James Bergstrom

James Bergstrom
Background information
Birth name	James Bergstrom
Genres	Hard rock, grunge
Occupation(s)	Musician
Instruments	Drums
Years active	1985–present
Labels	Red Rocket, Capitol, Timestyle
Associated acts	Sleze, Alice N' Chains, Second Coming

James Bergstrom is an American musician best known as the drummer for the band Second Coming. Before that, he played drums for the band Sleze (later renamed Alice N' Chains), which also featured future Alice in Chains vocalist Layne Staley.

In 1984, Bergstrom co-founded a garage band called Sleze whose jam room was set up in his parents' basement. At the suggestion of his friend Ken Elmer, Bergstrom and his bandmates recruited Elmer's stepbrother Layne Staley, who back then also went by the surname Elmer, as vocalist. They performed live at various high schools, playing Slayer and Armored Saint covers. This band went through several lineup changes before changing their name to Alice N' Chains. The group continued to tour throughout the Seattle area and recorded two demos before they broke up around 1987, which was the year that Bergstrom graduated from Shorewood High. Staley went on to form the band Alice in Chains whose 1990 debut album Facelift lists Bergstrom as one of the people they wished to thank.Nick Pollock, another former member of Sleze/Alice N' Chains, became lead singer of the band My Sister's Machine, which also thanked Bergstrom within the liner notes of their 1992 debut album Diva.

Meanwhile, Bergstrom co-founded the band Second Coming sometime in the early 1990s and was eventually joined by his childhood friend Johnny Bacolas, who had also been a member of Sleze/Alice N' Chains. This band also went through several lineup changes throughout its history with Bergstrom as the sole constant member before breaking up in 2008. Their catalog consists of three studio albums and one acoutic EP, all of which feature both Bergstrom and Bacolas.

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