James Iha

Sound

March 26, 1968 (58 years)

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Biography

James Yoshinobu Iha (伊葉吉伸, Iha Yoshinobu) 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 rejoined the Smashing Pumpkins in 2018.

Filmography

5.1

Woke

Keef, an African-American cartoonist, is finally on the verge of mainstream success when an unexpected incident changes everything. He must now navigate the new voices and ideas that confront and challenge him, all without setting aflame everything he's already built.

7.6

Linda Linda Linda

Only three days before the school festival, a newly formed high school band rushes to put together a set for their big show — including a hit single by '80s by the Japanese punk rock band The Blue Hearts.

5.4

The Sound

A group of climbers embarks on a dangerous climb that has been off-limits for years. What initially begins as an audacious expedition transforms into a battle for survival against a force that toys with them.

5.5

Kakera: A Piece of Our Life

A college student's relationship is going nowhere until she meets a bisexual medical artist who makes prosthetic body parts.

5.2

Mother, May I Sleep with Danger?

Theater major Leah brings her new love home to meet her mom, Julie, who is surprised when Pearl comes to the door. Julie tries to embrace the idea of Leah’s new love interest, but she can’t shake the feeling that something is very wrong. Julie’s suspicions lead to a startling discovery about Pearl that puts Leah in serious danger. Will Julie be able to save her daughter from an eternity of heartache before it’s too late?

5.9

Luck

Shane Bradley, who is fixated on ideas of luck and destiny, tries to win the girl of his dreams. After their relationship falters, Shane begins to think he might be unlucky and turns to gambling as an outlet for his obsession.

4.2

Lost Holiday

Margaret Rockland is as depressed as the ubiquitous Christmas carols are cheerful when she returns to the Washington DC suburb of her childhood for a reunion. The wild bunch she grew up with have settled into respectable family life. Adding insult to injury, her former boyfriend is engaged to the most bourgeois blonde on the East Coast. Margaret reacts by diving into a drinking and drugs marathon. With two remaining fellow souls, she roams the suburban no man’s land and ends up in an incomparable adventure with kidnapping, extortion, misunderstandings and clumsy violence as basic ingredients.

10.0

The Smashing Pumpkins: 1979

Smashing Pumpkins performs in the music video "1979" from the album "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness" recorded for Virgin Records. The music video opens with a group of children rolling another child in a large tire. Billy Corgan sings as he is driven in the backseat of a Dodge Charger. Clips of disaffected suburban teenage life play throughout.

7.0

The Smashing Pumpkins: Disarm

Smashing Pumpkins performs in the music video "Disarm" from the album "Siamese Dream" recorded for Virgin Records. The black and white music video features members of the band as the float over images including a house and an old man. Color video clips of a young boy playing outside play throughout.

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A History of Radness

Siblings Jack and Tessie's journey from their less-than-cool middle school beginnings to the start of their music careers as they put together a band of like-minded musicians, all considered outsiders by fellow classmates.

3.5

Salaryman

Tokyo work culture's most compelling and complex protagonist; the Salaryman. A nameless, voiceless, over-worked and under-valued cog in the labour pool, expected to compromise home and social lives. Late nights and intense drinking sessions leave many of them passed out in the city streets. This slick, incisive documentary raises questions around the ethics of our global working practices in a capitalist society.

1.0

Lost in Sound

A bittersweet short by filmmaker Adam Neustadter and musician James Iha (Smashing Pumpkins). “Lost in Sound” stars Nora Zehetner (Brick) as a woman who hears a movie soundtrack in her head. The swelling score sends her into a world all her own, preventing her from connecting with people in real life.

5.0

The Smashing Pumpkins: I Am One

The Smashing Pumpkins perform in the music video "I Am One" from the album "Gish" recorded for Caroline and Virgin Records. The music video begins with slow motion shots of the band on stage at a darkened concert venue. James Iha plays guitar and Billy Corgan sings for the enthusiastic audience.

9.0

The Smashing Pumpkins: Rhinoceros

The Smashing Pumpkins perform in the music video "Rhinoceros" from the album "Gish" recorded for Caroline and Virgin Records. The music video begins with the burning flame of a sparkler. The band sits in a room painted red. Billy Corgan sings with the camera on his face as the band plays. Shots of the band near a fountain and in a park feature throughout.

5.0

The Smashing Pumpkins: Siva

The Smashing Pumpkins performs in the music video "Siva" from the album "Gish" recorded for Caroline and Virgin Records. The music video begins with flashing images of a toy and D'arcy Wretzky being submerged in a bathtub. Smashing Pumpkins perform in front of run down concrete wall with Billy Corgan singing.

8.0

The Smashing Pumpkins: Bullet with Butterfly Wings

A promotional video for the Smashing Pumpkins' 1995 single "Bullet with Butterfly Wings."

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