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 Some really cool tunes Sep 23, 2009
Overall I like this CD, my favorites are a "Change of A Season" and "Good With The Bad".
Evolution Jun 20, 2008
1992's Mad Hatter was the second album from Bonham, the band formed by Jason Bonham, son of the late Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham. Naturally, given Jason Bonham's personal history, there is a significant Led Zeppelin influence to Bonham's sound. That influence is further reinforced by Daniel McMaster's (RIP) Robert Plant style vocals.
Bonham's 1989 debut The Disregard of Timekeeping was a melodic rock album on par with Loverboy and Foreigner, but with Mad Hatter the band takes their sound in a different direction. For one thing, the album is not as pop-oriented as its predecessor. The songs are longer, the instrumental elements are more technical (there is a lot of guitar "noodling", but I wouldn't go so far as to call this a prog album), McMaster's vocals are a bit grittier, and the album as a whole just seems a lot heavier. The Zeppelin influence is still there, but Mad Hatter sounds more like a later day Tesla album than anything else.
Mad Hatter is a better overall album than The Disregard of Timekeeping, though it's not quite as much fun to listen to. They're both good albums though, and I wouldn't hesitate to recommend them to any fan of late 80's/early 90's hard rock.
Though Jason Bonham continued to be very active in the music scene, this was the final Bonham release. The grunge and alternative rock scene that exploded in the early 90's made it all but impossible for a band like Bonham to survive.
NOTE: SPV reissued Mad Hatter in 2009. The reissue does not include any bonus material, but it has been digitally remastered.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
 Rare Gem of a disc! Must own for hard rock lovers!! Jan 09, 2008
Bonham's Mad Hatter is my new favorite album! I just got it and the first song hooked me!
My first impression was that they sounded a lot like The Answer, who was one of my favorite new bands of 2007. But then this disc came out in '92, so props to Bonham for originality.
Think Zepplin meets Tesla and you have a good idea of what Bonham sounds like.
I gotta go....gotta go listen to some more Bonham...
6 of 7 found the following review helpful:
Mad Hatter Carries The Torch of Progressive Rock Feb 29, 2004
"Mad Hatter" is an excellent Prog Rock recording surpassing the quality of the band's previous release, "The Disregard of Timekeeping". Although it was never a big seller, don't let this discourage you from purchasing it. It's comparable to Led Zeppelin's "Presence" title, but with a less bluesy sound. The vocals and guitar solos are phenomenal. "Mad Hatter" is Art Rock at its best, produced at a time when no one seemed to have much interest in the genre.
3 of 4 found the following review helpful:
Led Zeppelin inspired to say the least Nov 28, 2003
Bonham have taken their name after Jason Bonham, the son of legendary Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham (R.I.P.). "Mad Hatter" came out back in 1992 and it's obvious that the band is influenced by Led Zeppelin, something the listener realize immediately in the opening "Bing". Some of the songs in this (Zeppelin) vein seems a bit too calculated like "The storm", and I can't escape the feeling that young Bonham and Co feel that they have something to prove. Even `tho singer Daniel Macmaster is no Robert Plant, he's doing a decent job delivering what you could call the next best thing to the original. From time to time, Bonham are very good but in the long run it all gets a bit boring, at least for me who's not the world's biggest fan of Led Zeppelin. So when Bonham gives us a slight change of direction in the title track "Mad hatter" (which bare connection to Aerosmith and their 1970's approach like "Walk this way") it sure feels like a fresh breath.
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