Smashing Pumpkins

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)

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.

• Billy Corgan - Guitar/Vocals
• Mike Byrne - Drums
• Jeff Schroeder - Guitar
• Nicole Fiorentino - Bass

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

• 1991: Gish
• 1993: Siamese Dream
• 1995: Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
• 1998: Adore
• 2000: Machina
• 2000: Machina II
• 2007: Zeitgeist
• 2009-present: "Teargarden by Kaleidyscope"

• Matt Walker - Drums
• D'arcy Wretzky - Bass
• James Iha - Guitar
• Melissa Auf der Maur - Bass
• Jimmy Chamberlin - Drums
• Lisa Harriton - Keyboards
• Ginger Pooley (formerly Ginger Ryes) - Bass