associated_acts years_active label article_title background birth_date instrument genre origin name occupation
veruca salt , ultraswiss , hushdrops 1993 & ndash ; present minty fresh records , geffen jim shapiro -lrb- drummer -rrb-
 solo_singer 19 march 1965 guitar , drums , vocals , bass guitar alternative rock chicago , illinois , u.s. jim shapiro musician
jim shapiro -lrb- drummer -rrb-

james gordon `` jim '' shapiro -lrb- born march 19 , 1965 -rrb- is an american rock musician .
shapiro is the brother of singer/guitarist nina gordon .
he graduated from yale university in 1987 .
shapiro was the original drummer in the band veruca salt and co-wrote the track `` number one blind '' on their first album , `` american thighs '' -lrb- 1994 -rrb- .
in 1997 , he left the band after their second full-length album , `` eight arms to hold you '' , was completed .
he then formed his own band , ultraswiss , in which he was the lead singer and played guitar .
on gordon 's solo first album , `` tonight and the rest of my life '' -lrb- 2000 -rrb- , shapiro played mellotron and guitar .
since 2002 , shapiro is the bassist in the chicago band hushdrops .
in 2013 , he returned to veruca salt .
