Concert Review: Jimmy Chamberlin Is The Smashing Pumpkins’ Draymond Green

BY NICOLAS GRIZZLE Jimmy Chamberlin is a bona fide big-time rock drummer. Now back with the reunited Smashing Pumpkins on their Shiny And Oh So Bright tour, he’s been demonstrating how to really play to a big arena, a skill that isn’t easily gleaned from YouTube videos or even the best music schools. It just seems to come naturally to him, and that was evident from the beginning of the Pumpkins’ three-hour set last night in Oakland, California. The set … Continue reading Concert Review: Jimmy Chamberlin Is The Smashing Pumpkins’ Draymond Green