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Title: Reunited Smashing Pumpkins Hit The Studio
Post by: vansmack on August 17, 2006, 02:01:00 pm
Reunited Smashing Pumpkins Hit The Studio
 August 17, 2006, 10:00 AM ET
 
 According to a short post on its Web site, the reunited Smashing Pumpkins are recording their first album in seven years with producer Roy Thomas Baker, who is best known for his work with Queen but resurfaced last year to produce the sophomore album from the Darkness.
 
 Beyond frontman Billy Corgan and drummer Jimmy Chamberlin, it is still unclear who else is involved in the new incarnation of the Pumpkins. The group is now being managed by Irving Azoff, who also works with Justin Timberlake, Christina Aguilera and the Eagles.
 
 Corgan stunned fans in June 2005 when he took out a full-page ad in the Chicago Tribune and Sun-Times announcing his intentions to "renew and "revive" the Pumpkins, who split acrimoniously in 2000.
   
 In 2004, he broke his silence about why the band dissolved, lashing out at guitarist James Iha and bassist D'Arcy Wretzky for walking away from an endeavor he described as "essentially my entire life... a dream I still believe in."
 
 http://billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003018864&imw=Y (http://billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003018864&imw=Y)
Title: Re: Reunited Smashing Pumpkins Hit The Studio
Post by: Darth Ed on August 17, 2006, 02:11:00 pm
Well, before the cynics all chime in with their, um, cynicism, I, for one, welcome this news and am hoping for the best. The Pumpkins have always been one of my very favorite bands. Go, Billy!
Title: Re: Reunited Smashing Pumpkins Hit The Studio
Post by: vansmack on August 17, 2006, 02:15:00 pm
Watch what people are cynical about, and one can often discover what they lack.
Title: Re: Reunited Smashing Pumpkins Hit The Studio
Post by: Sage 703 on August 17, 2006, 03:15:00 pm
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Originally posted by Darth Ed:
  Well, before the cynics all chime in with their, um, cynicism, I, for one, welcome this news and am hoping for the best. The Pumpkins have always been one of my very favorite bands. Go, Billy!
Amen.  I'm stoked for this.
Title: Re: Reunited Smashing Pumpkins Hit The Studio
Post by: sonickteam2 on August 17, 2006, 03:19:00 pm
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Originally posted by vansmack:
  Watch what people are cynical about, and one can often discover what they lack.
like songwriting?
Title: Re: Reunited Smashing Pumpkins Hit The Studio
Post by: Guiny on August 17, 2006, 04:22:00 pm
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Originally posted by le sonick:
   
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Originally posted by vansmack:
  Watch what people are cynical about, and one can often discover what they lack.
like songwriting? [/b]
You mean you didn't like "Despite all my rage I am still just a rat in a cage"?
Title: Re: Reunited Smashing Pumpkins Hit The Studio
Post by: Mobius on August 17, 2006, 05:02:00 pm
They should have gotten Butch Vig to produce.
Title: Re: Reunited Smashing Pumpkins Hit The Studio
Post by: Mobius on August 17, 2006, 05:24:00 pm
. . . or better yet, Rick Rubin.  He's the master of rescesitating lost causes.
Title: Re: Reunited Smashing Pumpkins Hit The Studio
Post by: Sage 703 on August 18, 2006, 11:47:00 am
The Smashing Pumpkins produce such vitriol.  I love it.  And I'm fucking excited for this album.