Label: WTG
Year: 1998
Home: Los Angeles
Members: Daniel MacMaster ~ vocals
Ian Hatton ~ guitars
John Smithson ~ bass/keyboards
Jason Bonham ~ drums
Additional: Duncan Faure ~ b. vocals
Trevor Rabin ~ bass/b. vocals
Jimmy Zavala ~ harmonica
Bill Millay ~ keyboards
Bob Ezrin ~ orchestration
Had Michael Jackson lived to go back on stage it probably would have been the biggest tour of his career, but let’s not forget there was another major tour that could have been … had Robert Plant chosen to tour with Led Zeppelin after their successful reunion concert. So, in honor of past & potential future comebacks I wanted to remember an underrated glam rock band — Bonham — the short-lived band by the son of Zep drummer John Bonham. Maybe it was the cliché video for 'Wait For You' of the band dancing in a junk yard or the Plant-esque vocals of the late Daniel MacMaster that caught my attention, but whatever the reason I truly enjoy Bonham. Like many other bands they were critiqued for sounding like Zep, albeit one might turn the tables considering Plant’s later Fate Of Nations album hints of Bonham. This is 80’s hard rock that puts away blistering guitars for a more rhythmic & bluesy approach. Singer MacMaster died in 2008 at 39. The reunited Bonham sunk without him — proof of his draw, so I guess it was him that attracted me to the band. Trevor Rabin of Yes also makes an appearance, though on bass not guitar, plus famed producer Bob Ezrin.
(originally written for the Roman Midnight Music newsletter, Issue 2, Fall 2009, expanded for blog)
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