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| James Morley started playing the drums in high school bands
before taking up the bass (at an audition for a drummer no less) in the late
eighties. He joined The Rookies who went on to become one of Western
Australia's biggest pub bands at the time, drawing over a thousand
people, 3 nights a week for 3 years. After their demise, he formed Strawberry Blonde who took over from where
The
Rookies left off. |
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| As the band were about to embark on a recording project, James caught wind of an opening as
bass player for rock legends The Angels.
Within a couple of weeks, he had successfully got the job and was sitting at Ardent studios in
Memphis, recording Beyond Salvation, which went on to sell at
double platinum status and
became the first number one album for The Angels in Australia.
This was followed by MTV live videos, concert tours and overseas trips. One of the first
concerts he performed with the band was in front of 42,000 people alongside his favourite artists
such as Midnight Oil, Crowded House and
Jimmy Barnes to name a few. |
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| Five years and a couple of more albums later, James left the band to record his own album (see soundbytes
here) at the famed Compass Point Studios in the Bahamas. This studio is
the second most successful (in record sales) in the world spawning AC/DC's Back in Black to name one of many world best sellers. At the helm of his
Freewheelin album was Terry Manning who was responsible for producing
ZZ Top and Led
Zeppelin amongst others.
James played all the instruments (bass, drums, guitar and vocals) himself. |
Click on links below for soundbytes
from Freewheelin album.
Chisel &
Stone.
Raise the Flag
U Don't Know
For details of how to buy Freewheelin
please contact:
freewheelin@ourgeneration.net.au |
| After
spending some time performing these tracks live, James had been speaking to
AC/DC drummer Simon Wright (one of the true gentlemen in rock) and was asked to
go to the U.S.A. to play some guitar tracks with Simon on an AC/DC tribute album
Thunderbolt James stayed with Simon and his Family in L.A. for some three months
whilst recording tracks alongside Sebastian Bach (Skid Row),
Phil Collen (Def
Leppard), Scott Ian (Anthrax), Lemmy (Motorhead),
Whitfield Crane (Ugly kid
Joe), Bob Kulik (Meatloaf), Warren DeMartini (Ratt),
Dee Snider (Twisted
Sister), Joe Lynn Turner (Rainbow,Deep Purple) and many more. |
Night Prowler
Hell Ain't A Bad
Place
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| More recently,
James appeared in the movie Thunderstruck released in early 2004.
James played the part of Angus Young Based on the story of a group of friends,
who are fanatical followers of legendary rock group AC/DC.
Thunderstruck is backed by the Film
Finance Corporation of Australia and Sony Music, the film was produced by
Al Clark, the man behind Australian-made box office hit Priscilla - Queen Of The
Desert. Thunderstruck, follows the adventures of the group who make a pact on
the greatest night of their lives - the 1991 Sydney concert of AC/DC. The film's
storyline is set in 2001 - 10 years after its main characters make their AC/DC
concert pact. The scenes filmed in Perth included the re-enactment of the 1991
Sydney Razors Edge concert, filmed at Metropolis Perth. James was asked to put
together a local band to be used in this re-enactment featuring three of AC/DC's
most prestigious tracks, Thunderstruck, TNT and
A Long Way To The Top, which the film’s
producers secured the rights to use. |
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| James was
playing with Paul Woseen of
The Screaming Jets in
their acoustic duo Cranky
before
Paul
moved to Melbourne.
Paul
has since been replaced with
Christian Parker in the duo.
Paul
still treks to Perth with
The
Screaming Jets
and plays a few Cranky
shows when he can. |
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| James is
also available as an acoustic soloist, duo or trio for
weddings and other special events see his site
www.acousticbliss.com.au |
www.acousticbliss.com.au |
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