1. James LoMenzo was born on January 13,1959 and is an American musician, currently the bassist for thrash metal band Megadeth.
28 Facts About James LoMenzo
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Outside of music, James LoMenzo appeared as a contestant on the 21st season of the reality television series The Amazing Race.
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James LoMenzo is the grandson of Italian immigrants, and was raised in Bensonhurst.
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In 1979 James LoMenzo joined the band Hooker, fronted by Debbi Pantera Saint, Kiss drummer Eric Carr's girlfriend at the time.
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James LoMenzo played bass with Clockwork, his first original hard rock band from 1980 to 1983.
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James LoMenzo then went on to play in the band Rondinelli with Ray Gillen, before joining White Lion in 1984.
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James LoMenzo played bass with White Lion from 1984 to 1991.
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James LoMenzo had a brief stint in the recording studio with Ozzy Osbourne in 1994, but material from the sessions were not used, and Ozzmosis was re-recorded with different musicians the next year.
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James LoMenzo was a member of David Lee Roth's band in the late 1990s and early 2000s and performed on his album Diamond Dave.
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In 2004, James LoMenzo rejoined Zakk Wylde in his band Black Label Society until October 2005, when he was replaced by Black Label Society's original bassist John DeServio.
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From February 2006 to February 2010, James LoMenzo was the bassist of thrash metal band Megadeth.
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James LoMenzo performed on the band's next album, Endgame, which was released in 2009.
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Apart from Ellefson, James LoMenzo is the only other bass player for Megadeth who has performed with Marty Friedman, when Friedman joined the band on stage at Budokan on February 27 and Wacken Open Air on August 4,2023.
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James LoMenzo is part of the band Hideous Sun Demons.
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James LoMenzo played bass on the album Get Your Rock On by X-Drive, which was released in August 2014 via Frontiers Records and produced by Led Zeppelin engineer Andy Johns.
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James LoMenzo appeared in Obszon Geschopf's album Master of Giallo, contributing bass to the song "The Moon Watches Me When I Kill".
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In 2020, James LoMenzo joined forces with Chris Adler and formed heavy metal band Firstborne, with the independent release of their self titled debut digital EP.
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In 2023, James LoMenzo played bass for Glen Poland's metal music project Hollentor third album Divergency.
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James LoMenzo appeared on the song "Forgotten" by Sinful Betty's band which featured Michael Angelo Batio on guitars and Brian Tichy on drums.
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Outside of metal music, James LoMenzo played bass for Lisa Gee's EP Shut It Down, which features Carmine Appice on drums and Don Mancuso on guitars.
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James LoMenzo appeared in American keyboardist Bob Malone's album Good People, playing bass on a cover of the Fleetwood Mac song "Oh Well".
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James LoMenzo is a graphic artist and did the art work for Gilby Clarke's solo album Rubber in 1998.
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In October 2014, James LoMenzo briefly joined former Megadeth members Nick Menza and Chris Poland for an unnamed project.
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Shortly after announcing this project, James LoMenzo left, to be replaced by OHM bassist Robby Pagliari.
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James LoMenzo is best known for his frequent use of the Warwick Buzzard bass and Warwick Stryker bass.
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James LoMenzo has his own signature pedal, the Ashdown Lomenzo Hyperdrive.
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James LoMenzo is known to play a spyder model Alembic bass guitar.
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James LoMenzo was seen playing a Fender Marcus Miller Jazz Bass for the entirety of the 2007 Megadeth Tour of Duty.