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The Smashing Pumpkins - ARE BACK

Started by Dusty (Chris Davies) in Other Bands & Artists

I got this from blabbermouth.com so be warned it could be lies :D

According to a posting on SMASHING PUMPKINS’ web site, the band have officially reformed and are currently writing songs for their upcoming album, their first since 2000. No release date has yet been set, but the group plans to begin recording this summer.

In early February, onetime SMASHING PUMPKINS bassist Melissa Auf Der Maur as well as an undisclosed source “close to the situation” confirmed to MTV News that PUMPKINS bandleader Billy Corgan has been working on material that will, at some point, surface in the form of a new SMASHING PUMPKINS album. “Everyone knows Billy doesn’t need too many people to make a PUMPKINS record, other than Jimmy [Chamberlin, longtime PUMPKINS drummer] who he has [on board],” Auf Der Maur said at the time. A spokesperson for Azoff Management also confirmed that Corgan and Chamberlin had signed on with the firm as SMASHING PUMPKINS, and that the two have been writing new music.

Posted on Fri, 21 April 2006 at 16:35

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Superunknown wrote:

That’s so lame of Corgan to reform his old band after none of his solo projects sold well.

Posted on Fri, 21 April 2006 at 17:42

realityfuck (Richard Splash) wrote:

Cynic!!! :D

Posted on Fri, 21 April 2006 at 18:21

Charlie wrote:

He wanted to reform the pumpkins before he put out his solo album.

Posted on Fri, 21 April 2006 at 19:32

matthew wrote:

Did zwan or whatever it was suck? Apparently the ladies dig it.
Billy Corgan is really creative with great lyrical ideas, he can throw in a solo well, so I think he’s pretty cool! Not outrageously cool, but cool.

Posted on Fri, 21 April 2006 at 20:17

Dusty (Chris Davies) wrote:

zwan was ok , nothing special but not a bad album. i think they released 3 singles and they were really good. but the rest didnt live upto billy corgans usual standards

Posted on Fri, 21 April 2006 at 20:24

Divers (Simon) wrote:

really?..i didn’t mind them when they were around and zwan was…okay, but i’m not worried about them getting back together.

Posted on Fri, 21 April 2006 at 20:26

Charlie wrote:

no James Iha though.

Posted on Fri, 21 April 2006 at 21:07

JSar666 wrote:

Money, money, money, money!

Mooooney!

Money, money, money, money!

Mooooney!

Posted on Sat, 22 April 2006 at 08:16

Bad Karma wrote:

It’s Corgan’s last roll of the dice,Zwan were awful and his solo album was a commercial failure.I like most of the Pumpkins albums and i’d interested in hearing new songs by them whatever the line up is.

Posted on Sat, 22 April 2006 at 12:12

#10

Charlie wrote:

Bad Karma wrote:
It’s Corgan’s last roll of the dice,Zwan were awful and his solo album was a commercial failure.I like most of the Pumpkins albums and i’d interested in hearing new songs by them whatever the line up is.

I liked the Zwan album and The FutureEmbrace sounded good too.

Posted on Sat, 22 April 2006 at 12:29

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Bad Karma wrote:

Corgan hates the Zwan album he said it sounded like bile.

Posted on Sat, 22 April 2006 at 13:06

#12

Billy Blue wrote:

Its pretty much impossible for a band to reform and be good, because the expectations are to high.

I’m still interested to hear tho.

Rather they stayed away from the Adore style stuff tho, they should go for the heavier stuff again.

Posted on Sat, 22 April 2006 at 14:38

#13

Bad Karma wrote:

Adore is an underated album but yeah i’d prefer it too if they came back with a heavy rock sound.

Posted on Sat, 22 April 2006 at 22:22

#14

mr self destruct wrote:

Bad Karma wrote:
Corgan hates the Zwan album he said it sounded like bile.

What does bile sound like (other than Zwan)?

Posted on Sat, 22 April 2006 at 22:25

#15

Bad Karma wrote:

That’s a very good question and one that possibly only Billy Corgan can answer.It was a quote from an interview he did with Rocksound around the time that his solo album was released.

Posted on Sat, 22 April 2006 at 22:35

#16

mr self destruct wrote:

I think Mr Corgan should stick to making sounds instead of describing them then, because he’s shit at it.

Posted on Sat, 22 April 2006 at 22:37

#17

Bad Karma wrote:

He’s never done himself any favours when it comes to interviews.He’s shit at writing poetry as well,he had a book out a while back.

