Jimmy Chamberlin

Jimmy Chamberlin (2005)

James Joseph "Jimmy" Chamberlin (born June 10, 1964 in Joliet, Illinois ) is an American drummer who was best known as a founding member of the alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins .

In the late 1980s he was part of the first line-up of the Smashing Pumpkins, along with Billy Corgan , D'arcy Wretzky and James Iha . In 1996 he was kicked out of the band because of drug problems. He temporarily joined the band The Last Hard Men , in which he recorded a self-titled album with Sebastian Bach of Skid Row and Kelley Deal of the Breeders , which was not released until 2001. One of her songs, a cover version of Alice Cooper's School’s Out , was featured on the soundtrack for the film Scream! used. In 1999 he went back to the Smashing Pumpkins and released with them the albums Machina / The Machines of God and Machina II / The Friends & Enemies of Modern Music , before the band finally broke up.

Chamberlin founded the Jimmy Chamberlin Complex project in 2001 , with which he released the album Life Begins Again in 2005 on Sanctuary Records . He also played with Corgan in the band Zwan between 2001 and 2003 . With the reunited Smashing Pumpkins he released the album Zeitgeist in 2007 , which he also co-produced. In March 2009 Jimmy left the band. Since then he has been the drummer for the Skysaw group . In 2016 Rolling Stone listed him as 53rd of the 100 best drummers of all time . At the beginning of 2018 he joined the Smashing Pumpkins again with James Iha , so that three quarters of the band's original lineup are reunited.

Chamberlin has been married since 2002 and has a son and a daughter with his wife.

Discography

Jimmy Chamberlin Complex

Albums

2005: Life Begins Again ( Sanctuary Records )
2017: The Parable (Make Records)

Singles

2005: Life Begins Again (promo single, Sanctuary Records)

Frank Catalano & Jimmy Chamberlin

2014: Love Supreme Collective EP
2015: God's Gonna Cut You Down
2016: Bye Bye Blackbird (with David Sanborn )

Shaman Durek & Jimmy Chamberlin

2011: Prana & Pinda

With The Smashing Pumpkins

1991: Gish
1993: Siamese Dream
1994: Pisces Iscariot
1995: Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
2000: Machina / The Machines of God
2000: Machina II / The Friends & Enemies of Modern Music
2007: Zeitgeist
2018: Shiny and Oh So Bright, Vol. 1 / LP: No Past. No future. No Sun.

With Skysaw

2011: Great Civilizations (album)

With Zwan

2003: Mary Star of the Sea (album)

With The Last Hard Men

1998: The Last Hard Men (limited edition 1998, re-release 2001)

Web links

Jimmy Chamberlin in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Jimmy Chamberlin at Allmusic (English)
Jimmy Chamberlin at Discogs (English)
Jimmy Chamberlin Complex on Youtube

Individual evidence

↑ 100 Greatest Drummers of All Time. Rolling Stone , March 31, 2016, accessed August 6, 2017 .
^ Katie Rife: Smashing Pumpkins announce D'Arcy-less reunion tour. In: avclub.com. February 15, 2018, accessed February 16, 2018 .
^ Jimmy Chamberlin Complex - Life Begins Again. Retrieved March 17, 2020 .
^ Jimmy Chamberlin Complex - The Parable. Retrieved March 17, 2020 .
^ Jimmy Chamberlin Complex - Life Begins Again. Retrieved March 17, 2020 .
↑ Jimmy Chamberlin. Retrieved March 17, 2020 .
↑ Drevpile: THE MACHINE SOMEHOW: Shaman Durek & Jimmy Chamberlin Release Meditations ... In: THE MACHINE SOMEHOW. January 16, 2011, accessed March 17, 2020 .
↑ Skysaw. Retrieved March 17, 2020 .
↑ Zwan. Retrieved March 17, 2020 .
↑ The Last Hard Men - The Last Hard Men. Retrieved March 17, 2020 .

personal data
SURNAME	Chamberlin, Jimmy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Chamberlin, James Joseph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American drummer
DATE OF BIRTH	June 10, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH	Joliet, Illinois

[1] 100 Greatest Drummers of All Time. Rolling Stone , March 31, 2016, accessed August 6, 2017 .

[2] Katie Rife: Smashing Pumpkins announce D'Arcy-less reunion tour. In: avclub.com. February 15, 2018, accessed February 16, 2018 .

[3] Jimmy Chamberlin Complex - Life Begins Again. Retrieved March 17, 2020 .

[4] Jimmy Chamberlin Complex - The Parable. Retrieved March 17, 2020 .

[5] Jimmy Chamberlin Complex - Life Begins Again. Retrieved March 17, 2020 .

[6] Jimmy Chamberlin. Retrieved March 17, 2020 .

[7] Drevpile: THE MACHINE SOMEHOW: Shaman Durek & Jimmy Chamberlin Release Meditations ... In: THE MACHINE SOMEHOW. January 16, 2011, accessed March 17, 2020 .

[8] Skysaw. Retrieved March 17, 2020 .

[9] Zwan. Retrieved March 17, 2020 .

[10] The Last Hard Men - The Last Hard Men. Retrieved March 17, 2020 .


Studio albums	Gish • Siamese Dream • Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness • Adore • Machina • Machina II • Zeitgeist • Teargarden by Kaleidyscope • Oceania • Monuments to an Elegy • Shiny and Oh So Bright, Vol. 1 / LP: No Past. No future. No Sun.