Researching Jim Adams

As of 2005, Defiance has reunited and Adams has rejoined along with Steev Esquivel, Mike Kaufmann and Doug Harrington. Following Harrington's passing, Adams is now Defiance's sole guitarist. He had a short-lived role as lead guitarist in 2007 for the band Freeload, a more "feel-good" almost jam band oriented type group which also features former Vio-lence drummer Perry Strickland.

In 2010, he joined Jono Bacon's free-culture metal project Severed Fifth as lead guitarist. Severed Fifth released a full album length demo just months later in October titled "Nightmares by Design". The following year of 2011, the band returned to the same recording studio owned and operated by Juan Urteaga that Defiance had recorded their final album, The Prophecy, in 2006-2009. Severed Fifth proceeded to record their first full length album entitled Liberate. Liberate was officially released on February 3, 2012, under the Creative Commons License, the album's content is available freely for non-commercial purposes. The mission statement of Severed Fifth is "Changing the Game". Which is in reference to the many reports, articles and stories, about the health of the music industry as a whole. The idealistic notion that the band projects is that they have an answer to save the industry for the sake of the musicians and listeners.

He is known for his unique, Holdsworth-esque lead style, prevalent in his utilization of fast legato shred.

The primary guitars he used when he was in Defiance were Gibson Les Pauls modified with a blood splatter paint job and EMG pickups. He has also been seen using Jackson and Carvin DN612 (doubleneck)

He also works as a Systems Administrator, and is married and has two children, a daughter and a son.

Adams attended Mercer County Community College where he played soccer in 1988 and 1989. Mercer won the 1988 Junior College National Championship and Adams was a 1989 junior college All American. He then transferred to Monmouth University, playing soccer there in 1990 and 1991. He holds the school's career record for saves and goals against average. In 1992, he signed with the Denver Thunder in the National Professional Soccer League where he started two games during the 1992–1993 season. In the summer of 1993, he played outdoor soccer with the Delaware Wizards of the USISL then returned to the NPSL with the Dayton Dynamo in the fall of 1993. He played the 1993–1994 season in Dayton, then began the 1994–1995 season before moving to the Chicago Power at the end of the season. In 1995, he played outdoors, and coached, the Columbus Xoggz in the USISL. He both led the USISL with a .71 goals against average and was named Coach of the Year. In the fall of 1995, he moved to the Cleveland Crunch in the NPSL, played one season there. In February 1996, the New England Revolution selected Adams in the 12th round (115th overall) in the 1996 MLS Inaugural Player Draft. The Revolution waived him on May 2, 1996, but recalled him for the playoffs. In the fall of 1996, he was back in the NPSL, this time with the Columbus Invaders. However, he again moved during the season, finishing with the Kansas City Attack. In 1998, he played for the Cincinnati Riverhawks. He last played for the Cincinnati Excite in the American Indoor Soccer League.

On November 22, 2013, Adams was inducted into the Monmouth University Hall of Fame in West Long Branch, New Jersey.