Early Career

The first real band he fronted was Treason. It was the tail end of the NWOBHM and Treason were a metal band in the vein of Black Sabbath

Black Sabbath

Black Sabbath are an English heavy metal band, formed in Aston, Birmingham in 1969 by Ozzy Osbourne , Tony Iommi , Geezer Butler , and Bill Ward . The band has since experienced multiple line-up changes, with Tony Iommi the only constant presence in the band through the years. A total of 22...

, Judas Priest

Judas Priest

Judas Priest are an English heavy metal band from Birmingham, England, formed in 1969. The current line-up consists of lead vocalist Rob Halford, guitarists Glenn Tipton and Richie Faulkner, bassist Ian Hill, and drummer Scott Travis. The band has gone through several drummers over the years,...

, etc. After eventually disbanding Treason Jaimz went on to form the proto glam band Crash KO taking Treason drummer Stephen "Ace" Finchum with him.

By 1984, after years on the circuit Jaimz got a call from Leicester

Leicester

Leicester is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England, and the county town of Leicestershire. The city lies on the River Soar and at the edge of the National Forest...

 based glam band China Rogue and, after a swift audition, he joined the band. Ironically one of the first shows with China Rogue was at a place called Bogies in Cardiff

Cardiff

Cardiff is the capital, largest city and most populous county of Wales and the 10th largest city in the United Kingdom. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for most national cultural and sporting institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of the National Assembly for...

.
In early spring of 1985 Ace called Jaimz who flew out to Colorado

Colorado

Colorado is a U.S. state that encompasses much of the Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains...

 to once again team up with him in local band Idol Threat.

Tigertailz

In the mid-1980s, Jaimz joined the Cardiff-based band Tigertailz

Tigertailz

Tigertailz are a glam metal band hailing from Cardiff, Wales. They are most famous for their 1990 album, Bezerk, which made the Top 40 in the UK Albums Chart, and spawned a couple of successful singles...

. At his suggestion, Jaimz' friend and former Crash KO drummer Ace Finchum was hired as the band's drummer. Part of the glam metal scene in the late 1980s, this Tigertailz line-up issued the debut album Young And Crazy

Young and Crazy

Young and Crazy is a 1987 album by Tigertailz, with artwork by the bands bassist Pepsi Tate. It has a heavier sound than its successor, with less elements of pop metal. The album was released in America on Combat records. The compact disc is now considered a collector's item, and is much sought...

 in 1987[1]. The album featured Steevi Jaimz, guitarist Jay Pepper, bassist Pepsi Tate

Pepsi Tate

Pepsi Tate was the bass guitarist of Welsh Glam Metal band Tigertailz who made the Top 40 in the UK Albums Chart in the early 1990s...

 (né Huw Justin Smith (1965-2007)) and drummer Ace Finchum. The debut created interest in the band and spawned the top 40 single "Livin' Without You". Eventually, however, irreconcilable differences within the band led to Jaimz' departure and eventual replacement by Cardiff native Kim Hooker.

Post-Tigertailz

Jaimz' first post-Tigertailz project was the 1989 "Kick That Habit" EP, produced by Scott Gorham

Scott Gorham

Scott Gorham is an American guitarist and songwriter who rose to international recognition as one of the "twin lead guitarists" of the Irish-formed rock band, Thin Lizzy...

. Under the name St. Jaimz the band toured the UK throughout 1989. "Kick That Habit" was followed years later by "Damned If I Do ... Damned If I Don't", an album-length recording which included all the tracks from the "Kick That Habit" EP plus music from additional various solo and band projects including Idol Threat and a couple of unreleased Tigertailz tracks.

Steevi Jaimz' Tigertailz and back to Solo

In the mid 2000’s Steevi and Ace Finchum briefly tried to resurrect the Tigertailz name with a new band releasing an EP and touring the UK. However after a legal ruling Steevi opted to return to using his own name for future touring and releases.

"My Private Hell" combines Steevi’s trademark glam style melodies with Kiss

KISS (band)

Kiss is an American rock band formed in New York City in January 1973. Well-known for its members' face paint and flamboyant stage outfits, the group rose to prominence in the mid to late 1970s on the basis of their elaborate live performances, which featured fire breathing, blood spitting,...

 and Ozzy Osbourne

Ozzy Osbourne

John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne is an English vocalist, whose musical career has spanned over 40 years. Osbourne rose to prominence as lead singer of the pioneering English heavy metal band Black Sabbath, whose radically different, intentionally dark, harder sound helped spawn the heavy metal...

 style hard rock. The album was written, performed and produced in Sweden with Chris Laney and Anders Ringman aka PLATFORM (Crashdïet

Crashdïet

CRASHDÏET are a glam metal band from Stockholm, Sweden. They have released three albums: 2005's Rest in Sleaze, 2007's The Unattractive Revolution and 2010's Generation Wild.- Early years :...

, Europe

Europe

Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...

, Candlemass

Candlemass

Candlemass are an influential Swedish doom metal band established in 1984 by Leif Edling , their leader and songwriter. The band is originally from Stockholm. After releasing five full-length albums and touring extensively throughout the 1980s and early 1990s, Candlemass disbanded in 1994, but...

, Crucified Barbara

Crucified Barbara

Crucified Barbara is a Swedish all-female metal band, formed in Stockholm in 1998. Their music may best be described as a cross between heavy metal, Thrash metal and rock'n'roll.-Background:...

) and mixed at the legendary Polar Studios (ABBA

ABBA

ABBA was a Swedish pop group formed in Stockholm in 1970 which consisted of Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Agnetha Fältskog...

, Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin were an English rock band, active in the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s. Formed in 1968, they consisted of guitarist Jimmy Page, singer Robert Plant, bassist/keyboardist John Paul Jones, and drummer John Bonham...

) in Stockholm. All the songs are written by Jaimz with Laney/Ringman except for “Don’t Say It’s Over” that was written by Laney with Ryan Roxie

Ryan Roxie

Ryan Roxie Ryan Roxie Ryan Roxie (born in Sacramento, California, December 1, 1965 is an American guitarist/singer-songwriter currently residing in Stockholm, Sweden. He is the founding member of Roxie 77 and probably most well known for his guitar work with Alice Cooper, Slash, Casablanca, Dad's...

 (Alice Cooper

Alice Cooper

Alice Cooper is an American rock singer, songwriter and musician whose career spans more than four decades...

, Slash

Slash (musician)

Saul Hudson , known by his stage name Slash, is a British-American musician and songwriter. He is best known as the former lead guitarist of the American hard rock band Guns N' Roses, with whom he achieved worldwide success in the late 1980s and early 1990s. During his later years with Guns N'...

’s Snakepit).