Daniel MacMaster

Daniel MacMaster
Birth name	Daniel Stewert MacMaster
Born	(1968-07-16)July 16, 1968 Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Died	March 16, 2008(2008-03-16) (aged 39) Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
Genres	Hard rock, glam metal
Occupation	Vocalist
Instrument(s)	Vocals, keyboards, harmonica, tambourine
Years active	1988–2008
Formerly of	Bonham Scorcher Emerald Monkey Monkey Macmaster

Daniel Stewart MacMaster (July 11, 1968 – March 16, 2008) was a Canadian singer, who was lead vocalist for the Canadian/British hard rock band Bonham.

Career

With Bonham, he released two albums: 1989's The Disregard of Timekeeping (which peaked at Number 38 on the Billboard charts) and 1992's Mad Hatter. In 2001, Daniel was looking to put a new project together, starting with guitarist Stefano Fantin, and a string of small club dates were performed in the Barrie area, though, due to musical differences, they parted ways. In 2005, Daniel released a solo album entitled Rock Bonham...And The Long Road Back which was re-issued by Suncity Records in 2006. Later, MacMaster started a new project with Connecticut-based singer-songwriter Jimmy D of the band Emerald Monkey, dubbed Monkey-MacMaster. The group was planning on releasing music and playing shows; in addition MacMaster had been working on his own material. However, neither of these projects were completed due to MacMaster's death.

Death

MacMaster died from a Group A streptococcal infection, which he thought was a cold, after developing sepsis, at Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre, on March 16, 2008. He was married and had two children, Kaleb and Aryanna.

Discography

Studio albums

• Rock Bonham... And the Long Road Back (2005)

with Bonham

• The Disregard of Timekeeping (1989)
• Mad Hatter (1992)

with Scorcher

• No Thanks (1994)

Guest appearances

• Emerald Monkey – Heroes of the Night – A Tribute to KISS (2008)

External links

• Sleazeroxx.com Archived October 5, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
• Radio3.cbc.ca
• Daniel MacMaster interview with MusicMayhem.Rocks