Bonerama

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Bonerama
Bonerama at the New Orleans Jazz Fest, 2006.
Background information
Origin	New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Genre(s)	Brass band Rhythm and blues Funk Rock Jazz New Orleans
Years active	1998 — present
Label(s)	Independent
Website	http://www.bonerama.net/
Members
Craig Klein Mark Mullins Steve Suter Rick Trolsen Matt Perrine Bert Cotton Eric Bolivar
Former members
Brian O'Neill Russell Batiste Chad Gilmore

Bonerama is a brass funk rock band from New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.

Bonerama was formed in 1998 by trombone players Mark Mullins and Craig Klein, who then and up until late 2006, also were members of Harry Connick Jr's big band. Adding trombone player Steve Suter, Brian O'Neill and Rick Trolsen, and sousaphone player, Matt Perrine, guitar of Bert Cotton, and drummer Eric Bolivar (New Orleans drummers Russell Batiste, Doug Belote, Chad Gilmore and Kevin O'Day have also been playing with Bonerama for periods of time).

Bonerama trombonist Brian O'Neill had a heart attack and died while on a solo piano gig in New Orleans in December 2005.

Bonerama released their debut album in 2001, to positive reviews from OffBeat magazine, Gambit Weekly, and The Times Picayune. They had their first tour of the East Coast to sold-out venues. Rolling Stone editor, David Fricke, in his "On the Edge" column, wrote about them as "the ultimate in brass balls".

On January 1, 2008, Bonerama performed the national anthem at the 2008 Sugar Bowl. On February 5, they released a joint EP with OK Go, entitled You're Not Alone, to raise money for New Orleans musicians still displaced by the 2005 Hurricane Katrina.