Paul Bonrud (guitars, bass, keyboards, vocals);
Paul Higgins (drums);
Steve Wiebe (drums);
Dave Hendricks (lead vocals)
Influences
The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side. -Hunter S. Thompson
Sounds Like
Journey, Foreigner, Bryan Adams, Rick Springfield, Boston, Guns and Roses
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The debut bonrud CD was mixed by non other than legendary rock producer Keith Olsen!!!! Keith has won six Grammy's and the CD's he has produced have sold over 115,000,000 copies. He has produced CD's for Foreigner, Whitesnake, Sammy Hagar, Night Ranger, Ozzy Osbourne, Rick Springfield, and many more.
Seattle, Washington’s multifaceted music scene features BONRUD: an exciting melodic rock project, led by guitarist and producer Paul Bonrud. BONRUD's debut album shines with eleven tracks of soaring vocals and melodic guitar leads that are unmistakably influenced by Journey and Foreigner. Paul is a multi-talented musician with extensive recording, producing, and performance experience. He began his music career in Minneapolis, Minnesota as a session guitarist before moving to Seattle, where he met veteran vocalist David Hendricks shortly after beginning to demo songs for a new CD. "I was blown away by Dave's voice which sounds amazingly similar to Lou Gramm." recalls Paul. Thus the writing and recording began. When it came time to lay down the drums, Paul called on the recognized talents of session drummer Paul Higgins. The two met while playing sessions and gigs for several other Seattle-based recording artists. Impressively, Paul Bonrud played most of the other instruments on the BONRUD album, which he produced and engineered, in addition to writing the majority of the material. "Producing and recording songs requires the ability to visualize the overall big picture of the song while also maintaining great attention to detail." says Paul of his philosophy. This is reflected throughout the album which was mixed by legendary six-time Grammy winning producer Keith Olsen. Keith has produced albums for Whitesnake, Foreigner, Ozzy Osbourne, Night Ranger, Sammy Hagar, Rick Springfield, Fleetwood Mac, and many others. Paul divulges, "I was really fortunate to have Keith's invaluable assistance on this project. He gave me many great suggestions along the way and when it came time to mix the songs, I turned the reigns over to him. I learned so much and made a great friend in the process." Melodic rock fans will be enchanted by newcomer BONRUD.
Hope you are doing well I am doing good here My brother finally sent me Marshall Half Stack ( it is super old) the kind with tubes :) I am stoked now all I have to do is hook it up and its back to the future for me. He had it for the longest as I have been serving the nation.
Happy Holidays to you, your family, and the musicians keep on rocking melodic
GABRIEL AND THE APOCALYPSE AT THE END OF SUMMER BAND SLAM FINALS, ALL
AGES/2 FOR 1 JAG BOMBS ALL NIGHT, MUSIC STARTS AT 8PM SHARP!!! BE
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Thanks man that means alot to hear that from a musician as talented and experienced as you are! acually Dave designed it he has a nak for graphic arts and he's completely self taught. What do you got going on these days with music?
Hi Bonrud, Heaven & Earth is on hiatus now as Stuart Smith and Richie Onori have joined forces with bassist Steve Priest to reform "Sweet". For those of you unfamiliar with the band, Sweet originally formed in the early 70s and went on to sell over 40,000,000 albums with 11 International Top Ten Hits such as "Ballroom Blitz", "Little Willy", "Love is Like Oxygen", "Fox on the Run", "Teenage Rampage", "Action", "Blockbuster", "Hellraiser" and many others.
This reincarnation of the band reformed last year, playing their first show in June, and went on to play festivals throughout Canada and the States and had played to over 300,000 people before the year was out. During this tour last year they recorded a live CD available on Amazon entitled "Sweet, Live in America" which has received rave reviews - pick up a copy and please Add Sweet As Your Friend On Myspace!
