James Martin Frost
Frost performing in 2009 at Waterfront Festival in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales with The Automatic.
Background information
Birth name	James Martin Frost
Born	22 August, 1986
Origin	Cowbridge, Wales
Genres	Rock, Electro, Pop punk
Occupations	Musician
Instruments	Guitar Vocals Synthesizers
Years active	2003 - present
Associated acts	The Automatic, yourcodenameis:milo
Website	James Frost Myspace
Notable instruments
Gibson Les Paul 2005 Fender Mustang Fender 1972 thin-line telecaster in two-tone sunburst

James Martin Frost (born August 22, 1986 in Cowbridge, Wales) is the guitarist, keyboardist and backing vocalist of Welsh band The Automatic.^[1] As well as his musical duties for The Automatic, Frost also records and edits many of the bands video dairies.^[2][3] He currently resides in Cardiff, Wales.^[4]

[edit] Musical career

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.^[5] After several years of touring, Alex Pennie departed from the band, leading to Paul Mullen from Yourcodenameis:Milo to join the band, Frost and Mullen are both simply stated as guitarists for The Automatic, neither is rhythm or lead, both Paul and Frost also provide synthesizers on various tracks, as well as backing vocals.

After the release of the bands debut album Not Accepted Anywhere, James was voted #20 in NME's cool persons list, beating his at-the-time band mate Alex Pennie.^[6]

[edit] Musical Equipment and style

Frost on the Vans Warped Tour 2007 with The Automatic.

Frost often states his main musical influence to be Blur and specifically guitarist Graham Coxon, his favorite Blur album is 13.^[7]

For live performances - since the departure of synthesizer player & vocalist Alex Pennie in 2007, Frost inherited performance duties of the Alesis Micron - which during the recording and performance of debut album Not Accepted Anywhere was one of 3 synthesizer keyboards used, later on This Is a Fix it was also used as well as the Paul Mullen controlled microKORG. The sounds created on the Alesis Andromeda and Roland Juno-106 for Not Accepted Anywhere since Pennies departure are recreated live on the microKORG and Alesis Micron, to control some tracks whilst playing guitar, Frost uses a Boss RC-50 Loop Station, which enables partial foot pedal control of the sounds available on the Alesis Micron.^[8]

Frost also uses a range of guitars for both live and recording, during the recording and touring of debut album Not Accepted Anywhere the then only guitarist of The Automatic used various models of the Gibson Les Paul as well as a Fender 1972 Thinline Telecaster in Two-Tone Sunburst, Fender Mustang 2005 Reissue in Olympic White, and in various music videos used a could be seen using a Gordon Smith GSII in Black and an Gibson ES-335.^[9] With the release of second album This Is a Fix and joining of second guitarist Paul Mullen, Frost began incorporating the use of Fender Telecaster Deluxe's.

For Digital Delay, Frost uses a Boss DD-6 pedal and a Line 6 DL4 Modeler stompbox, as well as using MXR M-106 6-Band Graphic EQ, and a number of Electro-Harmonix effects including an Electro-Harmonix POG, Holy Stain and Holy Grail, whilst using an Orange Channel Footswitch. During the recording of Not Accepted Anywhere, the album sleeve states that Frost uses both Orange and Marshall guitar amplifiers.^[10].

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