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Jimmy told Aerosmith biographer, Mark Putterford, that after leaving Aerosmith he took a two year break in LA to "clear out the cobwebs and rid my life of drugs and alcohol." Jimmy is now married to Cynthia, who he met while in the band Adam Bomb, has two kids and lives in LA. One of his first post Aerosmith major projects was the heavy metal/hard rock outfit Adam Bomb. They released 3 LP's, "Fatal Attraction" (Geffen 1985), including Cliff Williams of AC/DC playing bass and backing vocals on the track "I Want My Heavy Metal", Pure S.E.X. (Combat 1990) and Grave New World (Rockworld 1993). You can check out the Adam Bomb Page on this website featuring photos of the band, and interviews with drummer Gregg Gerson. Gregg has an awesome homepage located at www.GreggGerson.com which has rare pics from his days in Adam Bomb with Jimmy. Be sure to check it out!While with Adam Bomb, Jimmy contributed touch ups to the Aerosmith album Classics Live (Columbia 1986). Steven Tyler at the time was unimpressed with this album, telling an interviewer of his disdain that Aerosmith circa 1986 were not asked to do post production work on the album by David Krebs, commenting that it was "a bad representation of Aerosmith" in that it was Jimmy playing and also singing, and that "a true fan can tell it isn't Joe Perry". Steven cited "Train Kept A Rolling" as one number he particularly didn't like on the album, stating "leaving all the mistakes in is an atrocity" - "it really sucks, it's fucked up", Tyler even calling the album a "piece of shit". Jimmy later revealed that the particularly dissonant solo in Train Kept A Rollin' wasn't his and he had protested leaving it in as well - the producers has insisted on leaving it in to show it was a true live album. While a true fan can certainly tell it wasn't Joe Perry, this isn't to say that the album was as bad as Tyler suggested. He conceded that if he was a fan he would probably love the album, saying "If I was an Aerosmith freak I would probably love it - 'cause you know, anything I could get my hands on that has to do with any band I love - outtakes, shortbreaks, I love it till the earth quakes." The fans did still buy it, keeping it on the charts for 3 months.
Since then Jimmy has worked on a variety of projects. Into the late eighties Jimmy did session work for 60's star Bonnie Bramlett's group, the Bandaloo Doctors, before working uncredited on Billy Squier's Hear and Now, completing several music videos and a successful live tour.
He worked with Webb Wilder on the 1991 release "Doo Dad", then in 1992 on Super 8 rapper Bronx Style Bob's album "Grandma's Ghost", Bronx Style Bob subsequently earning the 1992 "Best New Artist" in Rolling Stone after the release of the album.
While living and working in California, Jimmy jammed extensively with a number of artists, including with movie star Steven Segal, whose collection of rare guitars (including unique Hendrix-owned guitars) Jimmy was fortunate enough to unleash upon.
Gregg Gerson: http://www.GreggGerson.com St.Clair: http://www.pi.se/mtm/stclair.html Bronx Style Bob: http://www.emol.org/emol/music/tina/tinasept96.html Bernie Taupin: http://www.farmdogs.com Mary Dolan: http://v-music.com/artists/mary.dolan/ |
