Kevin Roentgen

Kevin Roentgen
Origin	Los Angeles, California, United States
Genres	Rock
Years active	1999-present
Labels	Audiophile Music
Members	Kevin Roentgen

Kevin Roentgen (pronounced rent-gehn) is a singer/songwriter/producer and formerly guitarist for UK Platinum, Brit Award-winning American rock band Orson, who sometimes performs under the moniker, Praying Hands. Roentgen is previously known for fronting L.A. rock bands American Pearl (Wind-Up Records) and SOUL (Elektra Records). He is currently the singer/guitarist for the hard rock trio, Goldsboro.

Following the break-up of American Pearl, Roentgen spent most of 2003 in the studio writing and demo-ing new songs. The result was Praying Hands, The Acoustic EP, recorded and co-produced by Noah Shain at White Buffalo Studio in Hollywood.

In 2005, Roentgen joined L.A. band Orson as a guitarist. In 2006, Orson released their UK platinum #1 debut, Bright Idea (Mercury Records), which contained the UK #1 single, No Tomorrow. Orson went on to win the Brit Award in 2007 for Best International Breakthrough Act. In the Fall of 2007, Orson released the album Culture Vultures, containing the single Ain't No Party.

The full length Praying Hands album entitled Dogs and Airplanes was released in October 2008. The song "Lead the Way" from the Dogs and Airplanes album is featured in a film by director, Julie Davis, called Finding Bliss that stars Leelee Sobieski, Donnamarie Recco, Denise Richards and Jamie Kennedy.

In 2008, Roentgen co-produced with Noah Shain a project called Hott Mess, an album of 10 songs written and performed by Roentgen, Shain and singer Shayna Ross.

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