┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │■ ■│ │ .-/ .-. │ │ _.-~ / ___ | ~-._ │ │ \:/ -~| / __/| .\:/ │ │ / || (:/:| \ │ │ / /\/| |:\___\| |\ \ │ │ / /:::|.::/:::/:.|:\ \ │ │ / /:::/ \\/:::/::/:::\ \ │ │ / .::\ \-~~~~-/\/:.. \ │ │ /..:::::\ /:::::..\ │ │ /::::::::- -::::::::\ │ │ \:::::-~ ~-:::::/ │ │ \:-~ ~-:/ │ │ METAL CLASSICS ARCHIVE │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ P R E S E N T S │ │ │ │ │ │ + Bonham - Mad Hatter + │ │ │ │ │ │╔═════════════════════╗ │ │║ Release Information ║ │ │╠═════════════════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════╗ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Release Date.Feb-01-2006 Encoder......LAME 3.90 Modified ║ │ │║ Genre........Hard Rock Graber.......EAC ║ │ │║ Year.........1992 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Ripper.......rainbow Songs........11 ║ │ │║ Covers.......Yes Url... www.drummerworld.com ║ │ │║ ║ │ │╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │╔═════════════════════╗ │ │║ Release Notes ║ │ │╠═════════════════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════╗ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Artist : Bonham Rating : You Decide! ║ │ │║ Album : Mad Hatter Label : Epic ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │╠════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Description : ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ It would be near impossible to listen to this ║ │ │║ album without at least a passing knowledge of ║ │ │║ Led Zeppelin, the band that Jason Bonham's ║ │ │║ father played drums for throughout the '70s. Now ║ │ │║ that Bonham has his own band, he tries to ║ │ │║ capitalize on the sound that his father's ║ │ │║ perfected. This works both for and against him. ║ │ │║ In certain cases, such as the epic "Change of a ║ │ │║ Season," he proves that he has learned a lot ║ │ │║ about song structure and strong hooks from his ║ │ │║ pedigree. Bonham can sustain a long, atmospheric ║ │ │║ rock with a sense of dynamics, but on other ║ │ │║ tracks, like the hard rocking "Backdoor," he ║ │ │║ proves that he has not mastered the art of ║ │ │║ making a memorable barn burner. Still, it is ║ │ │║ hard to deny that tracks like "Ride on a Dream," ║ │ │║ "Hold On," and "The Good With the Bad" are ║ │ │║ fairly successful attempts at recapturing ║ │ │║ Zeppelin's glory. It is too bad that they are ║ │ │║ surrounded by some very average filler tracks ║ │ │║ that are more Poison-influenced than they would ║ │ │║ probably care to admit. Fans of good hard rock ║ │ │║ who do not expect something vastly original will ║ │ │║ be happy; others, especially fans of Zeppelin, ║ │ │║ may not want to spend their money on this. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ mad hatter - album credits ║ │ │║ Craig Neil Percussion ║ │ │║ Tony Platt Producer ║ │ │║ John Purdell Producer ║ │ │║ David Thoener Mixing ║ │ │║ Jimmy "Z" Zavala Harmonica ║ │ │║ Chris Albert Assistant Engineer ║ │ │║ Ed Korengo Assistant Engineer ║ │ │║ Daniel MacMaster Arranger, Vocals ║ │ │║ John Smithson Bass, Arranger, Violin, Vocals ║ │ │║ (Background), Keyboards ║ │ │║ Caroline Greyshock Photography ║ │ │║ Scott Hull Digital Editing ║ │ │║ Craig Brock Assistant Engineer ║ │ │║ Mark Ryden Illustrations ║ │ │║ Lynne Bugai Stylist ║ │ │║ Gordon Grody Vocals (Background) ║ │ │║ Duane Baron Producer ║ │ │║ Jason Bonham Arranger, Drums ║ │ │║ Terry Brock Vocals (Background) ║ │ │║ David Coleman Art Direction ║ │ │║ Mike Douglas Assistant Engineer ║ │ │║ Ron Saint Germain Producer, Mixing ║ │ │║ Ian Hatton Guitar, Arranger ║ │ │║ Michael Jeffries Assistant Engineer ║ │ │║ Bob Ludwig Mastering ║ │ │║ Bonham Producer, Main Performer ║ │ │║ Tower of Power Horn ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Having heard 'Mad Hatter' before hearing this ║ │ │║ CD, I had an idea of what to expect. I have read ║ │ │║ many, many review tearing into this CD as ║ │ │║ boring, ho-hum Led Zeppelin rip-off stuff. While ║ │ │║ there are some obvious Zeppelin influences, I ║ │ │║ really don't hear 'Houses of the Holy Part 2'. ║ │ │║ This is just good, melodic hard rock; excellent ║ │ │║ musicianship, high clean vocals, captavating ║ │ │║ vocal harmonies and, as would be expected, a ║ │ │║ killer drum sound to boot. Wait For You" was the ║ │ │║ single from this album, which I believe did ║ │ │║ quite well for the band, helping the album to ║ │ │║ reach gold status. This song, along with several ║ │ │║ others like the epic "Room For Us All" are quite ║ │ │║ good. Having said all that, however, I am not ║ │ │║ trying to make this out to be the greatest thing ║ │ │║ since the Beatles, or uh, Zeppelin, but it ║ │ │║ certainly isn't the wad of crap everyone makes ║ │ │║ it out to be. As a matter of fact, I quite enjoy ║ │ │║ it. Since that is all that matters, I guess I ║ │ │║ will kick back, stop writing and thrown on some ║ │ │║ Bonham. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Jason Bonham, son of deceased Zeppelin drummer ║ │ │║ John Bonham follows very closely in his father's ║ │ │║ footsteps on 'Mad Hatter', but sounding a bit ║ │ │║ more modern, not unlike Kingdom Come or Great ║ │ │║ White. Some of this stuff is heavily Zeppelin ║ │ │║ influenced, like the epic "Change of a Season," ║ │ │║ which is actually an excellent song on it's own ║ │ │║ and probably my favorite track on this disc. ║ │ │║ However, "Ride on a Dream," "Hold On," and "The ║ │ │║ Good With the Bad" are all within this same ║ │ │║ Zeppelin's style. Despite the obvious Zep ║ │ │║ connection however,this CD sports good songs, ║ │ │║ strong rhythms, melodies and harmonies. I cannot ║ │ │║ see any fa of melodic 80's metal/hard rock like ║ │ │║ Whitesnake, Great White, Zebra, Hurricane, etc. ║ │ │║ not liking this CD. Not sure what the deal is ║ │ │║ with the two different covers. I have the ║ │ │║ version with the tree, but have seen the other ║ │ │║ one as well. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │╔═════════════════════╗ │ │║ Release Tracklist ║ │ │╚═════════════════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════ │ │ │ │ 01 - Bing [04:48] │ │ 02 - Mad Hatter [05:21] │ │ 03 - Change Of A Season [06:58] │ │ 04 - Hold On [04:21] │ │ 05 - The Storm [05:56] │ │ 06 - Ride On A Dream [05:47] │ │ 07 - Good With The Bad [06:36] │ │ 08 - Backdoor [03:34] │ │ 09 - Secrets [04:37] │ │ 10 - Los Locos [03:53] │ │ 11 - Chimera [05:54] │ │ │ │ Total Length : [57:45 minn │ │ │ │ │ │ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ╔═════════════════════╗ │ │ ║ Greetings To: ║ │ │ ╚═════════════════════╝ │ │ │ │ Too all people who contributes to make this │ │ archive of good music in a exceptional conditions │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │■ ■│ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