Graham Bonnet

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Background information
Born (1947-12-23) 23 December 1947 (age 75)
Skegness, Lincolnshire, England
Genres
Occupation(s)Singer, songwriter
Years active1967–present
Formerly of The Marbles, Rainbow, Michael Schenker Group, Alcatrazz, Impellitteri, Blackthorne, Anthem
Website grahambonnetofficial.com

Graham Bonnet (born 23 December 1947) is an English rock singer. He has recorded and performed as a solo artist and as a member of several hard rock and heavy metal bands including Rainbow, Michael Schenker Group, Alcatrazz, and Impellitteri. [1] He is known for his powerful singing voice but is capable of also singing soft melodies. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] His singing has been noted as "very loud" by both his contemporaries and himself, [7] and he claims to be a self-taught singer with "no discipline for lessons". [8] Bonnet's visual style, considered uncharacteristic of hard rock musicians, has been described as being a cross between Don Johnson in Miami Vice and James Dean. [9]

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Career

Bonnet was born in Skegness, Lincolnshire, in 1947. [1] He had his first hit single with duo the Marbles in 1968, with the single "Only One Woman", which reached Number 5 in the UK Singles Chart. [1] [10] This and its follow-up, "The Walls Fell Down", were both written by Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb and Maurice Gibb of the Bee Gees who had recorded in Australia with Bonnet's bandmate from the Marbles, Trevor Gordon.

Bonnet then quit to do advert jingles. He appeared in the 1974 British comedy film, Three for All as lead singer of 'Billy Beethoven', a fictional band, along with several notable UK comedy personalities and his then partner Adrienne Posta, although his character's lines were limited to only two words.

In 1977, he released an eponymous album, which was certified gold in Australia. The single, "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue", a cover version of the Bob Dylan song, also reached Number 3 in Australia in November 1977, [11] and the following year the single "Warm Ride", written by the Bee Gees, a leftover from the Saturday Night Fever sessions, reached number two there in August. [11]

Rainbow

In 1979, Bonnet was approached to join UK glam rock band Sweet to replace Brian Connolly. However, he was chosen by Ritchie Blackmore to replace Ronnie James Dio as the vocalist of hard rock band Rainbow. This was something of a musical departure for Bonnet, who had previously identified himself more as an R&B singer. Bonnet would later credit his time in Rainbow and his collaboration with Blackmore, in particular, as fundamentally changing his musical outlook to a more hard rock focus. He sang on the Down to Earth LP, which would become his most successful album. It spawned two hit singles in 1979 and 1980: "Since You Been Gone" and "All Night Long". [1] During Bonnet's time in the band, Rainbow also headlined the inaugural Monsters of Rock festival at Donington Park, Castle Donington.

Bonnet's time with Rainbow was short and he left to resume his solo career, releasing the Line-Up album in 1981, handled by producer John Eden. Following on from his time in Rainbow, the album had a markedly more rock-based sound than his previous solo recordings, whilst retaining some of his former R&B influences. For the recording of Line Up Bonnet enlisted several well-known rock musicians including Whitesnake guitarist Mick Moody, Whitesnake and Rainbow drummer Cozy Powell, Deep Purple and Whitesnake keyboard player Jon Lord, and Status Quo guitarists Francis Rossi and Rick Parfitt. The album reached No. 62 in the UK Albums Chart. [12] The album's lead single, "Night Games", reached No. 6 in the UK Singles Chart, with the follow-up single, "Liar", reaching No. 51. [12] Around this time Bonnet sang on an advertisement for Levi's jeans (the song was entitled "These Eyes"), although his version has never been released.

MSG

Tempted by an offer from ex-UFO guitarist Michael Schenker, Bonnet continued his progression to a heavier musical style and joined the Michael Schenker Group (MSG) for the Assault Attack album. [1] However, he was fired from the group after a single concert, at Sheffield Polytechnic (now called Sheffield Hallam University), when he drunkenly exposed himself on stage. [13]

Alcatrazz

Upon leaving MSG, Bonnet decided to form his own band, drawing inspiration from his days in Rainbow. In 1983, he co-founded Alcatrazz, with Gary Shea (bass), and Jimmy Waldo (keyboards) of the band New England, former Alice Cooper drummer Jan Uvena, and Swedish guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen. [1] The band's debut album, No Parole from Rock N' Roll , featured a distinctly heavy metal sound, with Bonnet describing the material as the heaviest that he had recorded to date. The band enjoyed moderate success in the United States[ citation needed ], and major success in Japan.

The band released three studio albums (No Parole from Rock N' Roll, Disturbing the Peace , with guitarist Steve Vai replacing Malmsteen, and Dangerous Games with Danny Johnson on guitar). Alcatrazz also released a live album, Live Sentence , with material from Yngwie Malmsteen's period in the band. For the Dangerous Games LP, Alcatrazz recorded a remake of Bonnet's hit song "Only One Woman" from his first band The Marbles. In 1987, Alcatrazz appeared on the second series of the BBC TV programme Rock School, with Bonnet providing singing tips. The programme also included clips of Alcatrazz in rehearsal. Later that year, Alcatrazz disbanded, and Bonnet returned to his solo career. In 2009, Bonnet reformed Alcatrazz with three new musicians. Bonnet did not consult with his former bandmates Uvena and Waldo about re-forming the original line-up, and in response they also re-grouped as a separate version of Alcatrazz.

