Editing Jimmy Chamberlin (section)

==Biography==
===Early life and education===
Chamberlin was born in [[Joliet, Illinois]], one of six children in a [[Catholic]] family of [[English people|English]] and [[Hungarians|Hungarian]] ancestry.<ref name="modern drummer">"[https://web.archive.org/web/20000123083606/http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/6203/page28.html Jimmy Chamberlin Interview]", ''[[Modern Drummer]]'', January 1994.</ref> His father and his older brother Paul were both active in [[jazz]] bands, playing clarinet and drums respectively, and his brother Paul is still an active rock drummer, with a local [[cover band]], Chasing Amy.<ref name="drummerworld">{{cite web | url=http://www.drummerworld.com/drummers/Jimmy_Chamberlin.html | title=Drummerworld: Jimmy Chamberlin | access-date=September 6, 2007 | publisher=Drummerworld.com | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070918021302/http://www.drummerworld.com/drummers/Jimmy_Chamberlin.html | archive-date=September 18, 2007 | url-status=live }}</ref>

Chamberlin began drumming at age nine.<ref name="clinic">Knutson, Kari. "[http://lacrossetribune.com/news/local/article_5565352a-e098-11de-99c2-001cc4c002e0.html Former Pumpkin beats out a smashing clinic] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141025153150/http://lacrossetribune.com/news/local/article_5565352a-e098-11de-99c2-001cc4c002e0.html |date=2014-10-25 }}". ''[[La Crosse Tribune]]''. December 4, 2009.</ref> His early instruction included [[Latin American music|Latin]], [[Music of Brazil|Brazilian]], and [[big band]] techniques, but focused on jazz, under the tutelage of [[Charlie Adams (drummer)|Charlie Adams]], known for working with [[Yanni]].<ref name="AMG">{{cite web | url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p63604|pure_url=yes}} | title=Jimmy Chamberlin > Biography | access-date=September 6, 2007 | author=Bekkala, Steve | website=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref>

Chamberlin dropped out of high school and left home at age 15<ref name="strange">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.blamo.org/newsarchive.php?id=1478 |title=Strange Fruit: Success Has Come at a High Price for This Chicago Band |date=April 20, 1994 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081207133943/http://www.blamo.org/newsarchive.php?id=1478 |archive-date=December 7, 2008 |url-status=bot: unknown |author=Mundy, Chris |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |access-date=April 22, 2017 }}</ref> and joined a series of local bands, culminating in a five year stint in local [[show band]] JP and the Cats.<ref name="modern drummer"/> Although his early music career proved profitable, Chamberlin's father pressured him into going to college.  In 1994, Chamberlin revealed that he had been estranged from his father for seven years.<ref name="strange"/> After several years with JP and the Cats, Chamberlin, wearied by the touring schedule, reduced his role and got a job building custom homes with his brother-in-law.<ref name="modern drummer"/> Before long, he was recruited into The Smashing Pumpkins.

===The Smashing Pumpkins===
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The Smashing Pumpkins had been using a [[drum machine]] for early gigs, but were looking for a live drummer to open a show at Chicago club [[Cabaret Metro|the Metro]]. Chamberlin and [[Billy Corgan]] met through a mutual friend, and Chamberlin expressed cautious interest, later recalling:

<blockquote>So I went out and saw the band – Billy, [[James Iha|James]], and [[D'arcy Wretzky|D'arcy]] – playing at Avalon with a [[drum machine]]. Man, did they sound horrible! They were atrocious. But the thing I noticed was that not only were the song structures good, but Billy's voice had a lot of drive to it, like he was dying to succeed. So I ended up driving from work every Wednesday to rehearse with them.<ref name="modern drummer"/></blockquote>

Corgan had his own concerns:

