It’s been over a year since Billy Corgan announced to the world (via full page ads in Chicago Tribune and Sun-Times).
My heart is in The Smashing Pumpkins. For a year now I have walked around with a secret, a secret I chose to keep. But now I want you to be among the first to know that I have made plans to renew and revive The Smashing Pumpkins.
Now, according to the singer’s website they’ve hit the studio: “The Smashing Pumpkins are currently in the recording studio with legendary producer Roy Thomas Baker (Queen, The Cars, The Darkness), at work on their first new album since 1999.”
Baker produced “Bohemian Rhapsody.” Could be wild. Of course Billy’s Smashing Pumpkins are now just him and Jimmy Chamberlin. But James and D’arcy are “good people” so ya never know.
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I thought they were going into the studio with legendary producer Bruce Dickinson.
One leg at a time, Bruce, one leg at a time.
Yeah, his hearts been in the Smashing Pumpkins…ever since his solo album flopped.
I hope it’s as memorable as the Jane’s Addiction reunion record.
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Mama mia!
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i, for one, am happy about this. billy corgan needs to rock, cuz if there’s one thing his solo album proves, it’s that his musical strengths lie more or less solely in rock.
last i heard, by the way, was that auf der maur and a male bassist whose name i can’t remember are in competition for bass duty. they may well get iha back on board as well, since maynard has commented publically that apc is probably finished.
Billy’s solo album a “flop”? Correct me if I’m wrong, but Billy wasn’t exactly trying to conquer the world with “The Future Embrace” and he didn’t do that much to promote it, other than write an article about the supposed Pumpkins comeback right as the album came out.
BTW, I’m one of his biggest fans and always will be, but although I was thrilled to see that Billy “wanted his band back”, I had a feeling that announcement would come back to haunt him – and it did, in Melbourne last year when he walked offstage saying “Fuck This” after fans kept shouting for him to play Pumpkins songs.
He should’ve waited until AFTER the (not exactly) solo tour to announce the (semi) SP reunion plan, and done a better job promoting the actual record and band he assembled at the time (which included ex members of FILTER!).
“Walking Shade” was one of the few bland tracks on TFE. Terrible choice for a leadoff single it was. “I’m Ready” or “To Love Somebody” would’ve done far better for album sales, but obviously Billy didn’t give a shit about that.
He just did the record and tour, a couple tv shows, one FULL music video (as opposed to some other cool, arty video clips found online) and that was pretty much it…on Corgan went to other things like ::gulp:: Courtney Love country. (BTW, Jimmy Chamberlain had a pretty good solo disc last year as well – and no, it wasn’t a flop either because like Corgan’s disc, there weren’t high expectations from it).
FYI, The Future Embrace was not a great record, but a very good and underappreciated one (like SP’s Adore and Machina records), with some incedible sounds, songs and production that you always come to expect from Corgan (ex. “Now and Then,” “Mina Loy,” “The Cameraeye,” and that killer Bee Gees cover “To Love Somebody (w/Robert Smith of The Cure”).
I thought he hated D’Arcy but still likes Iha. Does it really matter? We all know the dude is a control freak and plays everything on the albums (save drums) anyways. I’m actually really looking forward to this, I loved the Zwan album and everything the Pumpkins did.
It won’t be the same without Iha so what’s the point?
I don’t think many people realize the Billy Corgan is practically the band. Dorcy is hardly anything but an asset when playing live. Its not billy’s fault that the band broke up. Its Iha and dorcy because they got inlvoved in a relationship. Noone likes to be around people that are doing that shit. Billy wrote and produced every sp song that is well known.
na your all wrong!