Pomeroy performed with Yes featuring Anderson, Rabin & Wakeman on bass guitar and backing vocals.[16] Pomeroy played with ARW on both of their tours (except on the 2017 Japanese and 2018 European legs, where he was deputised by fellow Jeff Lynne's ELO touring member and10cc singer Iain Hornal).[17]
In 2022, Pomeroy joinedCanterbury based progressive rock bandCaravan after playing as a guest bass player on their 2021 albumIt’s None of Your Business.[18][19]
Pomeroy performed bass/vocals on the English Rock Ensemble spring 2022 tour withHayley Sanderson on vocals, Dave Colquhoun on guitars, backing vocals, andRick andAdam Wakeman (keyboards).[20]
Pomeroy is primarily known as a bass guitarist, but also playsChapman Stick, bass pedals, synth bass, double neck guitar / bass (with Steve Hackett), rhythm guitar and even the spoons.[2] Pomeroy performs bass guitar left-handed with left-handed instruments but stringed as a right-handed instrument.[21] Regarding learning to play, he said, "My brother had a bass guitar, and I used to pick it up and have a thrash around on it when he was at work.... I know this sounds weird - I didn’t actually learn it as such, because I could play the bass as soon as I picked it up. I never had to work out how to play it, or even how to hold it, even though it was upside-down because I’m left-handed.”[21] He has described Yes bassistChris Squire as his hero,[21] and compares his sound to Squire,Geddy Lee andPaul McCartney.[2] He uses various equipment including:
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