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Graham Bonnet Relaunches ALCATRAZZ Band With New Studio Album Planned & New Guitarist

Posted by tarjavirmakari on February 5, 2019
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Jimmy Kay from Canada’s The Metal Voice spoke to Graham Bonnet from the Graham Bonnet Band at this years NAMM show on June 25 2019. Graham Bonnet told The Metal Voice that they were planning on relaunching the 80’s band ALCATRAZZ. Bonnet said in the interview, “We have just put the band together and we have a new guitarist. Basically we will be going out and playing the Alcatrazz songs live and we will be recording a new Alcatrazz studio album. Also on the studio album we will be having a few guest players so some good surprises coming up.”

Watch the interview here:

Graham Bonnet Manager Giles Lavery explained in more details to The Metal Voice that the guitarist for the relaunch of Alcatrazz will be Joe Stump (Reign of Terror, Holy Hell ) and that a new double live Alcatrazz album will be recorded (and filmed) on the upcoming Japanese tour. The live album will feature the entire Alcatrazz No Parole from Rock and Roll album and entire Rainbow Down to Earth Album. Plus rarely performed tracks from Bonnet’s days with Impellitteri and Blackthorne.

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Alcatrazz keyboardist Jimmy Waldo also added on separate interview to The Metal Voice Feb 1 2019,“The last two Graham Bonnet Band albums stylistically have essentially been Alcatrazz albums as we were aiming for that direction anyways. With our new guitar player Joe Stump we feel we can take Alcatrazz to the next level. Due to popular demand it’s time to bring the name back.”

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Graham Bonnet- vocals
Jimmy Waldo- Keyboards
Joe Stump- Guitar
Beth Ami Heavenstone- Bass
Mark Benquechea- Drums

More details to be announced on upcoming Alcatrazz studio album which will feature many guests from Graham’s musical past.

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GRAHAM BONNET Recalls How He Turned Down BLACK SABBATH Audition In The 80’s

Posted by tarjavirmakari on March 19, 2018
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Jimmy Kay from Canada’s The Metal Voice spoke to former if Rainbow, MSG, Alcatrazz singer Graham Bonnet in Montreal Quebec Canada on the Michael Schenker Fest Tour on March 12 2018.

Graham Bonnet spoke about his Audition with Black Sabbath in the 1980’s, his upcoming US tour with the Graham Bonnet band playing ‘No Parole From Rock and Roll’ in it’s entirety and news, timeline and details on upcoming Album by the band

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When asked about the details and timeline of the follow-up Album to the Graham Bonnet Band’s The Book
“I finished my part on the new album everything is finished vocally. Now when I go back, we go in the mixing stage but at the moment Beth-Ami Heavenstone is putting down the bass parts. We got the bass to put down a little bit of keyboards. It sounds pretty good I am very pleased. If anybody liked the previous album the Book , they are going to like this too, it has got the same kind of material, same kind of sound and it’s got a little of that Alcatrazz, MSG, Rainbow sound. It will be released in a few of months I think, it will be out this year.”

When asked about the Graham Bonnet Band playing the complete Alcatrazz ‘No Parole from Rock and Roll Album’ in it’s entirety for the 35 year anniversary on their upcoming US tour
“It will be all the material that I made up 35 years ago, we will play all the Alcatrazz tracks off that album along with the Graham Bonnet Band songs. There is a new audience for Alcatrazz it seems like a younger audience, I wish they had been turned on to it back then when we needed a bit more publicity back then. It’s amazing to see kids of 18 years old coming up to me and singing the lyrics.”

When asked about how he turned down an audition to sing for Black Sabbath in the 1980’s
” I can’t actually remember the actual year it was 1980 something. I had a call from one of the guys from Black Sabbath I can’t remember who asked me if i was interested in auditioning cause I just left Rainbow and it was something I wasn’t really sure of. I wasn’t sure of the music, I wasn’t sure if I really fit with my short hair. I wanted to do something different on my own not to be in another band as another singer in a revolving door, so I turned it down.”

