JAMES IHA
Name: James Iha
Born: 26 March 1968 Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
James Yoshinobu Iha (born March 26, 1968 in Chicago, Illinois, U.S.) is an American rock musician. He is
most famous as having been a guitarist in the alternative rock band The Smashing
Pumpkins and for his eclectic musical projects of recent years, including A
Perfect Circle.
Iha 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 out to dedicate himself to the Smashing Pumpkins. He currently lives
in Manhattan, New York and co-owns independent record label Scratchie Records
with Adam Schlesinger of Fountains of Wayne. Bands on the Scratchie label
include The Sounds, Albert Hammond Jr., and Office. He also co-owns a recording
studio with Adam Schlesinger and Andy Chase of Ivy called Stratosphere Sound in
Manhattan.
He is a second-generation Japanese-American, and is only able to speak a little
Japanese. Like his former bandmate Billy Corgan, he has a brother with a
disability.
Name: James Iha
Born: 26 March 1968 Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
James Yoshinobu Iha (born March 26, 1968 in Chicago, Illinois, U.S.) is an American rock musician. He is
most famous as having been a guitarist in the alternative rock band The Smashing
Pumpkins and for his eclectic musical projects of recent years, including A
Perfect Circle.
Iha 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 out to dedicate himself to the Smashing Pumpkins. He currently lives
in Manhattan, New York and co-owns independent record label Scratchie Records
with Adam Schlesinger of Fountains of Wayne. Bands on the Scratchie label
include The Sounds, Albert Hammond Jr., and Office. He also co-owns a recording
studio with Adam Schlesinger and Andy Chase of Ivy called Stratosphere Sound in
Manhattan.
He is a second-generation Japanese-American, and is only able to speak a little
Japanese. Like his former bandmate Billy Corgan, he has a brother with a
disability.