Jamie Coghill

The Jimmy C is a musician from Melbourne, also known as The Jimmy C.
History
Jamie Coghill (mild mannered drummer for The Devilrock Four) records solo under the name The Jimmy C.
James Alistair Coghill was born on the 2nd of June 1977 in Yackandandah (home of the best Neenish Tart in the universe), Victoria, Australia. Some time around 1990 Jamie decided that he wanted to play drums. He had lessons at Beechworth High School for a year then gave them up in favor of playing along to Creedence, Deep Purple & Led Zeppelin tapes in his bedroom.
In 1992 Jamie's family relocated to Albury. "Los Bastardos" (1994) and "Incubus" (1995) were Jamie's first official bands playing mostly grunge covers with a enough originals to avoid being classed a cover band. They played only a few pub and university gigs. After graduating High School in 1996 Jamie & fellow band member Alex Ling moved to Melbourne. Here Jamie met Shannon Smiley and joined "Just" with Adam Green and Joel Sprake. They learned 4 songs and entered the National Campus Band Competition representing RMIT. To their surprise they won both their local heat and the Victorian final. "Just" were flown to Canberra and lost the final unfairly to "78 Saab" (the Canberra entry). "Just" produced an EP with prize money from the competition and were given distribution through Mushroom Distribution. "Just"'s sound was mostly indie/shoegazer rock with some very heavy moments.
At the same time as "Just", Jamie was asked to fill in on drums with "Luxedo". "Luxedo" at the time consisted of Tom Carlyon, Mike Conolan, Emily Martin and High School friend Alex Ling. Clashes between "Luxedo" and "Just" forced Jamie to join "Luxedo" full time. "Just" had settled for being an 'Arthouse' band (only playing at the Arthouse on Elisabeth St) but "Luxedo" were playing international supports (RL Burnside), Big Day Out festivals and TV appearances (ABC's Recovery and channel 10's Ground Zero) with their adjusted line-up which excluded Alex and Mike and added Dan Brodie on bass. "Luxedo" recorded 2 albums: "Beauty Queen" (released on CD & Vinyl through Corduroy) and "You Really Suck" - engineered by Tony Coen (Nick Cave/Beasts Of Bourbon) and produced by Charlie Owen.
In 1999 "Luxedo" embarked on an east coast tour with "Six Foot Hick" and "Fez Perez". Jamie was slowly growing unhappy with the Attitude of "Luxedo" and spent much of the tour hanging out with "Fez Perez". Jamie was kicked out of "Luxedo" for not taking drugs and quickly joined "Fez Perez" (Stu Banko, Mick Beard & Matt Healey). "Fez Perez"'s reputation grew quickly and soon they were playing international supports (El Vez, Southern Culture on The Skids, Supersuckers, The Reverend Horton Heat, Royal Crown Revue) and music festivals like Offshore, the Falls and the Big Day Out. "Fez Perez" recorded 2 EPs "Show Me Who's Boss" and "Starring: Fez Perez". Tension between the band and their management drove Jamie to quit in 2003.
After a short period of bandlessness, Jamie met Carl Treasure, Jonny Driver and Stu Walsh who were looking for a drummer. They formed The Devilrock Four (a name chosen by Jamie). Jimi Richardson quickly replaced Walsh and the band recorded their debut album "First In Line". Several songs have appeared on TV shows (Big Brother, Canal Road, Guerilla Gardeners) they toured England and Spain in 2008 and signed with German Management InDevent and Unconform records in 2009. The Devilrock Four continue to play nationally and internationally and are set to record a new album. "http://www.myspace.com/thedevilrockfour">
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Since the late 90's Jamie had been writing and demoing his own music. Only very rarely did his songs make it into the bands he was playing in. As an outlet for his own song writing Jamie began to learn and record songs, playing all the instruments and singing. In 2005 Jamie had a collection of songs that he deemed worthy and "Project E.G.O" was released (50 copies distributed free to friends). It received positive feedback and convinced Jamie that this was something he should continue doing. Another independently produced album "The Jimmy C" was completed in 2006 and again given away free to friends. Between November 2007 and August 2009 Jamie worked on weekends and during lunch breaks (Jamie maintains a day job as a graphic artist which is a constant hinderance to his music) to record "Hyde & Seek" the fake 60's movie soundtrack and "Glamour & Fame" - his first album to have a full manufacture of 500 copies. "Glamour & Fame" will be available after the 18th of September 2009. A new collection of demos is slowly growing into another album but with the birth of Jamie's son Harvey on the 13th of May this year he thinks the recording process may slow down a little in the short term.
Discography
Albums & EPs
*Project Ego (2005)
*The Jimmy C (self titled) (2006)
*Hyde & Seek (fictional film soundtrack) (2009)
*Glamour & Fame (2009)

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