(1968-03-26) March 26, 1968 (age 56) Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Genres
Alternative rock[a]
Occupation(s)
Musician
songwriter
record producer
Instrument(s)
Guitar, vocals
Years active
1988–present
Member of
The Smashing Pumpkins
A Perfect Circle
Formerly of
Tinted Windows
Whiskeytown
Website
jamesiha.com
Musical artist
James Yoshinobu Iha (伊葉吉伸, Iha Yoshinobu) (born March 26, 1968) is an American rock musician. He is best known as a guitarist and co-founder of the alternative rock band the Smashing Pumpkins. He was a member until the band's initial breakup in 2000 and rejoined in 2018.
Iha has produced songs, contributed guitar, keyboards and vocals and produced remixes for a number of artists, including Midnight Movies, Isobel Campbell, Marilyn Manson, Whiskeytown, Scott Weiland and Michael Stipe. 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 1960s/1970s inspired group with members of Cheap Trick, Fountains of Wayne, and Hanson. He previously co-owned independent record label Scratchie Records with Adam Schlesinger, and from 1999 to 2012, owned a recording studio with Schlesinger and Andy Chase of Ivy called Stratosphere Sound.
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James Yoshinobu Iha (伊葉吉伸, Iha Yoshinobu) (born March 26, 1968) is an American rock musician. He is best known as a guitarist and co-founder of the alternative...
frontman and guitarist Billy Corgan, bassist D'arcy Wretzky, guitarist JamesIha, and drummer Jimmy Chamberlin, the band has undergone several line-up...
The band was formed by guitarist/vocalist Billy Corgan and guitarist JamesIha after the demise of Corgan's first band, the Marked. The two musicians...
group's inexperience. The majority of D'arcy Wretzky's bass lines and JamesIha's guitar parts were re-recorded by Corgan using their instruments. The...
2000s. The band's current lineup features Smashing Pumpkins guitarist JamesIha, bassist Matt McJunkins, and drummer Jeff Friedl, the latter two also...
Iha may refer to: JamesIha, American rock musician Iha Fuyu, Japanese scholar Iha language, a Papuan language spoken on the Bomberai Peninsula Iha language...
including The Replacements' Tommy Stinson and The Smashing Pumpkins' JamesIha. Despite the album's completion and Whiskeytown's sizable fanbase, Outpost...
third-longest-serving member of the group. Initially replacing co-founder JamesIha, Schroeder made his live debut with the Smashing Pumpkins on May 22, 2007...
vocals, guitar, piano, production, liner notes, mixing, illustrations JamesIha – guitar; vocals on "...Said Sadly", "A Night Like This", "The Boy", "Believe"...
situation: drummer Jimmy Chamberlin was addicted to heroin, guitarist JamesIha and bassist D'arcy Wretzky had recently ended their romantic relationship...
single issued by the band with co-writing credits to both Billy Corgan and JamesIha. It charted on the UK Singles Chart at a peak position of number 73. Two...
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released on July 20, 2005. The original instrumental tracks were composed by JamesIha of the Smashing Pumpkins. The vocal tracks include Paranmaum (the band...
parts. This was the last album before the return of original guitarist JamesIha and drummer Chamberlin in 2018. The album received generally positive...
Corgan formed the Smashing Pumpkins in Chicago in 1988 alongside guitarist JamesIha, with bassist D'arcy Wretzky and drummer Jimmy Chamberlin joining soon...
would work in one room as Moulder, guitarist JamesIha and bassist D'arcy Wretzky worked in a second. Iha and Wretzky had much greater roles in the recording...
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