Jimmy Chamberlin, also a founding member of the Smashing Pumpkins, is a native of Joliet, Illinois. Originally trained as a jazz drummer, the Pumpkins was the first rock band he joined, and he stayed with them for the better part of thirteen years (excluding a brief period in the late nineties). Following the band's breakup, he collaborated on the album The Last Hard Men with Skid Row's Sebastian Bach, The Breeders' Kelley Deal, and Jimmy Flemion of The Frogs.