The Best Of Jimmy Chamberlin

Session Drumming...

http://www.musicradar.com/news/drums/what-makes-a-great-session-drummer-the-guitarists-perspective--572485

Jimmy Chamberlin on working with Gannin on the 5 World Class Drummers DVD. "It's a great educational tool for drummers to hear what an influence a drummer can have on a song. When you hear Ian Paice play a Deep Purple song you feel that interpretation and we as listeners tend to embed that stuff in our brain like it's written in stone. Certainly if you hear 'Take Five' with Joe Morello there's a certain expectation in the listening and our brains are used to being satisfied in a certain way.

What it does is tell you there are so many ways to interpret a song. Listening to Terry [Bozzio] play some of those songs with his ability to listen and re-interpret on the fly, it just tells you there really are so many ways to skin a musical cat and that the beauty of all of our playing is that no two drummers are even remotely alike. The five guys playing the same song are completely different interpretations of that song.

The beauty in drumming is really in the personality of the person holding the sticks and how the sound comes out through that personality, not really the technical proficiency. "We as humans get into this 'oh it's sacrilegious, it can't be this way'. What we have to get into our heads as artists is that really change is good and it doesn't have to feel uncomfortable.

A lot of times we get comfortable in our listening and it's a good way to push ourselves out of our comfort zone."

WIN:

Modern Drummer Reprints an Old Interview with Jimmy Chamberlin

http://www.moderndrummer.com/site/2011/10/drummer-to-drummer-jimmy-chamberlin-and-william-mohler/#.To4mknJ-zcx

William [Billy Mohler]: What advice would you give up-and-coming drummers searching for their own voice?
Jimmy: Don’t go too far into someone else’s trip. Be your own player. You have something inside of you that is special and unlike anything else in this universe. Tap into it. Practice until you can release it. And then unleash it on the world. We’ll be listening!

Take heed, Mike Byrne. 

They also have a cool clip from Gannin Arnold's DVD, if you haven't seen that...

[http://moderndrummer.com/site/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/JimmyChamberlin.m4v]

Gannin Arnold DVD Promo

Gannin Arnold DVD

You can also pick this up from the Drum Channel store now. It's region free, if anyone is wondering.

Interview/Podcast with Jimmy Chamberlin

http://www.stationcaster.com/player_skinned.php?s=39&c=245&f=78102

"Mase talks it up with former Smashing Pumpkins drummer Jimmy Chamberlin about his new band SKYSAW...playing clubs again and ripping off his own drum parts. " 

Just having a listen now...

EDIT:

Skysaw is not about making a hit record... it’s about having fun 

Chamberlin clarifies his statement in the recent SPIN magazine interview "I've learned that you can call it a band, but unless everyone is contributing it's not really” and says that this doesn’t apply to his time in the Pumpkins; in particular with his song-writing relationship with Billy.

With regards to recording: JC recorded the drums, bass, guitar and vocals to tape – loaded to pro-tools for mixing; “24 Tracks just wasn’t enough”.

In terms of Roy Thomas Baker, it appears his presence was a little ‘imposing’; “Mike and Anthony were a little freaked out”; the sounds he was getting were ‘bigger than the band...he brings more than just his Rolls Royce to the studio” and they didn’t actually end up using any of the tracks recorded with RTB on this record, but he hopes to record again in the future with him and his “stamp” is all over Great Civilizations. 

They talked briefly about the Jimmy Chamberlin Complex, writing, recording, and mixing in 40 days... nothing about anything new from them (JC and Billy Mohler) though...

With regards to hitting the club scene again; the feeling of playing doesn’t change whether or not you’re getting your drums out of the back of a (white?) van and setting them up yourself and if you’re a millionaire getting a massage before a show. It’s the same experience; just as long as people are having a good time.

With regards to the Pumpkins; JC left it in the immortal words of D’arcy; “being in the Pumpkins, was like being in a marriage with 3 people you wouldn’t even consider dating”.

SP ARCHIVES UPDATE:

JC is not involved at all, other than giving it the green light.

New Jimmy Chamberlin Complex Tracks in the Works???

