KISS guitarist Tommy Thayer has reunited with his former bandmate in Black ‘N Blue, singer Jaime St. James, to write and record a new six-song EP, Bombshell. The effort is now available to order from the duo’s web site, thayerstjames.com.
Bombshell track listing:
1. Bombshell
2. Bulletproof
3. Time of My Life
4. Tonight’s the Night
5. Magnetic
6. I Wanna Fly
Thayer and St. James comment, “Our story has always been about friendship first. From the beginnings of Black ‘N Blue, before the tours, the records, and craziness of the ’80s, we were two friends writing songs and chasing dreams together. That bond has never changed.
Bombshell’ is the first time since the late ’80s that we’ve written and recorded new music side by side. We didn’t come into it with a plan, we just wanted to get together, write, and see where it took us. The joy for us is in the process, and that’s what has kept us coming back to it after all these years.
These six songs are simply two best friends doing what we love most: creating and recording music together. That’s where it started, and that’s where it still lives.
Enjoy.”
In the late ’70s, a glam metal band appeared in Portland called Movie Star. The band included Thayer, St. James, drummer Pete Holmes, bassist Patrick Young and guitarist Jeff Warner. That band became Black ‘N Blue, releasing their 1984 debut album on Geffen with the hit single Hold On To 18 (see below). The band recorded three more albums for Geffen, with two produced by Gene Simmons of KISS. The band broke up in 1989, reuniting in 1997 and again in 2007. The band later reunited without Tommy, who replaced Ace Frehley in KISS in 2002.