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USA – GRAHAM BONNET BAND PERFORMS ‘ALCATRAZZ – NO PAROLE FROM ROCK N ROLL’ TOUR

SEPTEMBER

28TH VIPER ROOM – WEST HOLLYWOOD , CA
29TH MALONES – SANTA ANA , CA

OCTOBER

3RD EL CORAZON – SEATTLE, WA
5TH DIVE BAR – LAS VEGAS, NV
6TH BRICK BY BRICK – SAN DIEGO , CA
7TH THE HUB – COLTON , CA
OCT 11 THE CABOOZE – MINNEAPOLIS , MN
OCT 12 BIGS BAR – SIOUX FALLS , SD
OCT 13 THE RED HERRING LOUNGE – DULUTH , MN
OCT 14 RED CARPET – ST CLOUD , MN

GRAHAM BONNET BAND: Japanese Tour Report With ALCATRAZZ Original Members Reunion, Streaming Now

Posted by tarjavirmakari on May 11, 2017
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A special Metal Voice report on a three night ALCATRAZZ special engagement as part of THE GRAHAM BONNET BAND‘s 2017 “The Book” tour in Japan. Parole Denied in Japan Report.

Founding members Graham Bonnet vocals, Jimmy Waldo keyboards and Gary Shea bass of the 80’s supergroup ALCATRAZZ reunite in Japan after 33 years.

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The report includes In Depth interviews with Graham Bonnet Band, their travels and tells the complete back story of the rise and fall and rise of the Alcatrazz band. Watch as both bands immerse themselves in the Japanese culture and are embraced by the Japanese people.

American Hard Rock band ALCATRAZZ Formed in 1983 by former Rainbow and Michael Schenker Group vocalist Graham Bonnet along with Jimmy Waldo and Gary Shea and made three albums in the 1980’s.The band debut album included young Swedish guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen and their second album guitar virtuoso Steve Vai.

THE GRAHAM BONNET BAND includes Graham Bonnet, Vocals / Conrado Pesinato, Guitar / Beth-Ami Heavenstone, Bass and New Drummer Mark Benquechea

The Report was produced by Jimmy Kay and Giles Lavery for The Metal Voice along with narration by Beth-Ami Heavenstone

Some of the Report Highlights

New Drummer Mark Benquechea  replaces Mark Zonder for the Graham Bonnet Band  (3:00)
“I’m the new member I replaced Mark Zonder which has been a really great experience for me, Zonder is a great drummer and filling his shoes are pretty big shoes to fill. ” Mark Benquechea

Yngwie Malmsteen contributions to Alcatrazz (8:50)
“He was hungry at the time he was 19 years old and was a tremendous asset to the band, he really put his heart into it, he wanted to prove himself and I thought to myself one day this kid is going to go on his own and eventually he did. ” Graham Bonnet

Yngwie’s Malmsteen departure from Alcatrazz (11:50)
“Our manager was a drug addict. He was more focused on  making Yngwie a star and so it really hurt the band as he neglected the rest of us and wasn’t as interested in Graham  and that really hurt. Yngwie was destined to be his own guy, to be a solo artist, so when we split with him it was a mutual agreement.” Jimmy Waldo

“I blame our manager for the deterioration of Alcatrazz because  he split the group up internally to focus on Yngwie’s career, he went on to manage Yngwie, we fired him as a manager. ” Jimmy Waldo

Guitarist Steve Vai’s time in Alcatrazz and his departure to David Lee Roth Band (28:23)
I think Steve Vai was a completely different guitar player from anyone I ever played with, he is very inventive, wasn’t  really into the so called Heavy Metal genre. ” Graham Bonnet

Former and late Iron Maiden drummer Clive Burr’s audition with Alcatrazz ( 18:36)
“Clive Burr  came down and played with us for a couple days, it just didn’t work out,  he wasn’t in great shape, he hadn’t played in a while, it just wasn’t working, he wasn’t the right drummer for the band. Andy (manager) wanted the Iron Maiden tag, he wanted to be able to use that it would really help the band. ” Jimmy Waldo

Alcatrazz’s third album and their demise  (34:00)
“I think we should have stuck to the previous format we veered too far away from what we did best.” Jimmy Waldo

