James Kottak (born December 26, 1962, Louisville, Kentucky) is an American drummer for the hard rock band Scorpions, which he joined in 1996. Events 1481 - Battle of Westbrook - Holland defeats troops of Utrecht. Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A drummer is a Musician who plays a Drum or drums particularly a Drum kit ("drum set" or "trap set" Marching percussion Scorpions are a heavy metal / Hard rock band from Hanover, Germany, probably best known for their 1980s rock anthem " Rock You Like a
Prior to joining Scorpions, Kottak was a drummer for Kingdom Come, Warrant, Wild Horses, Montrose, the McAuley Schenker Group, and Buster Brown. Kingdom Come is a Hard rock band fronted by Hamburg -born vocalist Lenny Wolf. Wild Horses was a band featuring former Kingdom Come and Warrant members Rick Steier and James Kottak. Montrose was a Californian Hard rock band The band featured Ronnie Montrose on Guitar and future solo star and Van Halen member Sammy Hagar McAuley-Schenker Group was a band featuring core members Robin McAuley (vocals and Michael Schenker (guitar a successor to Schenker's earlier Michael He also gave drum lessons at Far-Out Music in Jeffersonville, Indiana, once having former Bride (band) drummer, Jerry McBroom, as a student. Bride is a Christian Heavy Metal / Hard rock band formed in the 80s by brothers Dale and Troy Thompson.
He also played with Michael Lee Firkins. Michael Lee Firkins is an Electric guitar player whose sound fuses bluegrass, country blues and jazz elements into his distorted rock sound
He also plays in his own band Kottak, formerly known as KrunK. "KrunK" redirects here For other uses of the term see Krunk. He is married to Athena Kottak, rocker Tommy Lee's younger sister, who is also a drummer and fellow member of KrunK. Athena Lee Bass Kottak, (born December 8, 1964 in Los Angeles) is an American musician and the drummer for KrunK. Tommy Lee (born Thomas Lee Bass; October 3, 1962) is an American Musician. The couple has three children; one girl, Tobi, and two boys, Miles and Matthew. He is also the cousin of Steve Kottak, director of communications for Reynolds American in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
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Discography
With Buster Brown
- Sign Of Victory (Kottak did not play on their 'Loud And Clear' album of 1984; he replaced Bob Koestle in 1985)
With Montrose
- Mean (1987)
With Kingdom Come
- Kingdom Come (1988)
- In Your Face (1989)
With Michael Lee Firkins
- Michael Lee Firkins (1990)
With Wild Horses
- Bareback (1991)
- Dead Ahead (2003)
With McAuley Schenker Group
- M. Mean is a 1987 album by the band Montrose. Singer Johnny Edwards and drummer James Kottak had previously played together in the second line-up Kingdom Come is debut album by American Hard rock band Kingdom Come. In Your Face is the second album by the band Kingdom Come. In an interview the band's members talk about the title of the album saying that when you first look Bareback is the first album by the American rock band Wild Horses. Dead Ahead is the second album by the American rock band Wild Horses. S. G. (1992)
With Warrant
- Ultraphobic (1995)
With Ashba
- Addiction To The Friction (1996)
With Scorpions
- Pure Instinct ( 1996 )
- Eye II Eye (1999)
- Moment of Glory (2000)
- [[Acoustica (Scorpions album)|Acoustica]] (2001)
- Unbreakable (2004)
- Humanity - Hour 1 (2007)
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Ultraphobic is the fourth studio album by American Glam metal band Warrant. Pure Instinct is a 1996 album by German heavy metal band Scorpions. Eye II Eye is a 1999 album by German heavy metal band Scorpions. Moment of Glory is a 2000 album by German heavy metal band Scorpions with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. Unbreakable is the 15th studio album by the German heavy metal band Scorpions, released in 2004 Humanity Hour I is a Concept album by the German heavy metal band Scorpions, which was released in Europe on May 14Dapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic