Conversation so far:
What happened in the early years?
singer and guitarist Billy Corgan left St.
Petersburg, Florida, to return to his native city of Chicago, where he took a job in a record store.
What happened next?
formed the idea of a new band to be called the Smashing Pumpkins.
While working there, he met guitarist James Iha.

Question: Did they began working on music together?
Self-contained rewrite: Did the Smashing Pumpkins began working on music together with guitarist James Iha?