Graham Bonnet celebrates his legacy on Lost In Hollywood Again with a charged, career-spanning Whisky a Go Go set that proves his voice and fire are still very much in the present tense.
Graham Bonnet revisits his past in an explosive way on Lost In Hollywood Again, recorded live at L.A.’s legendary Whisky a Go Go on August 29, 2024. More than a rehashed career retrospective, it’s a full-throttle reminder that one of hard rock’s strongest voices still hits like a hammer.
The Whisky has always had a reputation as a venue where legends are born and often return to, so it turns out to be the perfect place for Bonnet to reconnect with every era of his wild ride. In front of a packed, fired-up crowd, he tears through a setlist that comes across like a hard rock historian’s fever dream with Rainbow classics, MSG bruisers, Alcatrazz anthems, plus newer Graham Bonnet Band cuts that fit in nicely next to the classics.
Bonnet, now decades deep into a career that’s taken him from chart-topping pop singer to a well-dressed metal everyman, sounds ferocious. That trademark wail, sharp as broken glass and soulful as a blues shouter, hasn’t dimmed. But the real revelation is how tightly his current band frames that voice, bringing the older songs into the present with a modern swagger and clear love for the material.
Guitarist Conrado Pesinato plays with the kind of fire that recalls the titans Bonnet once stood beside, but he never imitates them, he just locks in. Beth-Ami Heavenstone, from local '80s LA cult heroes Hardly Dangerous, anchors everything with a bass tone that rumbles like the true heartbeat of the band, while Alessandro Bertoni’s keyboards give the set its arena grandeur. Drummer Francis Cassol keeps it all driving forward with workmanlike precision and punch. Together, they do more than just back Bonnet. They help elevate him.
Lost In Hollywood Again works because it captures one simple truth: Graham Bonnet isn’t a relic of rock history, he’s an active, living force within it. The album is a document of a night when decades of riffs and reinvention converged under the neon glow of the Sunset Strip. It’s not just a concert; it’s a celebration of one man who was able to fit into many bands across every era.