John Leamy

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John Leamy was born in Ames, Iowa in 1967. He was a member of seminal New York noise band Surgery from 1987-1995 and is the drummer for influential cult favorites Masters of Reality since 1999. Leamy is a member, as a multi-instrumentalist, of the New York collective Brand New Skin as well as Dr. Mars, a partnership with longtime collaborator Liam O'Malley.

He is a designer, digital media and visual artist working in New York City as the Creative Director and Head of Design for Spontaneous. He was nominated for an MTV Video Music Award for Best Special Effects in 2006 for his animation in U2's video "Original of the Species." He is currently leading Spontaneous in a project that will create a 3D interactive Tour DVD for U2's Vertigo Tour.