ORIGIN OF NAME:Billy thought of the strangest name posible and told people that
It just happened to stick and well there ya go.
FIRST PUBLIC APPEARANCE: Billy and James in a Polish bar called Track,
1988.
Bios:
Billy Corgan
NAME: William Patrick Corgan
BAND POSITION: Vocalist and guitarist
BORN: Chicago, 3/17/1967
OTHER OCCUPATIONS: Poet, philosopher, pizza delivery boy,
clerk at used record store, producer, mixer
FAVORITE SINGLES: The Sweet, "action", Gene Clark "so you say you've lost
your baby", Santo & Johnny, "sleepwalk".
FAVORITE ALBUMS: Beatles, "rubber soul", Black Sabbath, "master of reality"
FAVORITE BANDS: My Bloody Valentine, Chainsaw Kittens, Skunk, Mercury Rev,
Thin Lizzy.
FAVORITE SONGWRITERS: David Bowie, Marc Bolan, Phil Lynott.
FAVORITE FILMS/TV SHOWS: Citizen Kane, 8 1/2. I don't watch television.
BIGGEST INFLUENCES ON CAREER: Pain, violence, love.
RESIDENCE: CHicago, IL
CURRENT HAIR STYLE: Bald as a cue ball
PETS: He had two cats Lily (the sang was named after her), and theolonious I'm not sure if He still has them though.
James Iha
NAME: James Jonas Jaded Iha (not his real middle name)
BAND POSITION: Guitarist
BORN: Chicago, IL 3/26/68
MUSICAL CAREER: Astro and the Go GO Girls, Snake Train
OTHER OCCUPATIONS: Student, dog owner, domestic specialist
MUSICAL INFLUENCES: Syd Barrett, Big Star, Rolling Stones, Gram Parsons,
Neil Young, Morricone.
FAVORITE SINGLES: Courtney Love, "highlights", Rolling Stones, "tumbling
dice", Byrds, "chestnut mare", sonic youth, "starpower"
FAVORITE ALBUMS: Beatles, "white album", Pussy Galore, "sugar sgit sharp",
My Bloody Valentine, "isn't anything"
FAVORITE SONGWRITERS: Kevin Shields/Bilinda Butcher, Gram Parsons, Neil
Young, Kurt Cobain, Lennon/McCartney
FAVORITE FILMS/TV SHOWS: The Thing, Manhattan, Star Trek: TNG, Fawlty
Towers.
BIGGEST INFLUENCE ON CAREER: Snake Train, Smashing Pumpkins
RESIDENCE: Chicago, IL
PETS: the ever famous Bugg Superstar (his picture is inside the gish booklet)
CURRENT HAIR STYLE: this shag thing, black with blond streaks
D'arcy
NAME: D'arcy
BAND POSITION: Bass guitarist
BORN: Michigan 1/5/68
HIGH SCHOOL: L.C. Mohr in south haven
MUSICAL CAREER: Classical violin and oboe player
FAVORITE SINGLES: Flaming Lips, "everyone wants to live forever"
FAVORITE ALBUMS: Beatles, "white album", Jesus and Mary Chain, "Psycho
Candy", nirvana "bleach"
FAVORITE BANDS: Beatles, Pussy Galore, Nirvana, Stooges, Queen, Rolling
Stones
FAVORITE SONGWRITERS: Billy Corgan, Syd Barrett, Lennon/McCartney, Kurt
Cobain
FAVORITE FILMS/TV SHOWS: Star Trek, any bad b-movies up to the 70s.
BIGGEST INFLUENCE ON CAREER: people i hate
RESIDENCE: On a farm
PETS: she has a couple farm dogs
CURRENT HAIR STYLE: platnium blond bob
Although he isn't in the band any more I thought I'd put down some Jimmy stuff.
Jimmy Chamberlain
NAME: Jimmy Chamberlain
BAND POSITION: Drummer'
BORN: Chicago, 6/10/67
EDUCATED: Joliet Catholic High School
MUSICAL CAREER: JP and the Cats, Eddie Karosa's Polka Party
OTHER OCCUPATIONS: carpenter
MUSICAL INFLUENCES: any big band jazz
FAVORITE ALBUMS: Benny Goodman, "sextet", Buddy Rich, "big band machine",
jazz crusaders, "tough talk", beastie boys, "check your head"
FAVORITE BANDS: Pantera, helmet, squeeze, crowded house, pixies, red hot
chili peppers
FAVORITE SONG WRITERS: difford & tilbrook, tim finn
FAVORITE FILMS/TV SHOWS: Sanford and Son, Good Times, The Honeymooners
RESIDENCE: Chicago, IL