James Kottak was an American drummer known for his work with the Scorpions and Kingdom Come.
He began playing drums at age nine and started performing in local bars by age fifteen.
Kottak was married to Athena Bass, Tommy Lee's sister, and they had three children together.
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- A New Revengecurrent
- Buster Browncurrent
- KrunKdrums (drum set)current
- Wild Horsesdrums (drum set)current
- Kingdom Come1987–1989
- Montrosedrums (drum set) · 1987–1988
- McAuley–Schenker Groupdrums (drum set) · 1990–1993
- Warrantdrums (drum set) · 1994–1996
- Scorpionsdrums (drum set) · 1996–2016
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- Angi SchiliroKingdom Come
Arjen Anthony LucassenKingdom Come- Bam Bam ShibleyKingdom Come
- Billy LiesgangKingdom Come
- Blues SaracenoKingdom Come
- Bodo SchopfMcAuley–Schenker Group · 1986–1990 · drums (drum set), original
- Danny StagKingdom Come · 1987–1989
- Dion MurdockKingdom Come · 1997–1997
- Eric FörsterKingdom Come
- Frank BinkeKingdom Come
- Heiko Radke-SiebKingdom Come
- Jeff PilsenMcAuley–Schenker Group · 1990–1993 · bass guitar
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James Kottak 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.
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