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Jimmy Chamberlin leaves Smashing Pumpkins.

Brisk.Brisk. Posts: 11,567
edited March 2009 in Other Music
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"THE SMASHING PUMPKINS' BILLY CORGAN ANNOUNCES THE DEPARTURE OF JIMMY CHAMBERLIN FROM THE GROUP

CORGAN SET TO HEAD INTO THE STUDIO TO CREATE NEW SMASHING PUMPKINS MUSIC

The SMASHING PUMPKINS' guitarist, singer, songwriter and founding member Billy Corgan has announced that drummer Jimmy Chamberlin has left the group. Chamberlin joined the band Corgan founded in Chicago in 1988 and played on all their albums except Adore (1998). Corgan will continue to write and record as SMASHING PUMPKINS with plans to head into the studio this spring."

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  • restlesssoulrestlesssoul Posts: 6,951
    so who is in smashing pumpkins now? james and darcy and billy, or just billy?
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  • Brisk.Brisk. Posts: 11,567
    restlesssoul wrote:
    so who is in smashing pumpkins now? james and darcy and billy, or just billy?

    lol

    Just Billy, James and Darcy never returned.
  • edwhoedwho Posts: 811
    4,3,2,1 Blast off!

    Houston, we have problem, ship implosion!!

    ha,ha Good luck Billy “Live Nation/Ticketdisaster Whore” Corgan

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  • LukinFanLukinFan Florida Posts: 29,072
    edwho wrote:
    4,3,2,1 Blast off!

    Houston, we have problem, ship implosion!!

    ha,ha Good luck Billy “Live Nation/Ticketdisaster Whore” Corgan
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  • PearlJamaholicPearlJamaholic Posts: 2,019
    sounds like gnr
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  • Cinnamon GirlCinnamon Girl Posts: 1,854
    so 25% of the band is left??
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  • Brisk.Brisk. Posts: 11,567
    Cinnamon Girl wrote:
    so 25% of the band is left??

    Well i could have said 50%, seeing Jimmy and Billy were basically the force and Darcy was 0% but its unfair on James not giving him a percent, he makes some brilliant sounds and i dont know how he played but he really made the old pumpkins magic.
  • Stephen FlowStephen Flow Posts: 3,327
    well this is the nail in the coffin for me... w/ out jimmy i pretty much consider SP a Billy Corgan solo project... too bad he can't get his head out of his ass.
  • amentvedderamentvedder Posts: 3,610
    :cry:

    SP = magic
    Zwan = great
    Billy's solo album = torture
  • Kilgore_TroutKilgore_Trout Posts: 7,334
    im done with him... i was wondering how long it would take for this to happen... i defended the "new" pumpkins because they still put on a great show when i saw them... but without jimmy its officially over... billys just such a fuckin prick... what a waste of talent
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  • mookeywrenchmookeywrench Posts: 5,955
    Cinnamon Girl wrote:
    so 25% of the band is left??

    Live SP: 20%, they had a keyboardist who OD'd in the 90's

    But studio SP, which has pretty much always been only Corgan and Chamberlain: down to 50%
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  • Music For RhinosMusic For Rhinos Posts: 1,693
    Fuck.

    At least STP reformed. I love me some STP.
  • Random_HeroRandom_Hero Posts: 380
    if only they stayed retarded.... I mean retired. Smashing Pumpkins suck.
  • gabersgabers Posts: 2,787
    First off, although I think Jimmy was an important part of the Pumpkins, it wasn't because he was the world's best drummer. He has a distinctive style that the Pumpkin's fans have grown to love. As much as I'd hate to see him leave, he won't be that hard to replace.

    I think at this point Billy can stop calling them the Smashing Pumpkins though. It's time to give up the name Billy. Call it the Billy Corgan Experience, or UberZwan, or whatever, but it's no longer the Pumpkins when you're the only one left.

    Maybe Jimmy can form a supergroup with Chris Cornell and a few guitarists. The world needs another supergroup.
  • Jimmydean55Jimmydean55 Posts: 1,439
    gabers wrote:
    As much as I'd hate to see him leave, he won't be that hard to replace.

    I have to respectfully disagree with that. Jimmy Chamberlin is definitely one of the best drummers, ever. He will be VERY hard to replace.
  • mojoro23mojoro23 Posts: 13
    You can replace a lead guitar, a bass guitar and a drummer i. e . Jack Irons, but it’s almost impossible to replace a lead singer, The Pumpkins will be just fine, with Billy Corrigan at the helm. Just as Sammy Hagar, or Ozzy Osbourne have done; the voice makes the band, it's an instrument that can't be copied. Every once and a great while a band will pull it off, take for instances AC/DC, they replaced the late Bon Scott with Brian Johnson and became a better band i.e. "Back in Black" This is just my opinion. If anyone can think of another band who has replaced a front man and went on to be successful, let us know. ;)
  • Kilgore_TroutKilgore_Trout Posts: 7,334
    iron maidens a good example of a successful singer swap...

    regardless... billy is a dick... it would just make sense for him to retire the name... the only musical genius great enough to swap out an entire band and keep the same name is trent reznor with NIN... trent is NIN... billy is only a part of SP... IMO
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