James Iha Interview

[junktresjuju]

boring what are you talking about, this is a glimmer of his quiet brilliance, so exquisite

[Paperhouse81]

I admire James's tone of voice. He should do some work with Harmony Korine. Harmony would appreciate James monotone voice, along with his disconnected and rather random sentences.

[electronicmedium]

iha says the damn same thing in every interview word by word

[trinimarie427]

iha should stick to his guitar cause he is not a good singer..sorry i love when you play your guitar and do the moves but for singing sorry dude you STINK..

[MrHellokeven]

@trinimarie427 what the hell, Take me Down? You've heard that song right? Hes probably a better singer man, Corgan just has a distinct sound. Which is good, awesome actually, but Iha has some all around talent with music. I think your just expecting too much from a person. Singings hard man, Iha's a great singer.

[Paperhouse81]

@MrHellokeven Corgan sings through his nose.

[MrHellokeven]

@Paperhouse81 hahaha never thought of it that way

[Paperhouse81]

@MrHellokeven lol

[trinimarie427]

@trinimarie427 no dude he is not a good singer...he can sing not to cut an album..you should listen to "TheF0etus" i agree with him...billy is the pumpkin's "voice"..they should leave it that way...everyone has it's own unique talent, and they should stick to their gun...and to blood666fall? syd barrett has his own style..and david gilmore perfected pink floyd..

[Bayview05]

@TheF0etus lol but no. each person brings their own unique things to the table, and the conglomeration of the original four relentlessly practicing, rehearsing, playing hundreds of live shows and recording demos are what made shaped the songs into what they are. Billy may have had the general setup, but it was playing them as a band that gave it proper aura, character, and emotion. dunno if you noticed but zeitgeist was not developed through at all, just written--> recorded. guess what? it sucks

[iamyoyoyodude45]

@Bayview05 finally someone who knows their facts

[blood666fall]

He reminds me of Syd Barrett of Pink Floyd because of his personality.

[InsomniacParanoiac]

One of my 3 biggest influences on my guitar playing if not the first!

[xxxXGuNzXxxx]

In the video, he reminds me of Liu Kang because of his hair.

[mlrdmn]

JAMES WE LOVE U!

[ANGRYCATATTAX]

He's a cutie! :)

[madmanswhispers]

he is a frieken power ranger! seroiusly

[Floskeknosk]

Brother James!

[KieranTVogel]

hes high as shit

but so am i so its all okay

[TheWalker96]

james is a great guitar player and so is darcy wretzky. they really help out the mastermind of the smashing pumpkins which is billy corgan. Smashing pumpkins are my favorite rock band. go smashing pumpkins!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Pissugar]

You say it as if they were still in the band, and Billy was still writing decent music. Your comment made me sad.

[guitarguy447]

i got to meet him because a family friends friend was the manager of a perfect circle. i like smashing pumpkins more though

[MSSL06]

@guitarguy447 .....please tell me you at least met the band members of a perfect circle. thats an opportunity i'd kill for. i'd love to meet the frontman of tool/a perfect circle. youre so lucky. seriously take advantage of that. i love james too though. and the pumpkins. that is all.

[sassieandrews]

Iha is a pretty quiet dude. I was fortunate enough to meet him on a little road trip one day. Didn't say too much until he realized I wasn't a crazed fan kind of person.

[SebastianNovakZarate]

the boy is his greatest song

[Renitamac]

If you can hear him sing Blew Away....you'd know that he's just kind of ..... hushed. That's just James.

Psychotically HOT, isn't he?

[xciscool]

he is stoned! lol

[sassieandrews]

O.O You noticed the stoner boner, didn't you? PERVERT!!!!!!

[milleralive]

yes...he is stoned.

[dailybrother]

James seems like a quiet person though he's really nice and can play some sweet guitar with Billy. At least he shows himself in public every once in a full moon unlike D'arcy who never comes out.

[pingui0987]

@dailybrother d'arcy said time ago that she is no able to play no more men

and i lie jame he can be hard as with the pumpkisn but his solo album was quite and relaxing

[whiiitn3yy]

what a PRETTY boy.

hhahaha.

[KiJaLo101]

I agree. It's the interview edit. Plus I think James is just quiet anywayz.

[smashinga85]

he looks like hes high!

[Snowblind333]

his eyes are small because hes asian not high :P

[pattychung]

wow. shitty observation to make.