Bonnet later reformed his version of the band as Alcatrazz featuring Graham Bonnet with guitarist Howie Simon (Jeff Scott Soto Band, Talisman), drummer Glen Sobel (Impellitteri, Beautiful Creatures, Tony MacAlpine), and bassist Tim Luce and toured Japan in May and June 2007—sharing the headline with another ex-Rainbow vocalist, Joe Lynn Turner. Howie Simon revealed in a 2010 interview that it was his suggestion to bring back the Alcatrazz name. [14] They also headlined the BerkRock festival in Berkovitsa, Bulgaria, in July 2008 and have played various West Coast US dates including support slots for Y&T. Alcatrazz continued to perform live occasionally until 2014.

In March 2017, three-fifths of the original lineup (Bonnet, Waldo and Shea) reunited for three shows in Japan, which also included Conrado Pesinato and Mark Benquechea on guitar and drums respectively. The performances were recorded for the live album/DVD Parole Denied – Tokyo 2017, which was released on 7 December 2018. [15]

In February 2019, Bonnet confirmed that he had once again resurrected Alcatrazz, with a new lineup featuring himself, Waldo, Benquechea, Beth-Ami Heavenstone, as well as new guitarist Joe Stump. [16] [17] Heavenstone thus briefly became Alcatrazz's first female member, having played bass in The Graham Bonnet Band, where she was Waldo's bandmate. This lineup planned to record a new album together, which would also include contributions from Chris Impellitteri, Bob Kulick, Dario Mollo and former Alcatrazz guitarist Steve Vai. [18] [19] Shea returned to Alcatrazz in January 2020 to replace Heavenstone.

Later career

Bonnet's post-Alcatrazz projects have all been short-lived and included Blackthorne (working with ex-Balance guitarist Bob Kulick, brother of Kiss guitarist Bruce Kulick), backing vocals for the Danish heavy metal band Pretty Maids' Future World and numerous session work for Forcefield, appearing on To Oz and Back and Let The Wild Run Free. In 1988, Bonnet joined Impellitteri, for their album Stand in Line .

An appearance on Eddie Hardin and Pete York's musical adaptation of Wind in The Willows, performed live in Germany in 1991, saw Bonnet sing on around six of the songs alongside fellow musicians Jon Lord, Don Airey and Ray Fenwick amongst others. Fenwick and Airey also featured heavily on Bonnet's 1991 solo album Here Comes The Night which includes several covers as well as songs credited to his then wife Jo Eime, and another remake of the Marbles' "Only One Woman".

In 1997, he released Underground , a new solo album, which helped re-establish him with his fan base in Japan. 1999's The Day I Went Mad featured guitarist Slash, Def Leppard guitarist Vivian Campbell, Bruce Kulick plus guitarist, Mario Parga.

Bonnet contributed lead vocals to the Japanese heavy metal band Anthem's 2000 release Heavy Metal Anthem , which had reworks of classic Anthem tracks. Bonnet rejoined Impellitteri in 2000 for their System X album. Meanwhile, his 1999 Japanese solo album got a UK release in September 2001.

At the back end of 2001, Bonnet went on a solo UK tour. His band included keyboard player Don Airey, bassist Chris Childs and drummer Harry James of Thunder and guitarist Dario Mollo.

In early 2004, Bonnet joined Italian guitarist Dario Mollo's new project Elektric Zoo, touring Europe during April. Maintaining the Italian connection, the singer also participated in Matteo Filippini's project, Moonstone, featuring on the track "Not Dead Yet".

In 2006, Bonnet contributed vocals to the Welcome to America album by Taz Taylor Band. The band toured the UK in 2007 and Europe in 2008.

He also appeared in the Countdown Spectacular concert series in Australia between August and September 2007. He sang two songs, "Warm Ride" and "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue".

A press release dated 6 November 2008 reported that Bonnet would be contributing vocals for a highlights CD with the metal opera project, Lyraka. [20] [21] The album Lyraka Volume 1 was released on 2 November 2010. It was announced on 17 November 2010, that Bonnet would also be featured on Lyraka Volume 2. [22]

Bonnet currently resides in Los Angeles, California, from where he continues to record and tour extensively. Bonnet toured the UK with Rainbow tribute band Catch the Rainbow starting in March 2014.

Graham singing with Michael Schenker in 2019 Graham Bonnet and Michael Schenker.jpg
Graham singing with Michael Schenker in 2019

He collaborated in the Stardust Reverie Project, a supergroup featuring Zak Stevens and Lynn Meredith among others. Their first album Ancient Rites of the Moon was released in April 2014. He contributed on vocals in one track of the second Stardust Reverie album Proclamation of Shadows, which came out in March 2015.

