Not to disrespect, but he didn't like Robert Plant's voice.Īny word from Jason during this tragic time?īaker: 'He could've at least called his fuckin' family and said 'sorry about your loss'. He was a mixture of Plant, David Coverdale, TESLA (Jeff Keith).'īaker: 'He sang Zeppelin-esque, but he didn't really like Zeppelin. A lot of new music had come in and they didn't do as well as they should've.įumo: 'Everybody labelled them as a Led Zeppelin cover band, but he didn't really sound like Robert Plant. Unfortunately, the genre of music didn't last. A lot of people did their bit to help him move forward.īaker: 'He just had raw talent. There's been a lot of good people - it's a team thing.

It wasn't only a tribute, but to recognize friends that tried to help him move forward. It's cool how everyone has got together, all these people that have been part of his success in some way. The follow-up, Mad Hatter, was released in 1992 and the band dissolved.īW&BK recently spoke exclusively to Scorcher's Terry Baker and Chris Fumo (an old high school friend of BW&BK 's 'Metal' Tim Henderson) about the late singer.īaker: 'It's one of those things that it's unbelievable what's happened, but it's also unbelievable the amount of people we've had remember. He was a resident of Thunder Bay, Ontario and passed away in Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Center following complications from pneumonia, after a strep A infection entered his bloodstream.Ī tribute concert was held on May 11th at The Foundation Nightclub in Barrie, Ontario and featured members of HAREM SCAREM and MacMaster's bandmates in SCORCHER, the five-piece that put the singer on the map and helped him become one of Canada's famous hard rock exports.īonham - led by drummer Jason Bonham, son of late/great LED ZEPPELIN skin-pounder John Bonham - released their first record, The Disregard Of Timekeeping, in September 1989, which was certified gold, and featured the hit single 'Wait For You'. If a new comment is published from a 'banned' user or contains a blacklisted word, this comment will automatically have limited visibility (the 'banned' user's comments will only be visible to the user and the user's Facebook friends).Fans of former BONHAM singer Daniel (Stewart) MacMaster are still in shock after his death on Sunday, March 16th at the age 39 years. Hidden comments will still appear to the user and to the user's Facebook friends. BLABBERMOUTH.NET reserves the right to 'hide' comments that may be considered offensive, illegal or inappropriate and to 'ban' users that violate the site's Terms Of Service. You can also send an e-mail to with pertinent details. To do so, click the downward arrow on the top-right corner of the Facebook comment (the arrow is invisible until you roll over it) and select the appropriate action. To report spam or any abusive, obscene, defamatory, racist, homophobic or threatening comments, or anything that may violate any applicable laws, use the 'Report to Facebook' and 'Mark as spam' links that appear next to the comments themselves.

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To comment on a BLABBERMOUTH.NET story or review, you must be logged in to an active personal account on Facebook. The comments reside on Facebook servers and are not stored on BLABBERMOUTH.NET. He was 39 years old.īLABBERMOUTH.NET uses the Facebook Comments plugin to let people comment on content on the site using their Facebook account. Truly an amazing person.Īccording to sources, MacMaster was in the hospital less than 24 hours before he passed away on Sunday, March 16. 'No words can explain his talent and personality. He told me when I was teaching him guitar pre- BONHAM he was going to be famous and tour the world and within two years of singing, he was doing a world tour opening for THE CULT. ' certainly one of the greatest singers I ever worked with. By the time he got to hospital, it was too late. ' Dan passed away from a staph infection he had pneumonia and didnt realize he had a staph infection that got in his blood. I have been friends with Dan since we were in SCORCHER together. Terry Baker, who was in a band called SCORCHER with vocalist Daniel MacMaster before Daniel hooked up with Jason Bonham to form BONHAM, has released the following statement to BLABBERMOUTH.NET regarding MacMaster's passing:

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