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 Jeronimo

 was a German

 hard rock band

 of the early 1970s. 

They had chart success

 in Europe

 with singles 

"Heya" 

and 

"Na Na Hey Hey",

 and released

 three studio albums

 in 1970-1972.

Band History

Jeronimo

 were founded in 1969

 by Rainer Marz

 (lead guitar, vocals), 

Gunnar Schäfer

 (bass guitar, vocals)

 and 

Ringo Funk

 (drums, lead vocals). 

Their first two singles 

released in 

1969-1970, 

"Heya" 

and

 "Na Na Hey Hey" 

(both cover songs),

 became hits in

 several European countries

In 1970 

Jeronimo toured successfully 

through Germany 

with Steppenwolf. 

The same year

 they performed at 

the legendary 

Progressive Pop Festival

 in Cologne. 

Following that,

 Jeronimo shared

 the headlines 

with such groups as 

Deep Purple 

and 

Golden Earring

 at various European 

open-air festivals. 

On June 9 and 11, 1970, 

they represented Germany

 in the

 Barbarela de Conjuntos 70 contest

 held at the 

Barbarela Discotheque

 in Mallorca, 

but were disqualified

 for running overtime.

Jeronimo's 

first studio release

 was a pink vinyl split 

with

 Creedence Clearwater Revival 

called

 Spirit Orgaszmus, 

which was a success

 throughout Europe.

 All of the Jeronimo's

 six tracks 

made their way onto 

the band's debut longplay

 Cosmic Blues

 (1970, Bellaphone),

 its music described as 

"Cream meets The Kinks."

 In 1971,

 Jeronimo's biggest

 stage-performance

 in Lausanne for

 UNICEF

 was televised worldwide.

 Jeronimo could be seen in

 numerous European

 television shows 

and in Germany

 they were on

 Hits a Gogo, 

Beatclub 

and 

Bananas.

In 1971 

Marz departed

 and with

 Michael Koch

 the band released

 their second album,

 Jeronimo

 (1971). 

The third one, 

Time Ride

 (1972), 

now on

 Bacillus Records, 

proved to be

 their final one

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