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James Iha
James Iha (born March 26, 1968) is an American musician, probably most famous for founding Smashing Pumpkins in 1988 with Billy Corgan, D'Arcy Wretzky and Jimmy Chamberlin, while attending Loyola University Chicago.
He currently lives in Manhattan, New York City and owns an independent record label called Scratchie Records.
The Smashing Pumpkins broke up in 2000. Iha has been a member of A Perfect Circle since July 2003.
He has had previous relationships with D'Arcy Wretzky and model and aspiring singer Karen Elson.
Apart from The Smashing Pumpkins, Iha also released a semi-successful solo album entitled Let It Come Down. He has also appeared on recordings with bands Ivy and Fulflej. It is expected that he will make his recording debut with A Perfect Circle in November, 2004 on their new album, eMOTIVe.
In August, 2004 Iha also debuted his DJ skills and has completed a remix of the A Perfect Circle song Blue.
Discography
- Let It Come Down (album) (1998)
- Be Strong Now (single) (1998)
- Jealousy (single) (1998)