Year : 2025
Style : Hard Rock
Country : United States
Audio : 320 kbps + front
Size : 45 mb
Bio:
Jaime St. James (born January 27, 1960) is the lead vocalist and primary songwriter of the glam metal band Black 'N Blue. He also served briefly in the mid-2000s as the lead singer of Warrant, but he left upon the return of the band's original lead singer Jani Lane in 2008. He sang (as well as wrote or co-wrote half of the albums tracks) on Warrant's 2006 album Born Again.Born James Pond, St. James started out playing drums, as he had fantasized about being a rock drummer during his youth. He began his professional music career while a student at Cleveland High School, where he and classmates Dan Kurth, Barry Pendergrass, and Ray Malsom formed the Molly Hatchet-inspired combo Jet. Pond and Jet are featured prominently in the 1977 Legend, the yearbook of Cleveland High School. The band was briefly a favorite among Portland's high school crowd, and his version of the ZZ Top song "La Grange" was an early hint of his future fame.It was also during high school that Pond met his then-classmate and fellow musician, Tommy Thayer, creating a friendship that has lasted to the present. He and Thayer formed a band that ultimately evolved into Black 'n Blue, which gave the two their first taste of mainstream success.Following Black N' Blue, St. James performed with the bands Freight Train Jane, The Glorious Things (which also featured former Warrant guitarist Billy Morris), and his own band St. James, which Billy Morris guested with.Jaime St. James also played drums for the Kiss tribute band called Cold Gin, playing the role of Peter Criss. Tommy Thayer, bandmate of St. James in Black 'N Blue (and current member of Kiss) was also in Cold Gin, playing the role of Ace Frehley. There was/is at least one other Kiss tribute band also called Cold Gin.He co-wrote one Kiss song with Gene Simmons and Scott Van Zen: "In My Head", which appeared on their album Carnival of Souls: The Final Sessions.Aside from Black 'N Blue, St. James was a member of the now defunct Hard Rock All Stars with Juan Croucier of Ratt, Stacey Blades (formerly of L.A. Guns) and Pete Holmes of Black 'N Blue / Michael Schenker. Their set list includes songs from their own respective bands Black 'N Blue, Ratt & L.A. Guns.In late 2013, St. James joined the live show Let It Rawk with Stacey Blades, Oz Fox, Scot Coogan, Eric Brittingham and Sean McNabb. The band currently performs regularly in Las Vegas, Hollywood, and at various rock festivals. St. James left the band in July 2016.He married Mishel St James on May 11, 2018.
Thomas Cunningham Thayer (born November 7, 1960) is an American musician and songwriter. He is the lead guitarist and vocalist for the American hard rock band Kiss.He was also lead guitarist for the band Black 'n Blue.Formed in November 1981, Black 'n Blue played gigs in the Portland area for over a year before making a move to Southern California in early 1983. Within six months the band signed a recording contract with Geffen Records.The band traveled to Germany in early 1984 to work with Scorpions producer Dieter Dierks, releasing Black 'n Blue in August 1984, featuring the songs "Hold on to 18" and "School of Hard Knocks," both co-written by Thayer and St. James. The follow-up Bruce Fairbairn-produced album, Without Love, was released in 1985 with Thayer, St. James and Jim Vallance co-writing the single "Miss Mystery." After touring for two months as opening act for Kiss in fall 1985, Black 'n Blue hired Kiss bassist Gene Simmons to produce the band's next studio album Nasty Nasty, released in 1986 and In Heat in 1988. The band subsequently broke up in late 1988.Although no longer a permanent member of the band, Thayer has performed periodically with the other original members of Black 'n Blue for several one-off reunion and benefit concerts. In October 2010, the band was inducted into the Oregon Music Hall of Fame in Portland,[8] with all five members of the classic lineup (including Thayer) attending.
Album:
After releasing ‘The Lost Tapes’ in 2022, Black ‘N Blue frontman Jaime St. JAMES and his former Black ‘N Blue bandmate and current KISS guitarist Tommy THAYER reunited for ”Bombshell”, a new six-song EP. The THAYER-St.JAMES effort is available to order exclusively from the duo’s website,BOMBSHELL is the first time since the late ’80s that both musicians recorded new music side by side. According to the duo, they didn’t come into it with a plan, they just wanted to get together, write, and see where the spark took ’em. ”The joy for us is in the process, and that’s what has kept us coming back to it after all these years” said Jaime. ”These six songs are simply two best friends doing what we love most: creating and recording music together. That’s where it started, and that’s where it still lives”.The EP is a hard-hitting collection of all-new material but of course, strongly 80s inspired. Jaime St. James delivers some of his strongest vocal work here, sounding confident and controlled, and Thayer’s guitar solos are sharp and swirl with swagger.Asked why he and Thayer didn’t use the name Black ‘N Blue for this release, Jaime said: “Because it’s not Black ‘N Blue - it’s THAYER-ST. JAMES. Tommy and I released ‘The Lost Tapes’ EP three years ago, which was from 1989. It’s a really good record, and it was released under the name THAYER/ST. JAMES, because it’s just me and me playing on it - nobody else from the band.I called him and said, ‘How about THAYER-ST. JAMES 2?’ He said, ‘You know what? Let’s do it.’ It’s just the two of us, and honestly, it’s really nice to write and create with only one other guy. With a full band, it’s always, like, ‘You don’t like the song, right?’ And he goes, ‘What? We’re going to make a good song.’All the other guys don’t really get involved — it’s just me and me — and Tommy has no plans on rejoining Black ‘N Blue. So, I said, ‘Fine, we’ll do THAYER-ST. JAMES. At least the music’s alive.'”
Line-Up:
Jaime St. James – vocals - See also: Black 'n Blue, Hard Rock All Stars, Let It Rawk
Tommy Thayer – guitars - See also: Kiss
Pat Regan – bass
Tracklist:
01. Bombshell
02. Bulletproof
03. Time of My Life (with Turbo)
04. Tonight’s the Night
05. Magnetic
06. I Wanna Fly
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