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Ant-Bee is Billy James. Billy is the co-writter of Michael Bruce`s Book 'No More Mr Nice Guy'. Ant-Bee`s album 'Luner Music' (Divine Records 20) features the orginal Alice Cooper Group (minus Alice) together for the first time since the breakup of the band in 1974.

The album lists the following:

Tracks:
Snorks & Wheezes
Child of the Moon
Blew a Banana Thru the Sun
The One Who is Gold
Silicone Hump
Love is Only Sleeping
By-and-By I Touch the Sky

Diva Gliss (Are You Sirius?)
Tears That Fall Unto the Sky
*Return of the Titanic Overture*
Son of Snorks & Wheezes

And the musicians list includes:

Mr. Nice Guy (Michael Bruce): Guitars, Bass, Sitars, Keyboards & Teenage Idol
The Platinum God (Neal Smith): Rock Star Drum Solo & "The Platinum God" excerpts
Billion Dollar Bassist (Dennis Dunnaway): Bass
Zillion Dollar Guitarist (Glen Buxton): Bizarre Guitar

From the official Ant-Bee site:

In 1990 the live Ant-Bee ensemble was assembled and gigged throughout Los Angeles to the astonishment of most audiences. Also at this time, while recording new material, the first Ant-Bee video was filmed "Here We Go Round The Lemon Tree" which viewed in L.A and Canada. Also during this period a cover version of the Beach Boy's "Do You Like Worms?" was recorded. Oddly through a bizarre turn of events this Ant-Bee version of the song was mistakenly played on a Beach Boys radio show as a rare Beach Boys demo!! It has now surfaced on three european bootlegs as the Beach Boys!!!!

In 1992 the second Ant-Bee video was filmed "The Girl With The Stars In Her Hair" a much more elaborate production. At this point Ant-Bee left Voxx records. An EP of new music was released in Germany and several magazines and European labels released rare Ant-Bee tracks. Also during this period Billy James/Ant-Bee began a long (and current) relationship with the original ex-Mothers Of Invention (Frank Zappa's first group). Thus began a series of recordings, filmings and gigs with these legendary artists (Bunk Gardner, Don Preston, Jimmy Carl Black, Motorhead and Roy Estrada). The Ant-Bee was the first to reunion the original Mothers and record them together in 25 years!!! From this unique collaboration came the second Ant-Bee album "With My Favorite Vegetables & Other Bizarre Muzik" (released on Divine Records UK 1994). It especially appealed to Frank Zappa fans.

In 1994 Billy James relocated to the east coast to record the third Ant-Bee album "Lunar Muzik" (released on Divine Records UK). Now in an elaborate 24 track facility, the third album will soon become a true Ant-Bee masterpiece. Again the original Mothers make guest appearances along with the legendary Daevid Allen of Gong/Soft Machine, Harvey Bainbridge of Hawkwind and the original members of the Alice Cooper Group (Michael Bruce, Neal Smith, Dennis Dunnaway and Glen Buxton - the first time the original group has been recorded together in 20 years!!!), making "Lunar Muzik" the most ambitious and pioneering project of the decade!!!

Also to promote the release of this album is the psychedelic video "Child Of The Moon." After a tour of the east coast with Michael Bruce the Ant-Bee has begun work recording the fourth album- "Electronic Church Muzik" which promises to be an even bigger extravaganza then the previous album. This album also features a host of legendary artists like The Mothers, Alice Cooper Group, Jan Akkerman of the legendary band Focus, Peter Banks of Yes and Flash, Zoot Horn Rollo of Captain Beefheart, Daevid Allen of Gong and Gilli Smyth of Mother Gong, to name a few.