Career
He has played with, Nevermore, and most recently. MacDonough was part of "s line up from 1996–2000 and again from 2001–2004. With he recorded: 3 full length albums, an European Parliament, a live album, and a single.
In late 2004, he was recruited into.
James toured with Dave Mustaine and the band for almost 2 years, appearing with on the first ever Gigantour festival, the brainchild of Mustaine. He appears in "s music video for the song "Of Mice and Men", the Arsenal of Digital Video Disc, and (in cartoon form) the band"s cameo in an episode of Duck Dodgers.
He never recorded a studio album with. On February 10, 2006 James posted a message on the forums saying he was parting ways with.
The forum post MacDonough made was entitled "Hello Droogs" and contained the following: On April 25, 2006, Blabbermouth.net reported that James would fill in for Nevermore bass player Jim Sheppard as he underwent treatment for Crohn"s Disease.
James is a long-time fan and friend of the band (on his com bio, he stated Nevermore"s Enemies of Reality as one of his favorite albums) and performed with them on their tour with In Flames in the mid part of 2006. lieutenant was then announced on July 25 that James would fill in for Strapping Young Lad bassist, Byron Stroud on the end of the Ozzfest tour, as Byron had to return to Fear Factory for European festival dates. 1996–2000, 2001–2004 2004–2006.