- Sons Harrison and Jackson perform in the band Attack of the Mannequins.
- Only days after his band Models were inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame in the fall of 2010 without him attending the ceremony, James was found dead at his home in Melbourne, after having tragically took his own life.
- Prior to joining Models, he had a sizeable hit called 'Modern Girl' as the lead vocalist of The Radio Stars.
- The 1985 song 'Barbados' was a no. 2 hit in Australia, and James himself penned the song about his alcohol problems. The controversial promotional video for the song saw James kill himself via gunshot, and 25 years later, James would commit suicide for real.
- He wrote two acclaimed books about his alcoholism and drug addiction.
- Occasional lead singer and bass player for the Australian rock band, Models. The band's most successful single 'Out of Mind, Out of Sight' was a number one hit on the Kent Music Report in 1985, which was the singles chart used for Australian singles prior to the ARIA introducing their own chart in 1988.
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