website associated_acts years_active article_title name background birth_date instrument genre image origin birth_name occupation
http://www.hardrockallstars.com/ black warrant cold gin hard rock all stars let it rawk n ' blue freight train jane st. james 1984 -- present jaime st. james
 jaime st. james solo_singer 27 january 1960 vocals , drums , percussion hard rock , glam metal thumb portland , oregon , united states james pond singer
jaime st. james

jaime st. james 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 -lrb- and co-wrote several tracks -rrb- 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 -lrb- which also featured former warrant guitarist billy morris -rrb- , 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 , band mate of st. james in black 'n blue -lrb- and current member of kiss -rrb- 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 '' '' .
aside from black 'n blue , st. james is currently a member of the hard rock all stars with juan croucier of ratt , stacey blades -lrb- formerly of l.a. guns -rrb- 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 .