[Tahiti80rock]

fuck you

[raychamp01]

dude i dont know if you've been tormented by asians or something but how would you like it if someone made a racial slur to your race.

[punk91]

grow up man... it's 2009

[fuckedupsickfuckboy]

thanks for pointing dat out!  Lol

[niceguydav]

Don't blame James! Blame the idiot that edited this so we don't have any INTERVIEW questions to understand what he is talking about.

[swiv2d]

Seriously being a pumpkins fans for along time I really feel like jumping into the TV and punching James while screaming 'make sense you asshole what the fuck are you on about!'

[ignoranttwat]

it's the edit that makes it bad.

tosser.

[swiv2d]

forget this interview I was on about all of them

[ScarTissuetwo]

tosser? hahahahah

[ElectricShark]

I've had a crush on James since I was a little girl. He was my first Asian crush! Damn, he is still as handsome as ever!

[DontMockForest]

aww haha same here! i remember writing him passionate fanmail as a kid.

:P the shame...

[tehkewlness]

i love james but ... seriously, what is he talking about?

[christurkthebrave]

hes talking about the band the ramones!how they needed attitude to play like they did and to hav their image.also their songs only used 3 chords,so he explaind that they wer easy to play.

[tehkewlness]

OHHHH.

okay, yeah, now i get it.

thanks.X-D

[Paulblock5]

ya his solo albun is great. I'm sorry for the smashing pumpkins, it will never be the same without james and DArcy.

james and billy are great guitarrists, but they are not the best when you see buckethead, lerry la londe, ...

[vopatrick]

james is a legend and a hero for any asian kid from the burbs

[kingcubfan]

Agreed! I love this guy!

[KieranTVogel]

hero for any minority from the burbs, really. a legend

[angelizer999]

@KieranTVogel jajja es cierto, a mi me cae bien ese perro

[rrrgovernment01]

@vopatrick im sure he doesn't even think of race but ok.

[BayviewFinch]

@vopatrick - Why do you have to mention his ethnicity? Can't we all just be people? I mean the guy can't speak Japanese or anything. There are white people out there who understand Japanese culture a lot more than he does.

[sexwithbozscaggs]

u can spot james 2.5 miles away when he rocks the sailor outfit and the blond hair

[MisterMisanthropy]

homophobe.

fucking idiot, Billy fucking rocks

[yitzchak13]

Yeah, he has great tits.

[silvermewmew13]

hes awesome one of the best guitarists i know and he mde the smashing pumpkins good i mean billy corgans lyrics are great and he good at guitar too but thay need everyone back darcy too everyone made the band as a whole well anyway ive always respected james id love to meet him he seems like a good person

[lewymcgee]

ok hes a great guitarist but thats going way too far, he is in no way even close to being the guitar god of all times. hes good but not nearly that good. go check out some petrucci, satch, buckethead, or something like that.

[5Aoi87]

He rocks and that's it. He's the guitar God of all times, he iis and he'll always be. :D

So, Show some respect!

[BillyArtillery]

what a badass

[siva740]

Hey depressed,he is a wreck ,i cant believe it.............

[kaitoyama]

I hope that was sarcasm...

[BADDassBASSist]

why does he look so depressed?

[drjonzo]

james iha rocks u fucking dumb racist cunt

[SlipKnotBarbie]

James Iha is talented, and hot, beat that you jealous stupid fucking racist piece of shit.

[songwriter83]

fucking racist arsehole. wats with the racism?

[petchimp]

fuck you, you racist bastard.

[wnsyipsp]

Fuck off, jackass

[catsass19]

so are you,fucking idiot

[luismartinmori]

fucking racist, just a poor piece of shit.

[allanvendetta]

I LOVE HIM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[PetSalad]

Oh, this is from the "We're Outta Here" Ramones DVD. He's talking about the Ramones. I think this was made in 1996-1997.

[ichbinderausgang]

james is aging really well. I bet D'arcy looks like Hell now

[dannygoy]

James is talking about the Ramones... if u go to his site u can watch this there

[blackcoffeeblue]

james > all i love this guy

[vwpompamrjfbcbz]

what do u mean u dbnt know what he is tlking about? he's talking about the ramones lol

[DrakeandGabe]

I don't know what he's talking about

But James... you're awesome anyway.

[irishcoffee]

I love how his voice is always so monotone, lol.

[Dardencia]

His voice is his guitar.

[truie7]

james is cool like that.

i love you james!!