Pumpkins to smash again

Pillars of grunge The Smashing Pumpkins are supposedly regrouping and recording soonly. So far on board is Jimmy Chamberlin and Billy Corgan. D'arcy and James are as of yet not confirmed allthough Melissa Auf De Mar is ready and willing to take bass if needed.

Where does the inspiration lie for this??? It may have something to do with the fact that Billy's Future Embrace and the whole Zwan thing were utter flops and the only other member of the original line-up is in another currently dead band, Maynard James Keenan's project, A Perfect Circle. It's gonna take a lot to resurrect this band because think about it. How do you remember them? Is the first album that comes to mind Machina? Ava Adore? Hell no. It's Siamese Dream. It's Gish. I look back fondly on the Corgan that had hair.

True, the Pumpkins did evolve into a completely different band and fans still embraced them. But that evolutionary period was cut short. Long before it could have any impact therefore scrapping the whole thing. The band now has to start from scratch as their only hope. I'm curious but not hopeful.