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James Kottak
Louisville, United States
James Kottak is credited on 158 releases across 54 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1986–2021 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
158
Pressings credited
54
Albums
5
Decades active
56
In collections
Biography
James Kottak (December 26, 1962 – January 9, 2024) was an American drummer, best known for his work with the German hard rock band Scorpions, which he joined in 1996. At the time of his firing from the band in 2016, he was their longest-serving drummer. Kottak was also an original member of Kingdom Come, of whom he was their drummer from 1987 to 1989 and again from 2018 to his death in 2024.
Bio from Wikipedia
Credited work
158 releases · 54 albums · active 1986–2021
- Performance · 291
- Other credits · 16
Studios: Goodnight LA Studios · Scorpio Sound Studios · Peppermint Park Studios · STS Dublin
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Frequent collaborators
- Scorpions
- Various
- Kingdom Come (2)
- No Sweat (2)
- McAuley Schenker Group
- Atsushi Yokozeki Project
- JK Northrup
- Warrant
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