ON THIS DATE BACK IN 1964 IN JOLIET ILLINOIS, THE DRUMMER, RECORD PRODUCER AND TECH BUSINESS MAN, JIMMY CHAMBERLIN WAS BORN! BEST KNOWN AS THE DRUMMER FOR THE CHICAGO ROCKERS THE SMASHING PUMPKINS, CHAMBERLIN WAS ORIGINALLY TRAINED AS A JAZZ DRUMMER AND CITES JAZZ MUSICIANS BENNY GOODMAN, DUKE ELLINGTON, AND BUDDY RICH ALONG IWTH ROCK DRUMMERS KEITH MOON AND JOHN BONHAM AS MAJOR INFLUENCES. HE TOPS SEVERAL LISTS AS ONE OF THE GREATEST DRUMMERS OF ALL TIME AND HAS A LOT OF PRACTICE, HE FIRST PICKED UP THE STICKS WHEN HE WAS JUST 9 YEARS OLD AND LEFT HOME AT THE YOUNG AGE OF 15 TO JOIN A SERIES OF LOCAL BANDS AND GOT A JOB BUILDING CUSTOM HOMES WITH HIS BROTHER IN LAW…BUT QUIT CARPENTRY IN 1988 WHEN HE JOINED THE SMASHING PUMPKINS…TODAY WE WISH THE DIVERSE JIMMY CHAMBERLIN A VERY HAPPY 60TH WITH A SINGLE THAT WOULDN’T EVEN COME CLOSE TO BEING AS GOOD AS IT IS WITHOUT CHAMBERLIN’S DRUMS AND IS ONE OF MY ALL TIME FAVORITE PUMPKINS TUNES, OFF OF 1995’S MELONCHOLLIE AND INFINITE SADNESS….”ZERO”, TODAY’S ROXY’S ROCK REWIND IN THE 5 O CLOCK FREAK OUT!
