![]() ![]() ![]() James also fronts and performs co-vocal duties in Great Yarmouth Ska-Punk band Stank Finger, and can often be found engaging the crowd in a catchy and punchy repertoire of skanking ska punk hits.įresh off the back of a successful UK tour of O2 arenas in support of ska-punk heavyweights Less Than Jake, James is busier than ever before in the industry with multiple shows booked, festivals, acoustic solo performances, and guitar tech dates. The definition of backlinein the dictionaryis a number of players who together constitute a line of backs, especially in sports such as US football, Rugby union and Rugby league where the backs, although positioned behind the forwards, are the most attacking players. Success with MMATSU led to James being added to the roster of artists for renowned British brands, Rotosound Strings, Blackstar Amplification, Gordon Smith Guitars, Auden Guitars and ACS Custom Hearing Solutions.Īfter a jam-packed summer of tour dates all across the UK with MMATSU, noting several unforgettable highlights such as playing to more than 3,000 fans at Rebellion Festival and opening the Fireball Fuelling the Fire Tour for Less Than Jake, Goldfinger, & Save Ferris at Brixton Academy, James then spent many hours co-writing and recording a 10 track album ‘Telling Truths Breaking Ties’, released in October 2020. What followed was many years of learning by ear from influences such as Blink 182, Green Day and NOFX, honing solid rhythm skills with catchy and fast overlaying riffs, while honing his own creative skills as he progressed.In late 2018, a chance support slot with James’s then band High Definition led to a run of successful shows as a session guitarist for Millie Manders & The Shutup, who asked him to join as a permanent member after a sellout show at Camden Rocks Festival in early May 2019. With the emergence of Pop-Punk and Punk-Rock in the mid to late nineties, James discovered a new love of music and decided to pick up the electric guitar. He began learning acoustic guitar at 8 years old, but with a lack of connection with the available songs to learn at the time, lost interest. James is a guitarist, guitar/backline tech and songwriter from the Great Yarmouth / Norwich area, specialising in pop punk, rock, ska and reggae genres. ![]()
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