James Martin Frost
James Frost on the 2007 Vans Warped Tour
Background information
Birth name	James Martin Frost
Born	22 August, 1986
Origin	Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom, Europe, Earth
Genre(s)	Rock, Electro, Pop punk
Occupation(s)	Musician
Instrument(s)	Guitar Vocals Synthesizers
Years active	2003 - present
Associated acts	The Automatic, yourcodenameis:milo
Website	James Frost Myspace
Notable instrument(s)
Gibson Les Paul 2005 Fender Mustang Fender 1972 thin-line telecaster in two-tone sunburst

James Martin Frost is guitarist for Welsh band The Automatic.

[edit] Musical career

Frost on the NME rock tour wearing his Nu-Rave glasses.

Frost began playing guitar at a young age, and after introducing band mate Robin Hawkins into music and the bass guitar Frost and Hawkins along with friend Iwan Griffiths formed the band White Rabbit, which later with the addition of Alex Pennie became The Automatic.^[1]

Frost currently is one of the bands two guitarists after keyboardist Alex Pennie left the band in 2007, he and guitarist new Paul Mullen both take on the responsibilities of playing synthesizers and keyboards during live performances, Frost also provides backing vocals in all tracks in the first album Not Accepted Anywhere.

In 2006's NME "cool awards" Frost was voted number 20 in the list, beating at the time band-mate Alex Pennie.^[2]

During the bands well known GMTV performance he accidentally injured a cameraman during the performance, in which himself and Pennie took to smashing their equipment.^[3]

[edit] Equipment

Synths

• Alesis Micron

Guitars

• Gibson Les Paul Special Double-cut (TV Yellow)
• Fender Telecaster Deluxe (Walnut)
• Gibson Les Pauls (Various Models)
• Fender 1972 Thinline Telecaster (Two-Tone Sunburst)
• Gordon Smith GSII (Black)
• Fender Mustang 2005 Reissue (Olympic White)

Effects

• Boss DD-6
• Line 6 DL4
• MXR M-109 6-Band Graphic EQ
• Electro-Harmonix POG
• Electro-Harmonix Holy Stain
• Electro-Harmonix Holy Grail
• Orange Channel footswitch
• Boss RC-500 Loop Station

Amplifiers

• Orange guitar amplifiers
• Marshall guitar amplifiers

^[4]

[edit] Discography

The Automatic

Main article: The Automatic discography

• Not Accepted Anywhere (2006) - vocals, guitar
• This Is a Fix (2008) - vocals, guitar, synths

Yourcodenameis:milo

• Print Is Dead - "Trapeze Artists" - (2006) - vocals

[edit] References