<blockquote>He was wearing a pink t-shirt, [[Stone washing|stonewashed jeans]], he had a [[mullet (haircut)|mullet]] haircut, and he was driving a [[280Z]], and had yellow drums. We were sort of looking each other in the eye thinking, 'This ain't gonna happen, this is not the guy.' [But] he'd learned all our songs, as only Jimmy can, off the top of his head, and, within one practice, we were ready to play. It was amazing. We just knew right away. He's that good.<ref>{{cite video
 | people = Corgan, Billy. (Interview subject)
 | title = Grateful Swans of Never
 | medium = Video Documentary
 | publisher = Lipton, Bart (director)
 | location = Chicago, Illinois
 | date = 2001 }}</ref></blockquote>

Chamberlin made "tons of cash" as a carpenter,<ref name="modern drummer" /> before giving up the job to move to Chicago and devote himself to the band. Chamberlin's entry quickly pushed the band toward a more powerful, intense sound. 
[[file:Hot Stove Cool Music @ the Metro, Chicago 6-20-2014 (14569686565).jpg|thumb|Chamberlin drumming in 2014]]
During this period Chamberlin struggled with substance abuse.  During the recording of 1993's ''Siamese Dream'' in [[Marietta, Georgia]], Chamberlin often disappeared for days at a time into the drug underworld of [[Atlanta]], while the rest of the band feared for his life.<ref name=seeds /> He later said of his [[drug addiction]] that "It's pretty textbook [...] Guy makes it in rock band, gets very full of himself, starts thinking he's indestructible, and all of a sudden he destroys himself."<ref name="Chicago">McKeough, Kevin. "The Beat Goes On". ''[[Chicago (magazine)|Chicago]]'', March 2003.</ref>

In the midst of the lengthy world tour supporting 1995's multi-platinum ''[[Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness]]'', Chamberlin's father died, and his substance abuse hit a fever pitch.<ref name="isaak">{{cite video
 | people = Chamberlin, Jimmy and Billy Corgan. (Interview subjects)
 | title = [[The Chris Isaak Hour]]
 | medium = [[The Biography Channel]] series
 | publisher = [[Chris Isaak]] (interviewer)
 | date = April 2, 2009}}</ref> Of this period, Chamberlin later said, "I learned that escapism was better than emotion, and that's where I hid... It got to the point that I really didn't care. Life was scary for me."<ref name="isaak"/> Prior to shows scheduled for July 12, 1996 at [[Madison Square Garden]] in New York City, Chamberlin and touring keyboardist [[Jonathan Melvoin]] overdosed on heroin; Melvoin subsequently died, and Chamberlin was kicked out of the band, ostensibly to protect his health.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eonline.com/news/article/index.jsp?uuid=c10135f0-c1bc-425c-961a-fd93076178af |author=Errico, Marcus |title=Smashing Pumpkins Drum Out Jimmy Chamberlin |format=http |publisher=Eonline.com |date=July 17, 1996 |access-date=February 11, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930190424/http://www.eonline.com/news/article/index.jsp?uuid=c10135f0-c1bc-425c-961a-fd93076178af |archive-date=September 30, 2007 }}</ref> Corgan later told [[MTV News]] that Chamberlin had already overdosed on two different occasions during the ''Mellon Collie'' tour prior to the July 1996 event, but that the band had managed to keep those situations private.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjO0Xou_RPg |title=Smashing Pumpkins Speak about Jimmy's Overdose & the Death of Jonathan Melvoin - YouTube<!-- Bot generated title --> |website=[[YouTube]] |access-date=February 23, 2018 |archive-date=November 7, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211107051916/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjO0Xou_RPg |url-status=live }}</ref>

In October 1998, Corgan convened a band meeting in which Chamberlin was reinstated as the group's drummer, and the band decided to break up after one more album and tour.<ref name="seeds">Kot, Greg. "Pumpkin Seeds", ''Guitar World'', January 2002.</ref> The band yielded two albums in 2000, ''[[Machina/The Machines of God]]'' and the freely distributed ''[[Machina II/The Friends & Enemies of Modern Music]]'', before performing a farewell show in Chicago on December 2, 2000.{{citation needed|date=December 2015}}