 Gannin Arnold, Jimmy Chamberlin, Billy Mohler 

(Drum Channel, December 2010)

Well, according to this (now tight lipped*) poster on the official and Absolutely Ground-Breaking SP.com messageboard, Mohler and Chamberlin worked on 3 new Complex songs back in November last year... Makes sense as this was the time members of the Jimmy Chamberlin Complex (Jimmy Chamberlin, Billy Mohler and Gannin Arnold) got together to play for the Drum Channel for Gannin's solo record and the 'Art of Drumming'

*sort of ;)

Jimmy Chamberlin Complex with Tears for Fears...

Saw this for the first time today, JCC with Tears for Fears, back in 2005 yeah...

Here Goes Nothing (again)

Catch Taylor Hawkins again on Drum Channel rebroadcast, on January the 11th, fluffing Jimmy's parts.

In other news, Drum Channel have put up a couple of teaser vids for the Jimmy Chamberlin interview and jam with Terry Bozzio on their Youtube site...

Terry Bozzio Auditioned for Smashing Pumpkins

That was something I did not know...

I'll keep you posted with any more info from the Drum Channel feature as I watch...

Ah, too much to go into now. Sorry. Fail blog. Twas very good...

But I will just say, based on what Chamberlin says in this interview & everything Jimmy has said since leaving the Pumpkins, at the clinics, on the radio shows; anyone who buys into Corgan saying that Jimmy wanted the band to be an 'oldies' act, is just plain wrong.

Just one last thing > HOLY SHIT the Terry Bozzio / Jimmy Chamberlin drum jam is absolute & pure GENIUS. 

Jimmy Chamberlin Complex Live

A little blast from the past. A man, possessing some little technical wizardry, has upped this track from the Jimmy Chamberlin Complex's set at Pukkelpop festival, from all the way back in 2005...

ENJOY



Hopefully the first of more please :)

Cheers M

Edit: Keep your eyes peeled right here for moar

Jimmy 'Chemtrails' Chamberlin

I stumbled upon a nice little track C.Y.T, from the album Help Yourself, by musician Charlie Paxson from back in 2006. It features none other than Chamberlin and his Complex partner Billy Mohler;

"Jimmy Chamberlin played some brushes and layed down some chemtrails, Billy Mohler graced us with some acoustic bass and semi hollowbass"
June 19th 2006

I suspect that you can only listen to it via Rhapsody, if you're in the US...

Anyone know of any other tracks or albums Jimmy has played on, other than the ones listed in the discography section...

Up Close and Personal...

Nowt better to post than this... But it doesn't get much better... enjoy.

Jimmy to Drum on New Gannin Arnold DVD

Jimmy Chamberlin will play on a new live DVD, which Gannin Arnold is putting together. No news of a release date yet... but keep your eyes peeled.

Update: 20:14                                                                                                         

Gannin says, hopefully the DVD will be out around December and will be produced by the Drum Channel and feature great musicians like Terry Bozzio.

Update: 11 August

Tim Landers says he'll be recording with, Gannin, Billy (Mohler) and Jimmy this Thursday.

Jimmy Chamberlin in Modern Drummer Jan 2010

From WarTape's Twitter:

"Check out this month's issue of Modern Drummer Magazine! William is featured in an article with Jimmy Chamberlin!!! Page 34!!! Xo"

Confirmed by the publication itself:

"Drummer to Drummer: Jimmy Chamberlin (Smashing Pumpkins/Jimmy Chamberlin Complex) and William Mohler (War Tapes) interview each other."

Thanks for the heads up Lifebeginsagain37

Jimmy to Produce the War Tapes...?

19/10/09 - SKIR asks;

Who are some of your favourite musicians/producers who you’ve worked or toured with? Either that or what musicians inspire you?

Meeting Jimmy Chamberlin of The Smashing Pumpkins was a huge turning point in my life. He has been a great supporter of War Tapes and has become a close friend and mentor. He is the most inspiring musician I’ve ever met and one of the world’s greatest rock drummers. His passion and drive have been the catalyst in inspiring us to write, record, perform and become as great as we possibly can become. We have been talking recently and he has shown interest in co-producing our next record with us. I can’t wait to work with him.

Seems like Billy Mohler talking to me. Anyway, could be cool.

Not that I've really listened to the War Tapes until now...