Nathan James, in his own words... The frontman of British hard rock band Inglorious and the man who seems to be Marmite in the rock music world is this week's guest on The Road To Rock... People either love him or hate him.
Nathan made a name for himself when he appeared on reality TV show's The Voice and Superstar, which was Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber's search for someone to play Jesus in the UK arena Tour of Jesus Christ Superstar.
This led to Nathan touring the USA with the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, performing in The War Of The Worlds stage show and the formation of Inglorious in 2014.
Over the years Inglorious have worked hard to make their mark in the rock music world, touring with bands such as The Dead Daisies and Steel Panther and playing the UK's biggest rock festivals, but it's been a rocky road that has come with it's share of drama and scandal.
In October 2018, after recording their third album, Ride To Nowhere, both Inglorious guitarists and the bass player all quit the band on the same day.
At the time Nathan was touring with Jeff Wayne's War Of The Worlds and was due to go out on tour with Inglorious not long after.
An interview was given to Sleaze Roxx criticising Nathan, Inglorious and dismissing the band as 'Nathan's project.'
A short time later a youtube video emerged of Nathan lashing out at his former bandmates, which had been leaked from an online chat by one of his colleagues.
Nathan later apologised for his comments but the damage was done and his reputation in the music world was in tatters.
An onslaught of online hate and abuse ensued which escalated to Nathan receiving death threats.
This February Inglorious released their fourth album, We Will Ride, which went to number 1 in the Amazon Hard Rock Chart.
I caught up with Nathan for a brutally honest chat about everything that went on with his former bandmates and the reaction he received from fans and the media after it all happened.
We discussed how recording this new album socially distanced and with his new line up went and chatted about the pressures he felt performing live on reality TV in Superstar... and what happened after he got kicked off the show!
http://inglorious.com/
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