Pegasus (band)

**Pegasus** is a Swiss pop/rock-band from Biel/Bienne. The band consists of Noah Veraguth (lead vocals, guitar, piano), Gabriel Spahni (bass, vocals), Stefan Brønner (drums) and Simon Spahr (vocals, guitar).

Pegasus is one of the most successful pop bands in Switzerland. The band was awarded Platin and Gold status for their work, got three Swiss Music Awards and reached multiple chart placements (Album _Love & Gunfire_). They already played big festivals and tours in Switzerland and travelled all the way to Germany, Austria, Belgium, Japan, Hongkong and Singapur to be the supporting group of _Hurts_ during the Europe Leg of their tour as well as festival- and club shows.

### The beginnings

Noah Veraguth, Simon Spahr and Gabriel Spahni all grew up in the same street in Biel and started entertaining the neighbourhood residents with small concerts in living rooms, basements or parks early on. Stefan Brønner later joined the group as the drummer. Their first musical influences were the Beatles and other pioneers of Rock 'n' Roll.

### _A Place to Be_

In 2007, the band signed the first record deal and documented the difficult negotiations and the recording sessions of their debut album _A Place to Be_ with  film maker Andresas Pfiffner and Simon Baumann. _Hope Music_ was released as the first web-documentery of Switzerland.

_A Place to Be_ was received well by critics and the audience.

_Hope Music_ was broadcasted on swiss television. As part of their "A Place to Be"-tour, the band was able to open for Joe Cocker's concert at Hallenstadion in front of an audience of 13.000 people. Various big openairs (for example Gurtenfestival, Blue Balls Luzern) were also some highlights of their first tour.

### _Heroes & Champions_

Pegasus went back to the studio in 2008 and recorded their second album _Heroes & Champions_ with swiss producer Thomas Fessler (Florian Ast, Plüsch, Sina, Adrian Stern). The album was released in April 2009. Yet again, the band was able to play at big openairs (like Open Air St. Gallen, Stars Of Sounds in Aarberg, Open-Air Huttwil, Gena-Festival Geneva) and performend as the supporting group for Coldplay at Stade de Suisse in Bern. In March 2010, the band won _Best Newcomer National_ at the Swiss Music Awards and made the first experience abroad at the Eurosonic-Festival in Groningen.

### _Human.Technology_

The next studio work for the next Pegasus album started in September 2010. The band decided to work with producer Roman Camenzind and Fred Herrmann, which marked the intended change in the Pegasus-Sound.

On 13th May 2011, the new Pegasus-Sound celebrated its premiere with _Rise Up (Black Dog)_ at the swiss radios. The song acted as a foretaste of the upcoming album _Human.Technology_. The album was released on 16th September 2011 throughout Switzerland and placed 5th in the swiss album charts.

The band announced on 19th June 2012 that _Human.Technology_ sold over 15.000 copies. A special edition of _Human.Technology_ was released on 27th July 2012 called _Human.Technology 2.0_ and placed 2nd in the swiss album charts. The new single _Skyline_, which was also Switzerland's Olympia-Song for London 2012, placed 1st in the swiss single charts on 8th August 2012.

### Supporting Group for Hurts

In November 2013, Pegasus accompanied the british synthie-popband Hurts on their tour in Germany, Austria, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxemburg.

### _Love & Gunfire_

On 14th March 2014, _Love & Gunfire_ was released. The album had themes and motives of the tension beween love and violence, closeness and distance, care and alienation. It charted for 80 weeks. In November 2015, a platin edition of _Love & Gunfire_ was released with multiple live versions and the official _Jeder-Rappen-zählt_-Single _Streets of My Hometown_.

### Asia Tour

In the beginning of 2015, Pegasus was able to gain first live-experiences in Asia. Singapore, Tokyo and Hongkong were in the program. The music video of _Lay Low_ was inspired by the experience and especially the japanese culture. Yumi Mukai, a tea ceremony master, supported the band in the implementation of the video.

### Noah Veraguth's Solo career

During the promotion of "Human.Technology", it became apparent that singer Noah Veraguth was put on the spotlight. At the end of 2012, he placed 1st in the swiss hitparade with rapper _Stress_ and singer _Bastian Baker._ The promotion for the 2014 _Noël's Room_ album continued the singer's strong presence in the tabloid media. _Blick_ reported on this move to Zurich in a homestory and _Schweizer Illustrierte_ reported on a concnert at the Prinzebar in Hamburg under the title "_Noah Veraguth & Co_.".

### Simon Spahr's Break

From April 2016 until February 2020 Simon Spahr took a break from the band. On 15th January he announced that he will leave the band after one last concert in April 2016. His reason was: "After 15 intensive and wonderful years of making music, I now feel the need to do something different and reorient myself." The last concert with Simon Spahr was at Snowpenair on 2nd April. During his absence, he was replaced by Martin Deplazes (Ginger and the Alchemists ). He came back in February 2020.

### _Beautiful Life_

On 9th July 2017, the fifth studio album _Beautiful Life_ was released, which was published by Columbia Sony Music Entertainment Germany.

### _Unplugged + Hallenstadion Unplugged (Live)_

On _Unplugged_, Pegasus released their musical biography in form of an acoustic-album. They re-released all their hits such as _Metropolitans_, _I Take It All_ and _Skyline_ with new arrangements. After five successfull studio albums, countless hits and successfull domestic and abroad tours, the band took a step back and dedicated the extraordinary time of the Covid-19 pandemic to working on another album.

