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name	Jim Walker
gender	Male
Subject	Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Berklee College of Music alumni Musicians from Edmonton Public Image Ltd members Canadian punk rock drummers
abstract	Canadian musician born 1955, best known as the original drummer for Public Image Ltd. Joined PIL in May 1978 and left in late Jan 1979 (as reported in Melody Maker on 27 Jan 1979). Later joined The Pack (as reported in Melody Maker 28 April 1979) and in July 1980 The Straps.
dbo:abstract	Jim Walker (born 27 March 1955 in Edmonton, Alberta) is a Canadian musician who was a founding director as well as the original drummer for the UK music group Public Image Ltd.He first trained as a jazz drummer at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, where he was taught by Alan Dawson and Joe Hunt.In 1977, along with Malcolm Hasman and Chris Arnett he formed the west coast punk band the Furies, the first ever punk rock band in Western Canada. Moving to London later that year, and, in early May 1978 he was to audition for and help to form Public Image Ltd., with John Lydon, Keith Levene and John Wardle (Jah Wobble).Dissatisfied with the band's direction, he left PiL as a player in February 1979, and as a director in January 1980. After PiL, he played for a few unknown local London bands, before forming, in 1981, the Human Condition with Jah Wobble, and Dave %22Animal%22 Maltby. The Human Condition were together for just over a year, playing to mixed reviews, before disbanding in 1982.In 1984 he left London for New York, and after playing that year left the music industry.
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discogs	https://www.discogs.com/artist/663840
Musicbrainz GUID	552aa214-b1a1-4112-a15c-863d1833d29e
wikipedia	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Walker_%28drummer%29
schema:birthDate	1955-03-27(xsd:dateTime)
schema:endDate	1979-02-01(xsd:dateTime)
schema:startDate	1978-01-01(xsd:dateTime)
wsb:allMusic_page	http://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0001335537
wsb:discogs_id	663840
wsb:equipBoard_page	http://equipboard.com/pros/jim-walker
wsb:real_name	James Simmers Walker
wsb:wikidata_page	https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6198724
is schema:members of	Public Image Ltd. Public Image Ltd.

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