Question: Facts: - instrument: drums - years active: 1977 -- 1984 - genre: punk rock , post-punk - name: jim walker - background: non_vocal_instrumentalist - birth place: edmonton , alberta , canada - associated acts: public image ltd. . Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of jim walker -lrb- drummer -rrb- .
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jim walker -lrb- born 27 march 1955 in edmonton , alberta -rrb- 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 -lrb- jah wobble -rrb- .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 '' animal '' 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 .