Name: James Jonas Iha
Born: March 26th, 1968
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois
Education: Elk Grove Village High School,
Graphic Arts Major at Loyola University
Guitars used: Marshall and Gibson
Previous Bands:  Snaketrain, Astro and the
Go Go Girls and the feds. 
Side Projects: Starchildren, his solo album,
"Let It Come Down", Catherine, his record
company owned with D'arcy, Scratchie
Records
Musical Influences: Syd Barrett, Rolling
Stones, Gram Parsons, The Cure, and Neil
Young
Favorite Musicians: Chainsaw Kittens,
The Beatles, Pussy Galore, Nirvana,Stooges,
Queen, and Red Red Meat
Favorite Songwriters: Neil Young, Gram
Parsons, John Lennon/Paul Macartney, Kurt
Cobain, Kevin Sheilds/Belinda Butcher
Favorite Albums: "White Album"-The
Beatles, "Isn't Anything"-My Bloody Valentine,
,"Sugar Spit Sharp"-Pussy Galore
Recommended Books:  Neon Bible by John
Kennedy O'Toole, Serious Pleasures a
biography of Steven Tennen by Philip Hoare