Solo Debut from the Ex-smashing Pumpkin. Features Guest Vocals by Billy Corgan, Catherine Wheel Frontman Rob Dickinson and the Legendary Bill Medley.On his solo debut, Life Begins Again, Smashing Pumpkins and Zwan drummer Jimmy Chamberlain takes a left turn from the cathartic rock of his former bands. Instead, he delves into a set of intricate songs better suited for the chill-out room than the mosh-pit. Even guest appearances by old boss Billy Corgan (”Loki Cat”) and Catherine Wheel’s iron-lunged singer Rob Dickinson (”Life Begins Again”, ”Love Is Real”) hardly take away from the overall twilight mood of the disc, which draws prog-rock into the new millennium while giving a quick nod to Chamberlain’s early metal years in the heady ”Cranes of Prey.” –Aidin Vaziri
