JAMES IHA
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Name: James Yoshinobu Iha (Pronounced eee-ha )
Birthplace: Chicago, United States
Grew Up: Elk Grove, Chicago, United States
Ethnicity/Nationality: 2nd generation Japanese-American
Language Spoken: Standard American English (he's from the Mid-West).
Age: 36
Birthday: March 26, 1968
Height: 5'9"
Education: Elk Grove Village High School, Graphic Arts Major at Loyola University (left to pursue music)
Personality: Soft spoken, humble, attentive, crazy, energetic, funny, silly, serious, lively, screaming, robot/break dancing, and in some cases very dull.
Hair: During the Mellon Collie phase he was known for his thick blonde streaks (skunk). He likes his hair longer in the back. At the moment he has a completely dried up bleached blonde.
Tattoos: None that we know of.
Drugs: Way back in the past, yes. He's been clean ever since (or so that's what he tells us).
Kin: Dad & Mom, one elder brother, one younger brother, a cousin named Doug Iha, a dog named Bugg
Location: House in Chicago & an exorbitantly expensive bedroom apartment in Manhattan, New York
Position: Guitarist and sometime keyboardist. Throughout the years he's played some saxophone, bass, mellotron and a whole lot more. When facing the stage, he's to your left. If you can't spot him, he's most likely in the shadows.
Band: Currently in A Perfect Circle (reports first surfaced in July of 2003). He was/is still known for being part of the illustrious band, The Smashing Pumpkins . The Virgins amounted to nothing (maybe revived), Vanessa & the O's is an 'international' band, and Snake Train was his band during high school in Elk Grove.
While he was a Pumpkin, he released a sappy love strung solo album called "Let It Come Down" in February 1998.
Gear: All his gear information is lost. Sorry!
Record Labels: He's on major record label, Virgin Records. He owns an indie record label called Scratchie Records (formerly with D'arcy Wretzky [Her status is so vague]). His record label is now attached to New Line Records.
Recording Studio: James worked on Let It Come Down at his home recording studio called Bugg Studio (the current status of this studio is unknown). Now, he has a state of the art recording studio called Stratosphere Sound Studios (it burned down once) in New York.
source :www.jamesiha.org
Birthplace: Chicago, United States
Grew Up: Elk Grove, Chicago, United States
Ethnicity/Nationality: 2nd generation Japanese-American
Language Spoken: Standard American English (he's from the Mid-West).
Age: 36
Birthday: March 26, 1968
Height: 5'9"
Education: Elk Grove Village High School, Graphic Arts Major at Loyola University (left to pursue music)
Personality: Soft spoken, humble, attentive, crazy, energetic, funny, silly, serious, lively, screaming, robot/break dancing, and in some cases very dull.
Hair: During the Mellon Collie phase he was known for his thick blonde streaks (skunk). He likes his hair longer in the back. At the moment he has a completely dried up bleached blonde.
Tattoos: None that we know of.
Drugs: Way back in the past, yes. He's been clean ever since (or so that's what he tells us).
Kin: Dad & Mom, one elder brother, one younger brother, a cousin named Doug Iha, a dog named Bugg
Location: House in Chicago & an exorbitantly expensive bedroom apartment in Manhattan, New York
Position: Guitarist and sometime keyboardist. Throughout the years he's played some saxophone, bass, mellotron and a whole lot more. When facing the stage, he's to your left. If you can't spot him, he's most likely in the shadows.
Band: Currently in A Perfect Circle (reports first surfaced in July of 2003). He was/is still known for being part of the illustrious band, The Smashing Pumpkins . The Virgins amounted to nothing (maybe revived), Vanessa & the O's is an 'international' band, and Snake Train was his band during high school in Elk Grove.
While he was a Pumpkin, he released a sappy love strung solo album called "Let It Come Down" in February 1998.
Gear: All his gear information is lost. Sorry!
Record Labels: He's on major record label, Virgin Records. He owns an indie record label called Scratchie Records (formerly with D'arcy Wretzky [Her status is so vague]). His record label is now attached to New Line Records.
Recording Studio: James worked on Let It Come Down at his home recording studio called Bugg Studio (the current status of this studio is unknown). Now, he has a state of the art recording studio called Stratosphere Sound Studios (it burned down once) in New York.
source :www.jamesiha.org
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