“To me it was a failure, we lost the heart and soul of the band and eventually fell to pieces because guitarist Danny Johnson left because he had another job offer.” Graham Bonnet

BIG SWEDE: To Release New Single “Date Night In A Straitjacket” On April 28th

Posted by tarjavirmakari on April 23, 2015
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BIG SWEDE is to release on April 28th, a new single “Date Night In A Straitjacket”, including an industrial remix featuring ex-members of SLASH’S SNAKEPIT, ADLER’S APPETITE and ALCATRAZZ. The two tracks are up on YouTube now, check them out below.

Comments Big Swede:
My new single ‘BIG SWEDE – DATE NIGHT IN A STRAITJACKET’ is up on YOUTUBE now – Check out both versions via YOUTUBE links below – It will be available everywhere else online April 28 – It’s 2 tracks – ONE ORIGINAL (full on rocker) and ONE REMIX (industrial). Make sure to check out both – Features my good friends Patrick Stone, Howie Simon and Johnny Griparic – Mastered by Dragan Tanascovic – Photo by Mats Ågren. ‪

ORIGINAL MIX:

INDUSTRIAL REMIX:

ITUNES (Preview), HERE.

More information at http://www.bigswedestudios.com

ALCATRAZZ Reissues Due Out With Bonus Material

Posted by aliblackdiamond on October 10, 2013
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Metal Mind Productions has announced the exclusive reissue of four albums by US heavy metal band ALCATRAZZ – No Parole From Rock’n Roll (1983), Live Sentence – No Parole From Rock’N’Roll (1984), Disturbing The Peace (1985) and Dangerous Games (1986) on November, 11th. Check out details below:

 

 

No Parole From Rock’n Roll

Tracklist:
‘Island In The Sun’
‘General Hospital’
‘Jet To Jet’
‘Hiroshima Mon Amour’
‘Kree Nakoorie’
‘Incubus’
‘Too Young To Die, Too Drunk To Live’
‘Big Foot’
‘Starcarr Lane’
‘Suffer Me’

Bonus tracks:
‘Since You’ve Been Gone’ (Live at The Country Club, Reseda)
‘Desert Song’ (Live In Tokyo)
‘Guitar Crash'(Live In Tokyo)

 

 

Live Sentence – No Parole From Rock’N’Roll

Tracklist:
‘Too Young To Die, Too Drunk To Live’
‘Hiroshima Mon Amour’
‘Night Games’
‘Island In The Sun’
‘Kree Nakoorie’
‘Coming Bach’ (Instrumental)
‘Since You’ve Been Gone’
‘Evil Eye’ (Instrumental)
‘All Night Long’

Bonus tracks:
‘Jet To Jet’ (Live at The Country Club, Reseda)
‘Big Foot’ (Live In Tokyo)
‘Suffer Me’ (Live In Tokyo)

 

 

Disturbing The Peace

Tracklist:
‘God Blessed Video’
‘Mercy’
‘Will You Be Home Tonight’
‘Wire And Wood’
‘Desert Diamond’
‘Stripper’
‘Painted Lover’
‘Lighter Shade Of Green’ (Instrumental)
‘Sons And Lovers’
‘Skyfyre’
‘Breaking The Heart Of The City’

Bonus tracks:
‘General Hospital’ (Live at The Country Club, Reseda)
‘Kree Nakoorie’ (Live at The Country Club, Reseda)
‘Koujou No Tsuki’ (Live In Tokyo)

 

 

Dangerous Games

Tracklist:
‘It’s My Life’
‘Undercover’
‘That Ain’t Nothin’
‘No Imagination’
‘Ohayo Tokyo’
‘Dangerous Games’
‘Blue Boar’
‘Only One Woman’
‘Witchwood’
‘Double Man’
‘Night Of The Shooting Star’

Bonus tracks:
‘Hiroshima Mon Amour’ (Live at The Country Club, Reseda)
‘Suffer Me’ (Live at The Country Club, Reseda)
‘Somethin’ Else’ (Live In Tokyo)