===Other projects, 2001–2016===
Chamberlin formed [[Zwan]] in 2001 with Corgan. The drummer predicted, "The band's going to be huge,"<ref name="Chicago" /> but Zwan produced only one album, ''[[Mary Star of the Sea (album)|Mary Star of the Sea]]'', before disbanding in 2003. "The band's only truly essential complement to Corgan, it's no surprise he's the sole Pumpkin to remain on board," noted [[Q (magazine)|Q]]'s Garethy Grundy, "and it's still a thrill to hear him cut loose, his [[jackhammer]] fills lifting the more straightforward moments like Ride a Black Swan beyond the mundane and lending some overwhelming firepower to Baby Let's Rock!'s hysterical [[glam rock|glam]] spectacular."<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Gareth|last=Grundy|title=Billy New Mates|magazine=[[Q (magazine)|Q]]|issue=200|date=March 2003|page=101}}</ref>

Chamberlin formed Jimmy Chamberlin Complex, in 2004, and released its first studio album, ''[[Life Begins Again]]'', in 2005. Chamberlin stated that, with the Jimmy Chamberlin Complex, "I just wanted to make music and not really be constrained to making a Zwan or a Pumpkins record.".<ref name="Drum magazine">{{cite magazine| url=http://www.drummagazine.com/html/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1068| title=Jimmy Chamberlin Is "Building A Complex"| magazine=Drum!| access-date=October 1, 2007}} {{Dead link|date=November 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> On April 29, 2016, the Jimmy Chamberlin Complex released a new song "Paranoia" via Jimmy Chamberlin's Official Twitter account <ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/jccomplex/status/726079086116753408|title=Jimmy Chamberlin on Twitter|access-date=December 24, 2016|archive-date=November 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211107052050/https://twitter.com/jccomplex/status/726079086116753408|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Skysaw===
While giving drum clinics in late 2009, Chamberlin announced his next project, a band called [[This (band)|This]]. Describing the music as '[[progressive rock|progressive]], [[symphonic pop]]' he reported that the band, also including multi-instrumentalists Mike Reina and guitarist Anthony Pirog, would record with [[Roy Thomas Baker]] in Washington, D.C. in early 2010.<ref name="clinic"/>

This released their first album, a six-track release titled ''[[Great Civilizations]]'', on November 1, 2010 as a digital download only, on both Amazon and iTunes. No official release announcement was made even on the band's official website. Downloads from iTunes and Amazon were removed after there was confusion over the band's name.

In March 2011 it was announced that the Skysaw full-length LP would be released on [[Dangerbird Records]]. On June 21, 2011, the new, extended 10 song LP ''Great Civilizations'' was released. The band subsequently toured with label mates [[Minus The Bear]], performed hometown shows at Chicago's Metro and the Black Cat in Washington, DC, and performed on the [[JBTV]] Television Show in Chicago, IL.

