jim at home circa 98

Jimmy's been living in SF since the late 80's when he moved here from the midwest. He played guitar in a band called X-tal that released  3 albums with him involved on Alias Records. Jim grew gradually apart from the lighter college rock fare offered by X-tal and  joined Strawman with Tommy Strange in the early 90's. They toured and released a few records on Allied before parting ways. 

Jim always was and still is a friendly presence to those helping keep the underground alive. His green monster truck and maroon mini van's have hauled countless tons of gear and beer around the Bay Area and beyond. Never content to play by the rules, Jim has flourished outside the mainstream employment and musical scenes. A dedicated member of the Komotion International musical collective during it's early nineties heyday, Jim helped out with  shows by many bands including Pinhead Gunpowder, Citizen Fish, Sublime, Rancid, the Ex, Fifteen, Beat Happening, Fugazi and more. One night at the cajoling of the webmaster he even helped invent Punk Rock Karaoke between sets at a Bikini Kill and MDC show. His main musical influences are punk band's from the old school such as The Clash, Circle Jerks, Stiff Little Fingers, old Misfits , Ramones, and Johnny Thunders. All of the a forementioned became part of the Punk-araoke repetoire.

Jim, fascinated by most things that move fast is somewhat of a super 8 film aficionado. He's produced a couple lo-budget flix including Down On The Dime starring J.C hopkins (producer of Victoria William's latest CD  Water To Drink) and Shotwell : Under Law album length music video. He also is a great resource and can sometimes help locate cool old school film gear...

to contact him try his salvaged phone  mo-chine at 

415 648 2136

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