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".