Profile · 1964

Jimmy Chamberlin

Joliet, Illinois, USA · Drums

Smashing Pumpkins drummer; jazz-trained kit under alt-rock walls of guitar.

Jimmy Chamberlin
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Born 1964. Gish through Mellon Collie pocket. Exits/returns across eras; peak chemistry with Corgan/Wretzky/Iha. Drums keep prog ambition inside radio singles.

Tenures

  1. The Smashing Pumpkins

    1988–1996

    Drums

    Band →

  2. The Smashing Pumpkins

    1999–2009

    Drums

    Return years.

    Band →

  3. The Smashing Pumpkins

    2015–present

    Drums

    Later return.

    Band →

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