Johanne James is the drummer

Drummer

A drummer is a musician who is capable of playing drums, which includes but is not limited to a drum kit and accessory based hardware which includes an assortment of pedals and standing support mechanisms, marching percussion and/or any musical instrument that is struck within the context of a...

 for British

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

 progressive metal

Progressive metal

Progressive metal is a subgenre of heavy metal originating in the United Kingdom and North America in the late 1980s...

 band Threshold

Threshold (band)

Threshold is a progressive metal band, formed in Surrey, UK in the late 1980s.-History:Threshold began their career in 1988, initially playing covers of metal groups like Ratt and Testament. As they continued playing together, they began to write their own songs, and eventually stopped playing...

. He joined the band officially, replacing Mark Heaney

Mark Heaney

Mark Heaney is an English drummer. A self-taught drummer who started playing drums at the age of eight after seeing Buddy Rich playing on TV, by age ten he was working two to three nights playing in pubs and clubs throughout the United Kingdom in his father's band.Heaney has recorded and played on...

, in 2001, to record the album Hypothetical

Hypothetical (album)

Hypothetical is the fifth studio album by British progressive metal band Threshold. The album was released on March 20, 2001...

, which occurred after having toured with the band in support of the albums Extinct Instinct

Extinct Instinct

Extinct Instinct is the third studio album by British progressive metal band Threshold, released in 1997. It is the first album to feature drummer Mark Heaney and the second to feature vocalist Damian Wilson, his first album with the band being their 1993 debut, Wounded Land...

and Clone

Clone (Threshold album)

Clone is the fourth studio album by British progressive metal band Threshold, released in 1998. This album is the first to feature longtime singer Andrew "Mac" McDermott and the final album to feature drummer Mark Heaney, and is also the only album by the band not to have a special edition...

. He also fronts the three-piece band Kyrbgrinder, in which he is the vocalist and the drummer. He has been awarded Best Drummer by the Classic Rock Society

Classic Rock Society

Classic Rock Society, also known as the CRS, began life in 1991, originally as a society founded in Rotherham, England at the Florence Nightingale public house, which quickly progressed to become a large and well recognised organisation helping to forward the cause of Progressive rock, and Classic...

 four times, in 2004, 2006, 2007 and 2008.

With Threshold

Threshold (band)

Threshold is a progressive metal band, formed in Surrey, UK in the late 1980s.-History:Threshold began their career in 1988, initially playing covers of metal groups like Ratt and Testament. As they continued playing together, they began to write their own songs, and eventually stopped playing...

• Hypothetical
  Hypothetical (album)
  Hypothetical is the fifth studio album by British progressive metal band Threshold. The album was released on March 20, 2001...
  
  (full-length, 2001)
• Concert in Paris
  Concert in Paris
  Concert in Paris is Threshold's second Direct-to-Fan release, made available on the band's website in 2002. It is a live album recorded at the Élysée Montmartre theater in Paris, France, during the tour supporting their 2001 album, Hypothetical....
  
  (live album, 2002)
• Critical Mass
  Critical Mass (album)
  Critical Mass is the sixth album by British progressive metal band Threshold. It was recorded in early 2002 and released in September. It is also the last album to feature original bassist Jon Jeary, who left immediately after the release...
  
  (full-length, 2002)
• Wireless (remix album, 2003)
• Critical Energy
  Critical Energy
  Critical Energy is a live album by Threshold, released in 2004.- Disc 1:# "Phenomenon" # "Oceanbound" # "Choices" # "Angels" # "Falling Away" # "Virtual Isolation" # "Innocent"...
  
  (live album, 2004)
• Subsurface
  Subsurface
  Subsurface is the seventh studio album by British progressive metal band Threshold. The album was released in August 2004, and received an Album of the Month award in several European music magazines....
  
  (full-length, 2004)
• Surface to Stage
  Surface to Stage
  Surface to Stage is Threshold's fifth Direct-to-Fan release and their fourth live album, released on the band's website in 2006. The CD contains a concert recorded at the Z7 in Pratteln, Switzerland on their tour for the album Subsurface....
  
  (live album, 2006)
• "Pressure" (single, 2006)
• "Pilot in the Sky of Dreams" (single, 2007)
• Dead Reckoning
  Dead Reckoning (album)
  Dead Reckoning is the eighth studio album by progressive metal band Threshold. It is their first album since the departure of founding member Nick Midson, and their only one to feature guest vocals . It is also their first album on their current label, Nuclear Blast...
  
  (full-length, 2007)

With Kyrbgrinder

• Defiance (full-length, 2007)
• Cold War Technology (full-length, 2010)