Jim Davies | |
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Born |
London, England |
February 6, 1970
Genres | Electronica, alternative rock, breakbeat, heavy metal |
Occupation(s) | Guitarist |
Instruments | Guitar |
Years active | 1988–present |
Associated acts | Pitchshifter, The Prodigy, Sex and Circuitry, Victory Pill, Flint, Dead Man's Pants, Seething Akira, Tut Tut Child |
Jim Davies is the former live and studio guitarist for The Prodigy. He is also a former member of Pitchshifter.
Davies first played live with The Prodigy in 1995, including that year's Glastonbury Festival. After a year of touring worldwide with the band, he contributed to their album, The Fat of the Land. This included playing guitar on the subsequent single releases "Firestarter" and "Breathe". In 2010, Total Guitar magazine voted Davies' "Firestarter" riff as one of the top 10 guitar riffs of all time.
Davies joined Pitchshifter in 1998, and played on five tracks on the band's www.pitchshifter.com album. He toured worldwide in support of the album. He went on to co-write the band's next two albums Deviant (MCA Records) and PSI (Sanctuary Records) Deviant charted in the Top 40 in the UK Albums Chart and tours in support of the album included a three-month stint on America's 'Ozzfest' alongside Ozzy Osbourne, Incubus and Pantera.
PSI was Davies' last studio recording with Pitchshifter, although they released a partial live album, Bootlegged, Distorted, Remixed and Uploaded, which was recorded at the London Astoria and saw Davies' final performance with the band. Pitchshifter went on an 'indefinite hiatus' in 2002, and although reformed, Davies did not return to play live with the band.