Smashing Pumpkins to reform
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Re: Smashing Pumpkins to reform
if you haven't heard, Their new bassist was coincidentially one of the girls on the Siamese Dream cover
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if you haven't heard, Their new bassist was coincidentially one of the girls on the Siamese Dream cover
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I bet he is looking for new bandmates again
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/ne...murky-20150325
Billy Corgan has given hints recently that Smashing Pumpkins could be coming to an end, saying in a pair of interviews following the release of Monuments to an Elegy that "The next album is like the end, end, end. The trite way to say it is, 'I'm over rock & roll'" and "The mythology [of the Nineties] right now is irrelevant."
While Corgan briefly quieted the retirement talk, the singer admits, now that the band's most recent trek has ended, that "the future of the Smashing Pumpkins is kind of murky."
"I feel like I really need to evaluate the musical purpose of the Pumpkins because more and more of the audience is fixated on the past," Corgan said (via NME). "I know a lot of the audience will say, 'Well, I like your music better from the Nineties, than, say, the music you're making today.' But I know they're not listening to the music of today, as much as they were listening to that music… I'm the type of artist that I don't wanna exist in something that is sort of fading like an iceberg into the past."
While Corgan briefly quieted the retirement talk, the singer admits, now that the band's most recent trek has ended, that "the future of the Smashing Pumpkins is kind of murky."
"I feel like I really need to evaluate the musical purpose of the Pumpkins because more and more of the audience is fixated on the past," Corgan said (via NME). "I know a lot of the audience will say, 'Well, I like your music better from the Nineties, than, say, the music you're making today.' But I know they're not listening to the music of today, as much as they were listening to that music… I'm the type of artist that I don't wanna exist in something that is sort of fading like an iceberg into the past."
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/ne...murky-20150325
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Boo hoo Billy. He's such a drama queen. I always hated when their popularity dipped in the 90's and he made that statement about Cobain's death really taking the wind out of their sails. I think he/they have made good music, but just like a lot of big bands people wanna hear the classics.
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I can't even listen to the Smashing Pumpkins anymore because I dislike Corgan so much. I was never their hugest fan but I used to like some of their older albums (mostly Siamese Dream).
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I kind of get what he's saying. He'd rather be making new music than playing past hits for all eternity. If you become nothing but someone playing past hits, that's pretty much admitting you're washed up.
Then again, he resurrected the name of his band from the 90's.
I honestly didn't think "Zeitgeist" was that bad, other than being told I have to buy 3 versions to get the full track list.
Then again, he resurrected the name of his band from the 90's.
I honestly didn't think "Zeitgeist" was that bad, other than being told I have to buy 3 versions to get the full track list.
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"I feel like I really need to evaluate the musical purpose of the Pumpkins because more and more of the audience is fixated on the past," Corgan said (via NME). "I know a lot of the audience will say, 'Well, I like your music better from the Nineties, than, say, the music you're making today.' But I know they're not listening to the music of today, as much as they were listening to that music… I'm the type of artist that I don't wanna exist in something that is sort of fading like an iceberg into the past."
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What better way to move on from the 1990's than to go on a co-headlining tour with Marilyn Manson?
The Smashing Pumpkins and Marilyn Manson announce summer tour
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What better way to move on from the 1990's than to go on a co-headlining tour with Marilyn Manson?
The Smashing Pumpkins and Marilyn Manson announce summer tour
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I kind of get what he's saying. He'd rather be making new music than playing past hits for all eternity. If you become nothing but someone playing past hits, that's pretty much admitting you're washed up.
Then again, he resurrected the name of his band from the 90's.
I honestly didn't think "Zeitgeist" was that bad, other than being told I have to buy 3 versions to get the full track list.
Then again, he resurrected the name of his band from the 90's.
I honestly didn't think "Zeitgeist" was that bad, other than being told I have to buy 3 versions to get the full track list.
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Yes, there definitely should have been a name change once the original foursome broke up. It's not like anybody paying attention really thinks it is really anything more than Corgan solo projects at this point.
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I get what he's saying but the guy just comes off as such a fucking drama queen its annoying. Plus like you mentioned he resurrected the name Smashing Pumpkins rather than creating a new band name or just using his name for a solo act so in a sense I would already call him washed up because he has to live off that to get people to listen to his new output.
"Monuments" is alright, but its not what I'm looking for. What I want in rock music is distorted guitars kicking in and such. Billy isn't doing that, and I'm not going to ask for "Siamese Dream" 100x over.
I don't have a problem looking for my music fix elsewhere. I'd rather find new bands than listen to the same 8 albums forever.
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Personally I have very little music in my collection from "bands" that have swapped multiple members over time. And even then it's partially due to the completest part of me now that I don't have to buy physical CD's to hear music. For example, I have the new "Pumpkins" stuff after Machina in digital form, but I didn't may anything for it.
I tend to be a fan of bands not names.
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My only problem is Billy thinks he's THE genius of the 90's and pearl jam, Nirvana and who ever else are hacks. He's the true real talent of that era.
I was never a big fan of any of those groups, Pearl Jam being my fav of the bunch. What I do know is I went to Pearl Jam show in Moline, Illinois and it blew me away. First Pearl Jam concert ever and I'll tell ya what I was beyond impressed and would pay up to do it again.
Do I even think about going to a smashing pumpkin so called show, as you guys pointed out they broke up, well no I don't not really. Do I think Billy is the genius he thinks he is, not that I see. They had some good stuff sure, but it's over they broke up and that's that, it was pretty stupid of him to even use the name. But that's an act of a desperate musician trying to cling onto something from the past. Even though he says that's just what he doesn't want. Right Billy...right.
Heres the pic you should've used of darcy
Gee from that last pic you'd think it was her that corrupted him. he still looks normal there if you ask me.
I was never a big fan of any of those groups, Pearl Jam being my fav of the bunch. What I do know is I went to Pearl Jam show in Moline, Illinois and it blew me away. First Pearl Jam concert ever and I'll tell ya what I was beyond impressed and would pay up to do it again.
Do I even think about going to a smashing pumpkin so called show, as you guys pointed out they broke up, well no I don't not really. Do I think Billy is the genius he thinks he is, not that I see. They had some good stuff sure, but it's over they broke up and that's that, it was pretty stupid of him to even use the name. But that's an act of a desperate musician trying to cling onto something from the past. Even though he says that's just what he doesn't want. Right Billy...right.
Heres the pic you should've used of darcy
Gee from that last pic you'd think it was her that corrupted him. he still looks normal there if you ask me.
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