Place Vendome (band)

Place Vendome
Background information
OriginGermany
GenresHard rock, AOR
Years active2004-present
LabelsFrontiers Records
MembersMichael Kiske
Dennis Ward
Uwe Reitenauer
Gunther Werno
Dirk Bruinenberg
Past membersKosta Zafiriou

Place Vendome is a German melodic hard rock / AOR project, founded in 2004 at the direction of Frontiers Records president Serafino Perugino.

Place Vendome was formed by Helloween and Unisonic vocalist Michael Kiske, Dennis Ward (bass and production), Kosta Zafiriou (drums) and Uwe Reitenauer (guitars) from the band Pink Cream 69 and Gunther Werno (keyboards) from the band Vanden Plas.

The project has released four full-length albums; Place Vendome in 2005, Streets of Fire in 2009, Thunder in the Distance in 2013 and Close to the Sun in 2017.