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Jimmy Chamberlin was born on June 10, 1964 in Joliet, Illinois USA; he
began playing drums at the age of 8 and after high-school he started his
professional career as a sideman in various local Rock and Jazz bands.
In 1988 Chamberlin met Alternative-Rockers Billy
Corgan who asked him to join his group: The
Smashing Pumpkins. After the release of three multi-platinum albums,
on July 12, 1996, both Chamberlin and Pumpkins' touring keyboardist, Jonathan
Melvoin overdosed on heroin in New York, Melvoin died and the drummer
was fired from the band; Chamberlin returned to the group in 2000 but
shortly afterwards the Pumpkins broke up. Two years later Corgan put together
his new project known as Zwan the frontman
opted to enlist on drums his longtime friend, Jimmy Chamberlin; the new
band recorded one album, then split up.
During the summer of 2004 Chamberlin, in collaboration with multi-instrumentalist
& songwriter Billy Mohler, started recording his first album as Jimmy
Chamberlin Complex, the record was issued on Sanctuary in January 2005,
"Life Begins Again" features several guest performers, including
Billy Corgan.
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