What became of montrose band lead singer bob James?

Answer 1

After leaving Montrose in early 1977, Bob James reunited with his pre-Montrose original band Swan who recorded demos at Capitol Records with Montrose engineer Charles Faris and performed live in the Los Angeles area. In 1978 James relocated to New York to join the Anglo-American group Magnet who were mentored by Peter Frampton. Magnet featured Frampton's former Humble Pie bandmate Jerry Shirley on drums and released the album Worldwide Attraction on A&M in 1979. During this period James was approached by Aerosmith manager David Krebs as a possible replacement for Steven Tyler. Circa 1981, following the dissolution of Magnet, James formed the Los Angeles based group Private Army featuring former Cheap Trick member Pete Comita on guitar and the future Quiet Riot rhythm section of bassist Rudy Sarzo and drummer Frankie Banali. By early 1982 Private Army had disbanded and James relocated to Chicago to form USSA with Private Army guitarist Pete Comita, future Ozzy Osbourne/Motley Crue drummer Randy Castillo, and ex-Pezband guitarist Tommy Gawenda. His composition "Reach Out" written during the USSA period was recorded by Cheap Trick and appears on the ''Heavy Metal" movie soundtrack. By the fall of 1982 he had left USSA and returned to Los Angeles where he remained active throughout the remainder of the 1980s and early 1990s as a songwriter and performer before turning his focus to mechanical engineering, engineering management, and real estate investing. His son Brendan Willing James is also a vocalist.

Rare video footage of Bob James performing with Montrose in 1975 can be seen at :

http://www.daytrotter.com/#!/video/montrose/20054589-4874/2146595979

Rare live recordings of Bob James singing with USSA can be heard at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38LCoMWMgcA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmA8N_FK_Mc&feature=relmfu

For a complete biography see the following Wikipedia link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_James_(rock_singer).