Born in 1960, William "Billy" James graduated from Berklee College in 1982, and was playing drums on Steve Vai's 'Flex-Able' the very next year.
In 1994, Billy James released Ant-Bee with My Favorite "Vegetables" & Other Bizarre Muzik (Divine Records), with appearances by Motorhead Sherwood, Jimmy Carl Black, Bunk Gardner and Don Preston, all members of the Mothers of Invention (1966-1970).