Originally posted by distance:
Originally posted by Brian_Walalce:
Plus, it's not even the original line-up! It's Billy Corgan, Jimmy Chamberlain and a bunch of hired guns. It's as much "Smashing Pumpkins" as the band Axl Rose sings with now is "Guns N Roses." What aren't they just billed at V-fest as Zwan II?
my guess is if you look at who's in the new SP, it'd be more of a billy corgan solo tour part 2 than a zwan II. [/b]
I think my biggest frustration with this critique and expecation of the new version of the Pumpkins is that nobody takes into consideration INTENT, which is probably the most important factor in what the new band will sound like. It won't be a Zwan record or a Billy Corgan solo record - because it isn't intended to be. It is intended to be a Smashing Pumpkins album. That intent makes all the difference in the world.
Take other artists who have multiple projects or different bands - all of them will tell you that when they write songs, they automatically know where it is intended to go, whether it be a solo project or a side project or to their main efforts.
So I don't think the new Smashing Pumpkins record will sound a thing like Zwan. I don't think it'll sound a thing like the Future Embrace. I don't even think it'll sound like any other Smashing Pumpkins record. That's my favorite thing about the Pumpkins - no two records sound alike. And I like all of them for that fact - they're different. They have different sounds, different instrumentations, different emotions. Discard that as a runaway ego if you want. I'd rather embrace it as a band unafraid to reinvent itself from album to album.
So as a fan, I'm excited. And I'm looking forward to seeing the new lineup and hearing the new record, no matter who is in the band. Because ultimately, the Pumpkins was about Billy Corgan - for better or for worse.