Posted on Sat, 22 April 2006 at 22:40

#18

mr self destruct wrote:

I can imagine, “sounds like bile” has to be the lousiest simile I’ve ever heard :)

Posted on Sat, 22 April 2006 at 22:43

#19

Bad Karma wrote:

The book was called Blinking With Fists,i’ve only read a few bits of it that were posted on SP forums but it was dire.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0571211895/qid=114574648 … 86-2183636

Posted on Sat, 22 April 2006 at 22:58

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buffalo-boy wrote:

Oh no! Please tell me those Fuckwits aren’t back! At least James isn’t back, fuck he was the most boring rock star ive evr seen on a stage - he just stands there looking at his shoes like someone from Ash! And Billy Corgan - resurrecting his old band cos he wants to be the spotlight again AFTER telling us rock was dead and that he had to split the Pumpkins cos they couldn’t compete with the Britneys of this world!!! I hate that tosser! His voice is whiny, his riffs are Nirvana b-sides at best, the songs are dreadful teenage angst bullshit of the worst kind, and his bands onstage persona was awful, they had no rockstar fire in them at all!!! And don’t tell me they’re supposed to be like that. If thats true then why are they rockstars?! FUCK OFF AND WORK IN A FACTORY OR SOMETHING!!!
I saw them on their farewell tour and they didn’t even play 1979, they started with an acoustic section that dragged on for about half an hour and halfway through a man climbed onto a podium at the back and started getting the crowd to chant “Heavy metal machine!” I cringed so much i nearly died of embarassment on his behalf!!!
BILLY IF YOU READ THIS: DO NOT REFORM THE PUMPKINS - YOU ARE THE WORST BAND OF ALL TIME, YOU SUCK, GO AWAY AND FINISH COUNTING THE MONEY YOU MADE OUT OF THE GULLIBLE FUCKERS WHO BOUGHT YOUR CRAP THE FIRST TIME ROUND!!!!!

Ps - i don’t like them much. Sorry.

Posted on Tue, 25 April 2006 at 07:40

#22

choi wrote:

I can’t understand why Melissa Auf der Maur is so keen on jumping on board with the Pumpkins again. Her solo stuff is brilliant and there’s supposedly a new solo album on the way? There’s some ok Smashing Pumpkins stuff that I like but they have nothing on Auf der Maur’s solo tracks like ‘Skin Receiver’. Why would she go back to Pumpkins? I don’t understand…

Posted on Tue, 25 April 2006 at 08:19

#23

buffalo-boy wrote:

Yeah Auf Der Maur is better, and thats a tasty Feder Precision she plays too. :)

Posted on Tue, 25 April 2006 at 12:21

#24

Taunty Dan wrote:

rather than answer each and every one of all you doubters poisonous posts (!) i’ll just say this:

SMASHING PUMPKINS ARE FUCKING ACE

That is all.

Oh, but i gotta say, Auf de Mars stuff is shit. And she’s got nowt on D’Arcy. :p

Posted on Tue, 25 April 2006 at 12:24

#25

Dennis wrote:

buffalo-boy wrote:
Oh no! Please tell me those Fuckwits aren’t back! At least James isn’t back, fuck he was the most boring rock star ive evr seen on a stage - he just stands there looking at his shoes like someone from Ash! And Billy Corgan - resurrecting his old band cos he wants to be the spotlight again AFTER telling us rock was dead and that he had to split the Pumpkins cos they couldn’t compete with the Britneys of this world!!! I hate that tosser! His voice is whiny, his riffs are Nirvana b-sides at best, the songs are dreadful teenage angst bullshit of the worst kind, and his bands onstage persona was awful, they had no rockstar fire in them at all!!! And don’t tell me they’re supposed to be like that. If thats true then why are they rockstars?! FUCK OFF AND WORK IN A FACTORY OR SOMETHING!!!
I saw them on their farewell tour and they didn’t even play 1979, they started with an acoustic section that dragged on for about half an hour and halfway through a man climbed onto a podium at the back and started getting the crowd to chant “Heavy metal machine!” I cringed so much i nearly died of embarassment on his behalf!!!
BILLY IF YOU READ THIS: DO NOT REFORM THE PUMPKINS - YOU ARE THE WORST BAND OF ALL TIME, YOU SUCK, GO AWAY AND FINISH COUNTING THE MONEY YOU MADE OUT OF THE GULLIBLE FUCKERS WHO BOUGHT YOUR CRAP THE FIRST TIME ROUND!!!!!

Ps - i don’t like them much. Sorry.

Fuck that’s harsh!

but

Every word is true. :)

Posted on Tue, 25 April 2006 at 12:42

#26

Taunty Dan wrote:

its not that your not allowed an opinion, its just that everyones opinion here is the wrong one. :)

Posted on Tue, 25 April 2006 at 12:55