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• The Smashing Pumpkins are a four-piece Rock band that were at the forefront of the early 1990s alternative rock boom. Main songwriter Billy Corgan led the Pumpkins to multi-platinum success and a string of hit albums. After disbanding in 2000, Corgan reformed a partial lineup of the original band in 2007.

  On March 20, 2009, it was announced drummer Jimmy Chamberlain had left the Smashing Pumpkins. Chamberlain wrote on his blog, "I can no longer commit all of my energy into something that I don’t fully possess. I won’t pretend I’m into something I’m not. I won’t do it to myself, you the fan, or my former partner. I can’t just, ‘Cash the check’ so to speak".Rolling Stone: Jimmy Chamberlin Explains Smashing Pumpkins Split (March 24, 2009)

  Billy Corgan said he would "continue to write and record as Smashing Pumpkins" and that he was planning to go into the studio later this year.Billboard: Pumpkins Sheds Chamberlin; Corgan Heads To Studio Alone (March 20, 2009)

• Fast Facts

  1. Genre: Alternative Rock
  2. Origin: Chicago, Illinois
  3. Formed: 1988
  4. Label: Reprise Records
  5. Albums: 7
  6. Related Acts: The Marked, Zwan, Jimmy Chamberlin Complex
  7. Broke up between 2000 - 2006
  8. Corgan released his first solo album, TheFutureEmbrace, in 2005
  9. Premiered their song "G.L.O.W." exclusively on Guitar Hero: World Tour Pitchfork: Smashing Pumpkins to Debut Single (September 2, 2008)
  10. The song "FOL" will be debuted in a Hyunda commercial during the Super BowlStereogum: New Smashing Pumpkins Song To Debut In Hyundai Commercial (January 28, 2009)
  11. Appeared on the debut episode of Chris Isaak's show, The Chris Isaak HourRolling Stone: [http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/02/26/chris-isaaks-new-show-to-feature-smashing-pumpkins-yusuf-islam/ Chris Isaak’s New Show to Feature Smashing Pumpkins, Yusuf Islam (February 26, 2009)
  12. 2009 drummer Jimmy Chamberlain quitsBillboard: Pumpkins Sheds Chamberlin; Corgan Heads To Studio Alone (March 20, 2009)
  13. Chamberlain joined the band in 1988; played on all of their album except for 1998's Adore

• Career

  After forming in Chicago in 1988, the Pumpkins released their debut album Gish in 1991 with the help of producer Butch Vig. While the album was moderately successful, it wasn't until 1993's Siamese Dream that the band began to shake off comparisons to Jane's Addiction and Nirvana. That album sparked the massive hits "Today" and "Disarm" that helped the album sell over 4 million copies. While their next record, the double album Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, debuted at #1, the bands next few albums were met with limited success. Corgan announced the breakup of the band in 2000, only to reform the band again in 2006 with a new lineup for the album Zeitgeist.

• Current Band Members

  • Billy Corgan - Guitar/Vocals
  • Jimmy Chamberlin - Drums
  • Jeff Schroeder - Guitar
  • Ginger Reyes - Bass

• Original Band Members

  • Billy Corgan - Guitar/Vocals
  • Jimmy Chamberlin - Drums
  • James Iha - Guitar
  • D'arcy Wretzky - Bass

• Albums

  • 1991: Gish
  • 1993: Siamese Dream
  • 1995: Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
  • 1998: Adore
  • 2000: Machina
  • 2000: Machina II
  • 2007: Zeitgeist

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