James "JJ" Gilmour is a Scottish singer-songwriter known as a member of the

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-based rock band

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. Originally from

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in Scotland, Gilmour started his professional music career as a member of the

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-based band Joe Public. Two years later in 1989, he joined the mainstream music circuit by joining

, who were already enjoying success in Europe and touring with

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. After an invite by frontman

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to join them, and making his debut on their album ''Dance to the Holy Man'', Gilmour became a leading member of the band. Gilmour provided lead vocals for the band's song "I Can Feel It", from the album ''Seconds of Pleasure'', which the band would perform as a live broadcast on

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1994 from

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. After seven successful years with The Silencers, JJ Gilmour left the band in order to pursue a solo career. He briefly would become the frontman of British boyband

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for a few months in 1996. In 2002, he released a solo album titled ''Sunnyside (P.A.L)'', and in 2012, he released an album titled ''Slocomotion''. For some time, he resided in

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