(Runner and cartoonist/animator too).

He began drumming at the age of 9, although his primary interest at that time was football which he played after school for the local club, Skjold-Birkerod. After high school, he joined his first professional band, Polyphonia. Shortly thereafter they recorded several songs and began performing live concerts in Copenhagen, but split up in 1983. During this time and through the mid-eighties, Niels started to study classical music and began playing the piano as well as percussion. Later he joined forces with the russian, classical trained keyboarder, Andre Andersen(Royal hunt), and formed the symphonic rock art, "Trace". Trace played many concerts, including in 1986 when they played to an audience of over 30000 people at radhuspladsen. By 1988, Trace changed their name to "Apart", released their only record, and played as a supporting act to the Canadian super-group, "Saga".

Soon after the supporting acts, he decided to take a short break away from performing and rethink the direction of his career.

In 1991, he started playing drums again in a heavy-rock band called "Zoltan". By 1996 the Danish label, Nordic metal, released the album "Book of kings" which included Niels`drum-solo "When trains become drums". In 2001 Niels Bonke began work on his first solo album. The album titled "Beneath The Surface" was released through MisLabel in 2004.

Niels Bonke is featured playing drums/percussion on the symphonic/progressive Rock single "POLYPHONY"released 2008. "GLASS BOX" and "COME ON LUCILLE", TWO SINGLES RELEASED 2008! 2009! The second solo- album "LORD OF THE MANNER" released! 2009! "THE USELESS SHRINK" third solo-album released! 2010! Forth solo-album "RACING THE CLOCK" RELEASED! June 2013 fifth SOLO Album "THE ANGER OF THE GODS" released !

January 20, 2014: First album from the project "Second alert" released !!!

The first of january 2008, Niels Bonke started his own RECORDING STUDIO called, ACTIONLAB MUSIC!

Niels Bonke is a very productive multiinstrumentalist who is able to write music in every genre. Since he started the studio in January 2008, he has written/recorded/produced more than 600 new compositions, both instrumental pieces for commercials, movies and tv and has written the lyrics and finished the recording and production for the next 5 albums!(2 PROG-ALBUMS, 1 JAZZ album, 1 POP album(with vocals/finished 2013) and 1 Rock`n Roll album)!

New album by the POP project "Second alert" released January 2014 !!!

All music written, recorded and produced by Niels Bonke!

Available on SPOTIFY, I-TUNES and WIMP !!!

"ALL MUSIC"(as a SOLO-ARTIST) AVAILABLE ON I-TUNES,

SPOTIFY and WIMP !!!

(And almost every Download- store in the World) !

BOOKS !

"DANISH ROCK DRUMMERS"(2010) AVAILABLE FROM AMAZON.COM !!!

"DANISH DRUMMERS"(2011) AVAILABLE FROM AMAZON.COM !!!

"DANISH HEAVY METAL MUSICIANS"(2011) AVAILABLE FROM AMAZON.COM !!!

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