James Iha

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James Yoshinobu Iha (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 initial breakup in 2000.

Among his musical projects of recent years, Iha has been a permanent fixture of A Perfect Circle.

He was most recently a member of Tinted Windows, a 1960s/1970s inspired group with members of Cheap Trick, Fountains of Wayne, and Hanson.

He rejoined the Smashing Pumpkins in 2018. Iha has produced songs, contributed guitar and vocals, and produced remixes for a number of artists, including L.A.'s Midnight Movies, Scottish singer Isobel Campbell, Marilyn Manson, Whiskeytown, and Michael Stipe.

He also co-owns Scratchie Records, an independent record label, with Adam Schlesinger, and a recording studio with Schlesinger and Andy Chase of Ivy called Stratosphere Sound.

Early life and background

Iha was born in Chicago, Illinois. He 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 is a second-generation Japanese-American and is able to speak only a little Japanese.

Like his bandmate Billy Corgan, Iha has a brother with a disability.

Iha designs and consults for his men's clothing brand Vaporize, a collaboration with the Japanese label Beams since 2001.

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