James William Durbin[3] (born January 6, 1989) is an American singer and guitarist from Santa Cruz, California,[4] who finished in fourth place on the tenth season of American Idol in 2011. Durbin was the lead singer for heavy metal band Quiet Riot from 2017 to 2019. Now he presents his solo project Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.