James Woolley was the touring keyboardist for [[Nine Inch Nails]] during the later [[Pretty Hate Machine]] tours (most notably [[Lollapalooza Tour|Lollapalooza]] 1991), and toured with them through most of the [[Self Destruct Touring Cycle|Self Destruct]] tour, including their [[Woodstock]] performance, before being replaced by [[Charlie Clouser]] in December 1994.
Previous to NIN, Woolley was a major collaborator along with former NIN drummer [[Chris Vrenna]] to Chicago band Die Warzau. In 1994, just before NIN hit the road, Woolley contributed heavily to Sister Machine Gun's album ''Torture Technique''.
Subsequent to NIN , Woolley made contributions to Die Warzau albums again, particularly 2005's ''Convenience '' album. In 1998 , Woolley toured with Rob Halford's one-time band Two, which also included John 5 of [[Marilyn Manson (band)|Marilyn Manson]] fame. With Two , Woolley played live keyboards, and did quite a bit of vocals as well. After Two , Woolley did some studio audio work in L.A. By 2005 , Woolley had relocated to Chicago. Since 2006, he has been involved in a new band V.O.I.D., who's whose long -awaited album is due in early 2009. The band is led by Woolley and features players Jon Roberts, Mark Pearlman, and DJ Aaron Chase. A demo is available at V.O.I.D.'s MySpace page: [http://www.myspace.com/voidspace]. James has also collaborated in the past in a minimal sense to the music of jazz group NRG Ensemble.