===Business ventures===
In 2011, after introductions by then 1871 CEO Kevin Willer, Chamberlin began working with the burgeoning Chicago tech scene as an investor and advisor. Chamberlin's increased involvement with startups led him to an introduction to LiveOne Inc., a digital media company. Founders Tim and John Ganschow (of Chicago) were presenting their new social platform, CrowdSurfing, to an investment group that included Chamberlin. Chamberlin was impressed with the fledgling company and the CrowdSurfing technology and subsequently came on board to support the company both financially and as an advisor. In 2013 Chamberlin became Chief Executive Officer of LiveOne Inc.<ref>{{cite web|last=Lytton-Dickie|first=Tom|title=How is this famous drummer revolutionizing live stream video?|date=February 3, 2015|url=http://www.hottopics.ht/stories/consumer/famous-drummer-revolutionizing-live-stream-video/|publisher=Hot Topics|access-date=February 10, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150208031551/http://www.hottopics.ht/stories/consumer/famous-drummer-revolutionizing-live-stream-video/|archive-date=February 8, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> LiveOne Inc. has since partnered with Yahoo, YouTube, Live Nation, AEG, Vans, Phish, C3, Budweiser's Made In America Festival,<ref>{{cite web|last=Hampp|first=Andrew|title=Made In America Ticket Sales Up 50%, Jay Z Surprise Possible|url=http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/touring/5679839/made-in-america-ticket-sales-up-50-jay-z-surprise-possible|publisher=BillboardBiz|access-date=July 16, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140620162121/http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/touring/5679839/made-in-america-ticket-sales-up-50-jay-z-surprise-possible|archive-date=June 20, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> Umphrey's McGee,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jambands.com/news/2013/10/15/umphrey-s-mcgee-to-webcast-seven-upcoming-shows#.Ul_09JTwKwp |title=Need We Say More? > News > Umphrey's McGee to Webcast Seven Upcoming Shows |publisher=Jambands.com |date=October 15, 2013 |access-date=July 16, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150210122112/http://www.jambands.com/news/2013/10/15/umphrey-s-mcgee-to-webcast-seven-upcoming-shows#.Ul_09JTwKwp |archive-date=February 10, 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref>  among others.
[[file:Sportsfile (Web Summit) (15685190526).jpg|thumb|Chamberlin at the [[Web Summit]] in 2014]]
In November 2014 Chamberlin attended [[Web Summit]], Ireland's top tech conference. While there, he spoke of his time with the Smashing Pumpkins as well as on the future of digital music<ref name="youtube.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrtwCRK8Aaw|title=Web Summit 2014 Day Three - Adrian Grenier, Jimmy Chamberlin, Chris Kaskie and Brian Morrissey|last=Web Summit|date=November 6, 2014|access-date=December 24, 2016|via=YouTube|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309084404/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrtwCRK8Aaw|archive-date=March 9, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> at the Web Summit Centre Stage with [[Adrian Grenier]], Chris Kaskie, and Brian Morrissey. He pointed to digital as the medium for artists to truly express themselves and create art that connects with their fans: "Artists are looking for a destination ... [and] digital gives them the opportunity to realize some of those destinations and package them in a way that allows them to be creative".<ref name="youtube.com"/>

===Frank Catalano===
Chamberlin joined Chicago jazz saxophonist Frank Catalano in 2013 for a number of live performances in the Chicago area. Since then they have continued to play live shows and have released a series of albums together.  On July 29, 2014, Love Supreme Collective - EP featuring Jimmy Chamberlin, Percy Jones, Chris Poland, and Adam Benjamin was released and quickly became the #1 selling jazz album on iTunes USA.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chicagonow.com/chicago-at-night/2015/04/interview-frank-catalano-concert-preview-catalano-jimmy-chamberlin-andys-jazz-chicago/|title=God's Gonna Cut You Down: An Interview With Frank Catalano (Concert Preview: Frank Catalano and Jimmy Chamberlin Live at Andy's Jazz Club - Thursday, April 16 Through Saturday, April 18, 2015)|access-date=December 24, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170318220221/http://www.chicagonow.com/chicago-at-night/2015/04/interview-frank-catalano-concert-preview-catalano-jimmy-chamberlin-andys-jazz-chicago/|archive-date=March 18, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> The follow-up album, released April 7, 2015 called "God's Gonna Cut You Down" debuted at No. 2 on the iTunes Jazz sales chart and was the #1 charting Instrumental album upon its release in April 2015. It reached number 4 on the Billboard Jazz charts.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/302364/frank-catalano/chart|title=Frank Catalano - Chart history - Billboard|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=December 24, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161013060818/http://www.billboard.com/artist/302364/frank-catalano/chart|archive-date=October 13, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> On May 27, 2016, a 3rd collaboration between Catalano and Chamberlin was released called "Bye Bye Blackbird". This record features David Sanborn.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.elmoremagazine.com/2016/05/reviews/albums/frank-catalano|title=Frank Catalano|date=May 27, 2016|access-date=December 24, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161007172314/http://www.elmoremagazine.com/2016/05/reviews/albums/frank-catalano|archive-date=October 7, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Revival of The Smashing Pumpkins===
Billy Corgan announced at an April 2004 solo performance that he and Chamberlin intended to work together again in the future. After appearing on ''Life Begins Again'', Corgan announced plans to "renew and revive" the Pumpkins through a full-page advertisement in his hometown's newspaper, the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'', on June 21, 2005.<ref>Corgan, Billy. "A Message to Chicago from Billy Corgan". ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'', June 21, 2005.</ref> Chamberlin contacted Corgan to accept, and on February 2, 2006, [[MTV|MTV.com]] reported that he and Corgan had signed a new management deal with the Front Line Management, with a spokesperson confirming they had signed under the name "Smashing Pumpkins".<ref>{{cite web| author=Harris, Chris| year=2006| title=Smashing Pumpkins Reunion Is Under Way, According To Sources| publisher=MTV.com| url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1523078/20060202/smashing_pumpkins.jhtml?headlines=true| access-date=February 2, 2006| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130529173407/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1523078/smashing-pumpkins-reunion-under-way.jhtml| archive-date=May 29, 2013| url-status=dead}}</ref>