They celebrated the premiere of the _Unplugged_ albums on the 21st May 2021 at Hallenstadion Zurich. This was the first show in the biggest indoor event location of Swizerland after 15 months of pandemic-related radio silence.

_Unplugged_ was released on 15th January 2021. The live album of the show _Hallenstadion Unplugged (Live)_ was releleased 12th November 2021.

### _Future:Memories_

Following the pandemic, Pegasus rushed into the future with the album Future:Memories. Almost all of the songs were written in the last few years. The lead single, _Once in a Lifetime_, has been in the works for a while and finally felt like a fitting fit for the overall album. The nine remaining songs represent a fresh start, boundless optimism, and blend classic songwriting with modern production. Musically, the album takes a step forward in a more electronic direction.

### Zirkus Knie

From May until December 2024, the quartet was part of the swiss national circus _Knie_ and ensured an extraordinary show on the evening performances.

### _Twisted Hearts Club_

With _How Much Can A Heart Break_, the band released the first single from their upcoming album, forming the musical connection to _Future:Memories_. Pegasus promised an album of emotional complexity, embedded in a production that would throw the band back to their affinity for the organic sound they once learned.

As part of the album release, they released an SRF DOK Pegasus - Eine Band macht Schluss.

### _Departure of Gabrial Spahni and Simon Spahr_

In January 2025 it was announced that Gabriel Spahni and Simon Spahr would leave the band at the end of 2025.

### Studio albums

|Year|Title|Charts|Details|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2007||||
|<small>_Released: 30 March 2007_</small>||||
|2009||||
|<small>_Released: 24 April 2009_</small>||||
|2011||||
|<small>_Released: 16 September 2011_</small>||||
|2014||||
|<small>_Released: 14 March 2014_</small>||||
|2017||||
|<small>_Released: 9 June 2017_</small>||||
|2021||||
|<small>_Released: 15 January 2021_</small>||||
|2022||||
|<small>_Released: 11 March 2022_</small>||||
|2025||||
|<small>_Released: 17. January 2025_</small>||||

### Singles

|Year|Title <small>Album</small>|Charts|Details|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2007||||
|_<small>Release date: 26 October 2007</small>_||||
|2009||||
|_<small>Release date: 27 February 2009</small>_||||
|rowspan="2"|2011|||
|_<small>Release date: 19 August 2011</small>_||||
|_<small>Release date: 11 June 2011</small>_||||
|rowspan="2"|2012|||
|_<small>Release date: 27 July 2012</small>_||||
|_<small>Release date: 27 July 2012</small>_||||
|rowspan="3"|2014|||
|_<small>Release date: 14 March 2014</small>_||||
|_<small>Release date: 14 March 2014</small>_||||
|_<small>Release date: 14 March 2014</small>_||||
|rowspan="2"|2015|||
|_<small>Release date: 14 March 2014</small>_||||
|_<small>Release date: 27 November 2015</small>_||||
|rowspan="2"|2017|||
|_<small>Release date: 3 February 2017</small>_||||
|_<small>Release date: 14 April 2017</small>_||||
|2018||||
|_<small>Release date: 2 February 2018</small>_||||
|2019||||
|_<small>Release date: 23 August 2019 with Aloe Blacc</small>_||||
|rowspan="2"|2020|||
|_<small>Release date: 3 April 2020 feat. Anna Rossinelli</small>_||||
|_<small>Release date: 23 October 2020</small>_||||

#### Live album

- 2021: Hallenstadion Unplugged (Live)

#### More Singles

- 2013: _Go Out (And Get Her)_
- 2017: _Lost to Be Found_
- 2022: Once in a Lifetime
- 2022: Come Home
- 2024: Champions
- 2024: How Much Can A Heart Break

## Awards

- 2007: _SUISA Newcomer Award_
- 2008: _Swiss Top 07_ durch DRS 3 (the youngest receivers at that time)
- 2010: Swiss Music Award in the category "_Newcomer National"_
- 2012: _Prix Walo_ in the category "_Newcomer"_
- 2013: Swiss Music Award in the category "_Best Hit National"_ for "_Skyline"_
- 2015: Swiss Music Award in the category "_Best Hit National"_ for "_I Take It All"_
- 2016: Biel's resident of the year (de: Bieler des Jahres 2015)

## Nominations

- 2015: Swiss Music Awards in the category "_Best Group"_
- 2019: Swiss Music Awards in the category "_Best Group"_

## Web links

- Official Webseite
- Pegasus on Facebook
- Pegasus on Instagram
- Pegasus on TikTok
- Website Dokumentarfilm from Simon Baumann and Andreas Pfiffner _Hope Musik_
- Pegasus – Eine Band macht Schluss In: _DOK_. 2025 (YouTube)

## Infobox (band)

- **name**: Pegasus
- **genre**: Popmusik, Pop, Rockmusik, Rock
- **years active**: 2003-present
- **label**: Gadget Records, Gadget
- **website**: [http://pegasustheband.com/ pegasustheband.com]
- **current members**: Noah Veraguth (Lead vocals, guitar, piano)
Gabrial Spahni (bass, vocals)
Stefan Brønner (drums)
Simon Spahr  <small>(pause 2016–2020) </small> (vocals, guitar)
- **past members**: Martin Deplazes
- **origin**: Schweiz