Jesse James

Jesse James formed in 2000 with a shared love of punk rock, soul and Irish whiskey. Their video for debut single Shoes went straight to No2 on the Kerrang! TV Video charts.The album 'Punk Soul Brothers’ followed, and the band played over 200 shows a year before heading toNOFX's studio in San Francisco in 2003 to record second album Mission

They followed that up with more relentless touring, including a trip across Canada in the middle of a harsh winter, surviving -20C weather, vindictive Mounties, onstage electrocutions, fights with lumberjacks and flooded hotel rooms.

'Dear Jesus' - a song written in despair of the neocons who started wars while praisin’ Jesus - was blacklisted by Radio 1 for being 'offensive', and music video channels declined to playlist the stop-motion animated video that depicted George W. Bush in an unfavourable light. The band’s frustration at the quiet execution of their second album led to taking a break to decide if they wanted to carry on. They did, and they didn’t. They released a third and critically well received final album - 'The Assassination of Jesse James’ - in 2006. It’s the band’s favourite

They played a farewell tour in 2007, and turned down every subsequent reunion offer until 2014 to play some festivals.

Jesse James will play live again in 2021