Chamberlin and Corgan, without the other original members, decided to record an album alone. They played their first show in Paris on May 22, 2007, with three new band members. On July 10, the new album, ''[[Zeitgeist (The Smashing Pumpkins album)|Zeitgeist]]'', was released. Over the next year and a half, the band released more recordings and toured extensively.

On March 20, 2009 the Pumpkins' website announced that Chamberlin was leaving the band. Chamberlin released a blog stating that he left as he felt that the band would not further his commitment to music.<ref>[http://jimmychamberlincomplex.com/blog/]  {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140725080100/http://jimmychamberlincomplex.com/blog/|date=July 25, 2014}}</ref>

Chamberlin again joined the band as a touring member for the 2015 [[The End Times Tour|End Times Tour]].<ref name="chamberlin2015">{{Cite web |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2015/06/24/smashing-pumpkins-billy-corgan-jimmy-chamberlin-tour/29157071/ |title=Pumpkins Add Original Member for Summer Tour |last=Mansfield |first=Brian |work=[[USA Today]]  |date=June 24, 2015 |access-date=September 1, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180118010353/https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2015/06/24/smashing-pumpkins-billy-corgan-jimmy-chamberlin-tour/29157071/ |archive-date=January 18, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> Chamberlin remained in the touring line-up for the subsequent "In Plainsong" Tour in 2016 <ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/smashing-pumpkins-plot-acoustic-electro-in-plainsong-tour-20160201|title=Smashing Pumpkins to Go 'Acoustic-Electro' on New Tour|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=February 2016|access-date=December 24, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161223075528/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/smashing-pumpkins-plot-acoustic-electro-in-plainsong-tour-20160201|archive-date=December 23, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>

Chamberlin and former guitarist [[James Iha]] rejoined on a permanent basis in February 2018, and the band embarked on their reunion tour, the [[Shiny And Oh So Bright Tour]] and released an album at the end of 2018, ''[[Shiny and Oh So Bright, Vol. 1 / LP: No Past. No Future. No Sun.]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/smashing-pumpkins-reunion-tour-w516780|title=Smashing Pumpkins Plot Reunion Tour Culling From First Five Albums|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=February 15, 2018|access-date=February 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180215225627/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/smashing-pumpkins-reunion-tour-w516780|archive-date=February 15, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>  Chamberlin further contributed to the albums ''[[Cyr (album)|Cyr]]'' (2020), ''[[Atum: A Rock Opera in Three Acts]]'' (2023), and ''[[Aghori Mhori Mei]]'' (2024).