James Robert Bowman (born May 14, 1980) is an American musician best known as the lead guitarist and backing vocalist of the punk rock band Against Me!.

Bowman moved around frequently during his childhood, living briefly in Louisiana and Virginia.

Although the $cam$ didn't get very much recognition outside of St. Petersburg, they did release a self-titled record, which can be found on the internet.

He is the youngest (older sister Bonnie) child to a single mother, and has very little memory of his father, who died when James was aged two.

[2] Bowman attended Naples High School where he met Laura Jane Grace on the first day of freshman year in 1994.

It was at this point Bowman left the band, though he returned several months later just after the recording of Crime as Forgiven by Against Me!.

On April 23, 2001; while traveling south on I-75, heading home from their first tour as a 4 piece band, their van was hit by a semi truck.

Eventually Warren Oakes joined the band, and Bowman returned in December 2001 during the recording of Reinventing Axl Rose.

In September 2010, the band suddenly cancelled tour dates and eventually left Sire.

[4] Bowman recalled that "he wasn't really surprised" when Grace came out, because when he thought about it, "the signs had always been there, especially if you listen to the lyrics".