James Francis Gnecco III (born September 30, 1973) is an American singer, songwriter and multi instrumentalist who makes music both under his name and the moniker

Ours One Union of Regional Staff (OURS) was a trade union in the United Kingdom. The union was formed in early 2010 by the merger of the Derbyshire Group Staff Union and the Cheshire Group Staff Union. It organises former Derbyshire Building Soc ...

. Gnecco is known for his multi-octave vocal range and singing style, often described as 'dramatic and emotional'.

Career

Gnecco began making music in 1988. He would play under the names Lost Child and Harmony Bandits before

formed officially in 1992. Gnecco's first album, ''

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'' (1994), was a demo compilation with which he was dissatisfied. In 2005 he said, "In 1994, I was only 20 years old, and labels with offering record deals to me, but I knew I was too young, that's not where I was going yet. So, I made one demo record with that Ours line-up and then left it; I didn't want to be known as the ex-singer from those Sour recordings. The band on Sour is not Ours- we were just a bunch of young kids, just messing around. I wasn't allowed to be insane, like I wanted, and I had no patience, and wondered why we felt we had to put it out." In 1997, he signed to DreamWorks Records and released two records under the label before its disbandment. Ours released their fourth record 'Ballet the Boxer I' on their own label Cage Recording Co. The band toured with acts such as The Cult, A-Ha, Powderfinger, The Wallflowers, Marilyn Manson, Blue October and Filter. A-haVistalegre00

Gnecco also contributed on the track "Our Final Hymn" from

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' debut album, '' Act 1: Goodbye Friends of the Heavenly Bodies'' and also the track "Dove Coloured Sky" from their second album '' Act 2: The Blood and the Life Eternal.'' In 2004 Gnecco and

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of the band

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recorded "Someone to Die For", a duet for the ''Spider-Man 2'' soundtrack. The song is written by Alain Johannes and Natasha Shneider of Eleven in collaboration with Chris Cornell. In 2006 Gnecco sang a cover of

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's "Big Country" for a Kohl's television commercial. Gnecco released his debut solo album, entitled '' The Heart'', on July 20, 2010, via indie label Bright Antenna. Gnecco toured with Norwegian band A-ha as a supporting act of the band during the concerts of October and November 2010 of A-ha's farewell tour '' Ending on a High Note''. In 2011 he collaborated with A-ha's

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in a new band called Weathervane. In 2013, Gnecco contributed vocals to two tracks for the game '' Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance'', "Collective Consciousness" and "It Has To Be This Way". In 2022, Gnecco appeared on

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's bassist

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's single ''Love is Not Made Of Gold''.

Discography

Ours have released five official albums to date: Ours(2021), New Age Heroine II (2018), '' Ballet the Boxer 1'' (2013), '' Mercy (Dancing for the Death of an Imaginary Enemy)'' (2008), ''Precious'' (2002), and their label debut ''

Distorted Lullabies ''Distorted Lullabies'' is the band Ours' first official album. Released on the Dreamworks label on May 15, 2001, it is largely composed of melodic rock songs. The single "Sometimes" found moderate success with MTV MTV (Originally an ini ...

'' (2001). They have also released an EP title
Media Age
(2020).

References

External links

Jimmy Gnecco's websiteOURS websiteJimmy Gnecco's MySpaceInterview, 2005
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