James Childs

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James Childs (born June 12, 1972 in Bristol, UK) is a British musician. He grew up in the nearby town of Portishead. As a member of the rock group 'Airbus' he contributed to Bristol's flourishing music scene during the 90's.

Childs worked with Geoff Barrow on a remix of the Portishead hit single 'Sourtimes'.

Signing to BMG in 1997, Childs gained moderate success with 'Airbus' in the UK. He then moved to Los Angeles in 2001 and worked on the group’s material with producers Rick Parker and Richard Dashut who produced Rumours by Fleetwood Mac. 'Airbus' disbanded in 2002.

In 2003 Child's formed 'Black on Sunshine' with Peter Finestone the original drummer for Bad Religion.

He then joined forces with Chris Cockrell, formerly of Kyuss, in the band 'Vic du Monte's Idiot Prayer' and produced their album 'Prey For The City' which was released on the Duna Records label in February 2005. While playing keyboards and bass guitar in the band, James and Vic du Monte's Idiot Prayer successfully toured all of Europe in the Spring of 2005.

James and Chris moved on to form 'Vic du Monte's Persona Non Grata' with 'Black on Sunshine' musician Sargon Dooman and Alfredo Hernandez who played drums in Kyuss and Queens of the Stone Age. 'Vic du Monte's Persona Non Grata' signed to Cargo Records and have been touring together since 2005.

Childs also collaborated with Motörhead drummer Philthy Animal Taylor on a project called 'Little Villains'.

Childs is currently producing, playing bass and touring with 'Vic du Monte's Persona Non Grata', as well as producing and fronting his own group 'Jinxremover'.

[edit] Discography

  • Airbus Apple Trees LP Spira Records 1991.
  • Airbus Bug and the Big Fish LP Spira Records 1992.
  • Airbus Inertia Single Spira Records 1993.
  • Airbus Ghosts EP Spira Records 1994.
  • Portishead Sourtimes Single (Airbus reconstruction) Go Beat 1995.
  • Airbus Gravity EP Spira Records 1997.
  • Airbus Ghosts LP Spira Records/BMG 2000.
  • Airbus No EP Spira records 2001.
  • Black on Sunshine Hurricane Single Invada 2004.
  • Vic du Monte's Idiot Prayer Prey For the City LP Duna Records 2005.
  • Vic du Monte's Persona Non Grata Vic du Monte's Persona Non Grata LP Cargo Records 2005.
  • Jinxremover Hospital Radio LP Spira Records/Cobraside/BMG 2006.
  • Jinxremover Spitfire LP Spira Records/Cobraside 2007.