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Among his other musical projects, Iha has been a permanent fixture of supergroup A Perfect Circle since 1999. He was also a member of Tinted Windows, a group with members of Cheap Trick, Fountains of Wayne, and Hanson.
The band's current lineup features Smashing Pumpkins guitarist James Iha, bassist Matt McJunkins, and drummer Jeff Friedl, the latter two also being contributors to the related Puscifer and Ashes Divide projects.
- Early Life and Background
- The Smashing Pumpkins
- Post-Pumpkins Work
- Discography
Iha was born in Chicago, Illinois. He attended Elk Grove High School in Elk Grove Village, Illinois, which he described as "a boring, middle-class suburb of Chicago." Iha received average grades in high school, and, after a successful two-year stint at a local junior college, he majored in graphic design at Loyola University Chicago before dropping...
In 1987 Iha, then the guitarist for theChicagoband Snake Train, metBilly Corganvia a friend. Corgan had already been telling people he was in a band called "Smashing Pumpkins," and decided to make it a real band with Iha. Iha later became romantically involved with the band's bassist D'arcy Wretzky, but the couple broke up just prior to the band's ...
2001-2004: A Perfect Circle, producing, Japan
Since the Pumpkins' breakup in 2000, Iha has pursued many projects. He continues to contribute to other artists' recordings, such as "Don't Be Sad" on Whiskeytown's Pneumonia released in 2001 and further guest appearances for bands Ivy and Fountains of Wayne, both of which he remained close to, appearing on virtually every release by both bands since 1997. Andy Chase of Ivy, and Adam Schlesinger of both Ivy and Fountains, appeared on most songs James produced or wrote for other artists. Schle...
2005–2007: Soundtracks, collaborations, remixes
In 2004, A Perfect Circle went on hiatus and James spent much of the year DJing exclusive parties in New York. Iha scored the Japanese film Linda, Linda, Linda, released in late summer of 2005. The same year he teamed with Schlesinger again to produce a duet cover of Bobby Darin's "Splish Splash" for the soundtrack to the Wayne Wang film Because of Winn-Dixie. The same year Iha contributed guitar to some tracks of Chino Moreno's band Team Sleep sophomore album, which has yet to be released. I...
Solo albums ·1998 –Let it Come Down ·2012 –Look to the Sky With Smashing Pumpkins ·1991 –Gish ·1991 –Lull ·1993 –Siamese Dream ·1994 –Pisces Iscariot ·1994 –Earphoria ·1995 –Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness ·1996 –The Aeroplane Flies High ·1998 –Adore ·2000 –Machina/The Machines Of God ·2000 –Machina II/The Friends & Enemies of Modern Music ·...
Dec 20, 2012 · We’re on the phone to James Iha, the guitarist whose striking features made him an instantly recognisable founder member of The Smashing Pumpkins, up until 2001. Since then, Iha has pursued a number of parallel musical ventures, most notably with his band A Perfect Circle, the rock ‘super group’ that he joined in 2003.
- Ben Hogwood
Mar 16, 2018 · Iha — who remains a member of APC — is unable to go on the road with A PERFECT CIRCLE because of his commitments with the recently reunited SMASHING PUMPKINS.
James Iha. Composer: Salaryman. James Iha is a founding member of The Smashing Pumpkins and a current member of A Perfect Circle. He is a songwriter, producer, mixer who works making records and scoring music for film & television.
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He recorded and toured with the group from 1988 - 2000, during which time they released ten albums and became one of the biggest bands of the era, selling millions of albums and filling arenas worldwide. Since 2002, James has been a member of the acclaimed progressive rock band A Perfect Circle.
