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In 2000, James picked up an acoustic guitar, sang a couple of cover versions (including Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska) during his talk at the Nocturnal 2k convention in London, UK and blushingly admitted that he'd never really sung on his own in front of an audience before.

From there it started slowly, a couple more covers (such as Come As You Are by Nirvana) at conventions followed. He then went on to play several sell out solo gigs at the club 14 Below, near his home in Santa Monica, California.

In 2001, James was part of the glorious televisual event that was the Buffy musical episode - Once More, With Feeling - singing a solo (Rest in Peace), several duets with Sarah Michelle Gellar and a number of full cast songs.

In 2002, James provided some back up vocals on a song - Owning My Mistakes - on fellow Buffy alumni Anthony Stewart Head's album, Music for Elevators. James also provides vocals, recited like poetry, on a hidden track (usually referred to as "Cheap Wine Lies"). Other Buffy cast members also provided vocals for this unusual collaborative album.

In 2003, the band Ghost of the Robot (GotR) was born; consisting of Charlie DeMars (guitar and vocals), Aaron Anderson (drums and vocals), James Marsters (lead vocals and acoustic guitar), Steve Sellers (keyboards and vocals), and Kevin McPherson (bass). The band's only album proper, Mad Brilliant, was released in 2003 and went on to sell out, as did their European tour that year.

2004 started well, with the band performing on the Sharon Osbourne Show in April. The EP, It's Nothing, was released to coincide with their second sell out European tour. Unfortunately the band went on to split up after the tour was over, citing the, now traditional, "creative differences".

Ghost of the Robot also released three singles; Valerie, David Letterman and New Man.

James relaunched as a solo artist in April 2005 with his new album, Civilized Man, reflecting a more bluesy direction to his music.

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