James Childs is a British musician and composer/producer. 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 '90s.

Childs worked with Geoff Barrow

Geoff Barrow

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 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

Rick Parker

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 and Richard Dashut

Richard Dashut

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 who produced Rumours

Rumours

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by Fleetwood Mac

Fleetwood Mac

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. 'Airbus' disbanded in 2002.

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

Bad Religion

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.

He then joined forces with Chris Cockrell

Chris Cockrell

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, 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

Duna Records

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 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 Alfredo Hernandez

Alfredo Hernandez

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 who played drums in Kyuss

Kyuss

Kyuss is a rock band, originally from Palm Desert, California. After forming in the late 1980s and releasing an EP under the name Sons of Kyuss in 1990, the band shortened its name to Kyuss. Over the next five years the band released four full-length albums, and one last split EP in 1997 with...

 and Queens of the Stone Age

Queens of the Stone Age

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. '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 guitar and touring with 'Vic du Monte's Persona Non Grata', as well as producing and fronting his own group 'Jinxremover'. When he is not touring, he composes music for film and TV often with long time friend and musical collaborator Andy Sturmer

Andy Sturmer

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. The pair were recently nominated for an Emmy Award for composing the theme tune for Disney XD's Kick Buttowski cartoon.

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.
• Vic du Monte's Persona Non Grata Sweet Sixteen EP Music to Ruin your Life To 2007.
• Jinxremover Messerschmitt LP Spira Records/Cobraside 2008.
• The Jinxremover North Facing Fields LP Spira Records/Cobraside 2009.
• Vic du Monte's Persona Non Grata Autoblond LP Cobraside 2009.
• Vic du Monte's Persona Non Grata Re Dinemite EP Go Down Records 2009.
• Vic du Monte's Persona Non Grata Barons & Bankers LP Go Down Records 2010.