Graham Bonnet

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Graham Bonnet at the Sauna Open Air Festival in 2008

Graham Bonnet (* 23. December 1947 in Skegness ) is a British hard rock - singer , who through his work with Ritchie Blackmore's band Rainbow was known.

life and career

Bonnet began his musical career in the late 1960s with the band The Marbles . The singer's first solo album, released in 1977, was the reason he got into Ritchie Blackmore's band Rainbow.

After a short interlude with the Michael Schenker Group in 1982, Bonnett formed his own hard rock band Alcatrazz in 1983 , in which the u. a. by Mike Varney funded Swedish young guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen was a member. With the latter, the band's first album was created under the title No Parole from Rock'n'Roll , which received a lot of attention, especially in the USA. Two years later, Malmsteen was replaced by Steve Vai , who also became very well known. After the band split up in 1987, Bonnet took over the vocals on the debut album Stand in Line by the band Impellitteri and was their front man on the subsequent world tour in 1988.

Graham Bonnet is known for his penchant for guitar virtuosos; Ritchie Blackmore, Michael Schenker, Yngwie Malmsteen and Steve Vai were or became guitarists of world renown.

As an avowed James Dean fan, Bonnet stood out in the 1980s for the fact that - contrary to all clichés of the hard rock scene - he always wore a short haircut.

Discography

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Line up
  UK 62 11/07/1981 (3 weeks)
Meanwhile, Back in the Garage (Graham Bonnet Band)
  CH 87 07/22/2018 (1 week)
Singles
Night Games
  UK 6th 
silver
silver
03/21/1981 (11 weeks)
Liar
  UK 51 06/13/1981 (4 weeks)

solo

Albums

  • 1977: Graham Bonnet
  • 1978: No Bad Habits
  • 1981: line up
  • 1991: Here Comes the Night
  • 1997: Underground
  • 1999: The Day I Went Mad
  • 2016: The Book

Singles

  • 1972: Whisper in the Night
  • 1973: Trying to Say Goodbye
  • 1977: It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
  • 1977: Goodnight and Goodmorning
  • 1978: Warm Ride
  • 1978: Can't Complain
  • 1978: Only You Can Lift Me
  • 1981: Night Games
  • 1981: Liar
  • 1981: Anthony Boy
  • 1981: I'm a Lover
  • 1981: That's the Way That It Is

As a band member (selection)

  • Rainbow - Down to Earth (1979)
  • Michael Schenker Group - Assault Attack (1982)
  • Alcatrazz - No Parole from Rock'n'Roll (1983)
  • Alcatrazz - Disturbing the Peace (1985)
  • Alcatrazz - Dangerous Games (1986)
  • Impellitteri - Stand in Line (1988)
  • Blackthorne - Afterlife (1993)
  • Impellitteri - System X (2002)
  • Taz Taylor Band - Welcome to America (2006)
  • Lyraka - Lyraka (2010)
  • Anthem - Heavy Metal Anthem (2002)
  • The Marbles - The Marbles (Compilation) "Recordings from 1968/1969" (2005)
  • Wind in the Willows - Wind in the Willows - A Rock Concert "Live" (With: Pete York, Eddie Hardin and others) (1990)
  • Alcatrazz - Live Sentence (Recordings: Live in Japan, 1984) (1990)
  • Rainbow - Denver 1979 (Live in Denver / USA) (2015)
  • Rainbow - Down to Earth Tour 1979 (3-CD-BOX) (2015)
  • Blackthorne - Don't Kill the Thrill (2016)
  • EZoo - Feeding the Beast (2017)
  • Graham Bonnet Band - Meanwhile, Back in the Garage (2018)

swell

  1. ↑ a b Chart sources: Switzerland UK
  2. ↑ Music Sales Awards: UK

Web links

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personal data
SURNAME Bonnet, Graham
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British hard rock singer
DATE OF BIRTH December 23, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Skegness , Lincolnshire, England