James Kottak (born December 26, 1962, Louisville, Kentucky) is an American drummer for the hard rock band Scorpions of Germany, which he joined in 1996.
Prior to joining Scorpions, Kottak was a drummer for The Bob Brickley Band, Nut House, Mister Charlie, Buster Brown, Montrose, Kingdom Come, Wild Horses, the McAuley Schenker Group, Warrant, and Ashba. In February 1997 he helped Dio on their US tour by replacing Vinny Appice for four or five shows when Vinny Appice had pneumonia. He also gave drum lessons at Far-Out Music in Jeffersonville, Indiana, once having former Bride drummer, Jerry McBroom, as a student.
2006 – Therupy (VBR 120-320 kbps)
02. Ripped
03. Song That Want Go Away
04. Do You Want To Play
05. I Miss You
06. Pink_Soft
07. Funday
08. Life Support
09. High (In My Little Room)
10. Generation X
11. Anti
12. Holiday
2010 – Rock & Roll Forever
02. Where You Wanna Go
03. Don’t Wanna Go Home
04. Sunset Blvd
05. Scream With Me
06. Daddy U R My Star
07. Super Pricks
08. Drunk Unkle Pete
09. Class Of 3000
10. Time To Say Good-Bye
11. Holiday
2011 – Attack
02. Scandalous
03. Hit the Heartbrakes
04. Let’s Do It Tonite!
05. Sexy Motherfucker
06. Perfect Defects
07. Bang Bang Baby
08. World War Love
09. So Disconnected
10. Time to Say Goodbye
• James Kottak – Lead Vocals and Guitar
• Johhny Lucas – Guitar, Vocals
• Price Vernon – Bass, Vocals
• Athena Kottak – Drums, Vocals