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 ''

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'' (which peaked at Number 38 on the Billboard charts) and 1992's ''

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. ''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 Suncity Records is an Australian record label that specialized in releasing melodic rock and hard rock CDs. The label mostly focused on previously recorded, but unreleased, material. Suncity Records went out of business (off-line) in late 2010. ...

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

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, which he thought was a cold, after developing

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, at

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, 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

*''

'' (1989) *''

'' (1992)

with Scorcher

*''No Thanks'' (1994)

Guest appearances

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

References

External links

Sleazeroxx.comRadio3.cbc.caDaniel MacMaster interview with MusicMayhem.Rocks
1968 births 2008 deaths Canadian male singers Musicians from Barrie Deaths from staphylococcal infection Infectious disease deaths in Ontario Canadian heavy metal singers 20th-century Canadian male singers Bonham (band) members {{Canada-singer-stub