Smashing Pumkins Reunite!!

satur9

Great news, one of the best bands of the 90's is coming back. Let's hope their new record will be at least as good as their previos ones, and more rocking.

Manstis1604

What was so bad live about the Pumpkins? I've always heard mixed reviews on their shows, some saying they were amazing while some say they are terrible. Could someone describe their live show to me perhaps?

HYLA

One word: Billy. If it was Happy Billy or Rockin Billy, then you got a good show. If it was Pissy Billy then he basically mumbled all the words, was an asshole, and just went thru the motions. I have several boots where he's really into it and the energy that the band puts out in such occasions is incredible.

darthvedder88

Brink wrote:

No offense... but if it's only Billy and Jimmy Chamberlain... with two other featured players... that's pretty much just Zwan with their old name, is it not?

The Pumpkins first 4 albums were great... the highlight being Siamese Dream..but their live show sucked to high heaven.

Yeah, but what most ppl don't know is that the Smashing Pumpkins were pretty much just Billy and Jimmy. James and D'Arcy were there to record and play live with them...

HYLA

If you want to see the band at its full splendor live, find the 1996 Rockpalast video. It's a pro-shot vid of a concert in Germany.

The Waiting Trophy Man

i thought the pumpkins were great. and billy corgan is a musical genius. they're tough to follow, though. first they kick the drummer out, then they bring him back. then the pumkins split. corgan forms another group, complete with a girl bassist, then they split. now he wants to form the pumkins again, but with 2 different band members than the original line up. wtf? too bad his band members had to get hooked on heroin(drummer) and crack(bass player). i think corgan should just play all the instruments on his albums, and tour with a backing band.

Abookamongstthemany

geez...some of you people are anal retentive.

wrong forum! wrong forum! you so badly want to be a mod or something. it may very well have been in the wrong forum but it doesn't take 20 of ass clowns to whine about it over and over again. here's a novel idea...just don't read or post in it and it will go away.

fucking teacher's pets...

HYLA

Well word was that Billy was on meth for awhile. But I guess it didn't affect his ability to produce.

David5345

SarahCanada wrote:

whos playing bass?

I belive it's Mellisa Auf De Mar (sp?).

Pearl Jam and toast

Third best thing to happen this year (behind Radiohead and Pearl Jam's new albums).

looks like it's Mellissa Auf Dem Maur (rawr.) and hopefully James..

Pearl Jam and toast

aBoxOfFear wrote:

i thought the pumpkins were great. and billy corgan is a musical genius. they're tough to follow, though. first they kick the drummer out, then they bring him back. then the pumkins split. corgan forms another group, complete with a girl bassist, then they split. now he wants to form the pumkins again, but with 2 different band members than the original line up. wtf? too bad his band members had to get hooked on heroin(drummer) and crack(bass player). i think corgan should just play all the instruments on his albums, and tour with a backing band.

they didn't kick Jimmy out really, he quit to go into rehab then came back when he was ready.

i'm EXTREMELY happy with Miss Auf Dem Maur being on the bill too.. she did play on Machina ya know.. not unfamiliar territory..

who's playing guitar?

Pearl Jam and toast

mehtadone wrote:

What is the source for this rumor?

yeah it's no rumor.

They've even bought back (or changed it or i dunno what) http://www.smashingpumpkins.com to tell everyone.

it's true. 100%.

and i absolutley love Adore and Machina as well as the other albums. you guys are insane.

AxlUlrich

Pearl Jam and toast wrote:

i'm EXTREMELY happy with Miss Auf Dem Maur being on the bill too.. she did play on Machina ya know.. not unfamiliar territory..

who's playing guitar?

wasn't it D'arcy who played on Machina?
Auf der Maur only recorded some b-sides with the band.
and yeh Jimmy was kicked out..he din leave.

i hope D'arcy and Iha rejoin too...i sense this album will sound like Gish and Siamese Dream.

HYLA

No offense but if you think this album will sound like Gish/Siamese then you don't really know the Pumpkins that well.

AxlUlrich

HYLA wrote:

No offense but if you think this album will sound like Gish/Siamese then you don't really know the Pumpkins that well.

lol..

i think Corgan has already accepted that his attempts at trying a new sound was a flop..so he will go back to what was successful.
sadly..Corgan looks to be in this for the wrong reasons..but i dont care as long as i get songs

HYLA

Every single Corgan produced release has been very different from its predecessor. He's already on record saying he isn't going to do this as a reunion tour, he wants to put out fresh, innovative tracks.

AxlUlrich

don't hear much of a difference between Gish and Siamese Dream.

hope this reunion is a long term plan anyways...always look forward to anything Billy does

MeddleDeal

I am happy that SP is back together, but I dunno if I would accept half of the band. The band will always be D'arcy, James, Jimmy and Billy. That is the group I grew up with and fell in love w/the music. yeah, I know Billy wrote all the songs for SP, but still, those same people made those albums, from Gish all the way to Machina II.

7 Kettles

smashing pumpkins recording a new album = best news of 2006.

HYLA

Gish has elements of psychadelia and 80s metal. Siamese Dream doesn't really have any of that. It's a more mature product. It can be dreamy but not in a 60s style like Gish. Songs like Disarm and Luna and Sweet Sweet are no where to be found on Gish either. And Siamese Dream lacks the wild solos of Gish.