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forrestina Oct 24, 2006

"The Smashing Pumpkins reunion is 50% complete. Drummer Jimmy Chamberlin has officially joined Corgan for their first album since 2000's MACHINA/the Machines of God. Whether or not the remaining tw...

web-toedchloe Oct 24, 2006

Didn't the keyboardist die?

forrestina Oct 24, 2006

yea but they released albums after he died.

web-toedchloe web-toedchloeOG 2001

I thought he died recently? I have no concept of time.

rocksupastar rocksupastarFounder

you are SO not punk...

web-toedchloe web-toedchloeOG 2001

You're right. Will you take me out of my PA wasteland to a show at CBGB's?

rocksupastar rocksupastarFounder

i dont venture out that far... its too far away from water and food other then roadkill...

id feel like Mel Gibson from Road Warrior

web-toedchloe web-toedchloeOG 2001

So what you're saying is, you "think" about Mel Gibson all the time? And by "think" I mean "fantasize".

rocksupastar rocksupastarFounder

What i "mean" to say "is" that you "live" in a "god" "forsaken" "land"...

"and" i hate it. "mucho"

socalgal socalgalOG 2003

whats with the " "???

web-toedchloe web-toedchloeOG 2001

Mike doesn't understand euphamism. Or basic 2nd grade punctuation.

forrestina forrestinaOG 2002

um i'm not 100% positive, but i feel like it was late 90s that he died?

iwz iwz

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smashing_pumpkins
The band suffered a personal tragedy on the night of July 11, 1996, when touring keyboardist Jonathan Melvoin and Chamberlin overdosed on heroin in a hotel room in New York City. Melvoin died, and Chamberlin was arrested for drug possession. A few days later the band issued a statement notifying the public that Chamberlin had been fired as a result of the incident. Though the band finished the tour with another drummer and keyboardist, in retrospect Corgan called it the worst decision the band ever made, damaging themselves and their reputation in the long run. Meanwhile the band had given interviews since the release of Mellon Collie stating that it would be the last conventional Pumpkins record, and that rock was becoming stale. James Iha said at the end of 1996, "The future is in electronic music. It really seems boring just to play rock music."

web-toedchloe web-toedchloeOG 2001

Man, it seems like that was only 5 years ago and not 10.

iwz iwz

crazy, right? time flies. kurt kobain died only 2 years before.

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