James Hall (singer)

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Before launching his solo career in 1990, James Hall was the singer for Atlanta band, Mary My Hope, which released one full-length album entitled Museum in 1989 and one EP, 1990's Suicide Kings, both on RCA/Silvertone. An expanded version of Suicide Kings appeared at the same time, called Monster Is Bigger Than The Man. This contained, in addition to the unreleased material and Museum album cuts, two live tracks recorded at the Princess Charlotte in Leicester (UK). In 1993, Hall's My Love, Sex, and Spirit was put out by Daemon Records, Indigo Girl Amy Ray's co-op effort. Three singles were released from My Love, Sex & Spirit, each containing non-album tracks. Subsequently, he signed to Geffen Records, and in 1996 Pleasure Club appeared.

It wasn't until 2002 that further evidence of Hall appeared with a new band: Pleasure Club. This band featured Hall on vocals and guitar, Micheal Jerome on drums, Grant Curry on bass, and Marc Hutner also on guitar. They released two albums, Here Comes The Trick and The Fugitive Kind. Here Comes The Trick has since been rereleased as a double with an excellent live album Live: Out Of The Pulpit accompanying it. Pleasure Club have since disbanded, with James Hall returning to solo work, examples of which can be found at his myspace page.

Hall has recently formed a working relationship with singer Jimmy Gnecco of the band Ours, and has collaborated on at least one song: Hall's "Consenting Adults." It is rumored that Hall will be featured on the upcoming Ours album.

James Hall is an icon and an enigma. He once punched a hole through a guitar during a show in Atlanta.