In 2015, Bonnet formed the Graham Bonnet Band, and toured the UK and Europe, playing songs from throughout his career including Alcatrazz and Rainbow. The band released a two-song E.P. titled My Kingdom Come, (the song "My Kingdom Come", written by Russ Ballard) and announced work on a new studio album to be recorded featuring new compositions and a bonus disc consisting of re-recordings of a number of songs from Bonnet's career. The final line-up of The Graham Bonnet Band was: Graham Bonnet, vocals; Conrado Pesinato, guitars; Beth-Ami Heavenstone, bass; Mark Zonder (Ex-Fates Warning), drums. The band resumed touring towards the end of 2016.

On 4 November 2016, The Graham Bonnet Band released their debut album, The Book. Reviews were positive, with the Real Gone website calling the album "surprisingly good" and also stating that some of the tracks "exceeded expectations by some distance". [23] Heavenstone later joined Bonnet in a refounded Alcatrazz (see above).

In 2016, Bonnet joined Michael Schenker and fellow former MSG singers Gary Barden and Robin McAuley in Michael Schenker Fest, initially for a tour of Japan. This resulted in a CD/DVD Live – Tokyo International Forum Hall. Later tours of Europe and Japan followed. In 2017, with the addition of Temple of Rock singer Doogie White (another former Rainbow vocalist), Michael Schenker Fest recorded the album Resurrection featuring vocal contributions from all 4 singers. This line-up toured the US and Europe in 2018.

Bonnet was extensively interviewed for 2 books by author Greg Prato: 2016's The Other Side of Rainbow [24] and 2017's Shredders!: The Oral History Of Speed Guitar (And More). [25]

Discography

Film and television appearances

Bands

Years ActiveNameMembers
VocalsGuitarBassDrumsKeyboards
1965–1967The Blue SectGraham Bonnet
Roger Sleath
Graham BonnetRoger SleathSteve Hardy
1967–1968The Graham Bonnet SetGraham Bonnet
Trevor Gordon
1968–1969 The Marbles no-one
1975Southern ComfortGraham Bonnet
1979–1980 Rainbow Graham Bonnet Ritchie Blackmore Roger Glover Cozy Powell Don Airey
02/1982-27 August 1982 Michael Schenker Group Michael Schenker Chris Glen Ted McKenna Tommy Eyre
1983–1984 Alcatrazz Yngwie Malmsteen Gary Shea Jan Uvena Jimmy Waldo
1984–1986 Steve Vai
1986–1987Danny Johnson
1987 The Party Boys Kevin Borich
John Brewster
Alan Lancaster Paul Christie
Richard Harvey
no-one
1988 Anthem Hiroya FukudaNaoto ShibataTakamasa Ohuchino-one
1988 Impellitteri Chris Impellitteri Chuck Wright Pat Torpey Phil Wolfe
1988–1990 Dave Spitz Stet Howland
1989Forcefield Ray Fenwick
Jan Akkerman
Mo Foster
Terry Pack
Cozy Powellno-one
1990 Ray Fenwick
Micky Moody
Bernie Marsden
Mario Parga
Terry PackDon Airey
Tim Hinkley
Chris Cozens
1993 Blackthorne Bob Kulick Chuck Wright Frankie Banali Jimmy Waldo
2000–2001Anthem (Featuring Graham Bonnet)Akio ShimizuNaoto ShibataHirotsugu Hommano-one
2000–2003ImpellitteriChris ImpellitteriJames Amelio Pulli Glen Sobel Edward Harris Roth
2004Elektric Zoo Dario Mollo Guido BlockRoberto GualdiMaurizio Belluzzo
2006–2008Taz Taylor BandTaz TaylorDirk KrauseVal TrainorBob Miller
2006–2009Alcatrazz (Featuring Graham Bonnet)Howie SimonTim LuceGlen Sobelno-one
2009–2010Dave Dzialak
2010–2011Jeff Bowders
2011–2014Bobby Rock
2009Savage ParadiseMario PargaKevin ValentineEric Ragno
2014–2015 Graham Bonnet Band Conrado Pesinato Beth-Ami HeavenstoneChase Manhattanno-one
2016Mark ZonderJimmy Waldo
2016–2020Michael Schenker Fest Gary Barden
Graham Bonnet
Robin McAuley
Doogie White
Michael Schenker Chris Glen Ted McKenna Steve Mann
2017EzooGraham Bonnet Dario Mollo Dario PattiRoberto GualdiDario Patti
2017Alcatrazz (Reunion show) Conrado Pesinato Gary SheaMark BenquecheaJimmy Waldo
2017–2019 Graham Bonnet Band Kurt JamesBeth-Ami Heavenstone
2019–2020AlcatrazzJoe Stump
2020Gary Shea
2020AnthemGraham Bonnet
Yukio Morikawa
Akio ShimizuNaoto ShibataIsamu Tamaruno-one
2021-presentAlcatrazz (Graham Bonnet's Alcatrazz)Graham Bonnet Jeff Loomis
2021-present Graham Bonnet Band Conrado Pesinato Beth-Ami HeavenstoneKyle HughesAlessandro Bertoni, Danny Mattin

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