Smashing Pumpkins

What a difference a day makes. Last night's performance earns an exactly opposite review. In addition to an amazing setlist, Corgan and the rest of the band acted as they normally do -- appreciate of the crowd, thoughtful, thankful, and grateful. Much like last year's Orpheum performance, last night ranks as one of my all time favorite concerts of any band. I was left in awe as expected, but also shocked because of the rarity of some set list elements. I told my show-mat... MORE

A Smashing Pumpkins reunion with the band's original line-up is not looking good, folks. (Sorry Gish fans). Yesterday former and founding members of the alternative rock band -- James Iha and D'Arcy Wretzky-Brown -- slapped Virgin Records with a lawsuit, claiming they were overlooked in royalties for music downloads and other digital media (I'm thinking ringtones and etc). They are demanding a jury trial for issues regarding breach of contract, breach of implied coven... MORE

Here's something that fell into my inbox today....love the aoustic number on this track with Billy's amazing vocals.. its from the SP new DVD set that is dropping on Nov 11th. Nice Cover Art Work too!    

So, if there are any pumpkinheads out there you are well aware of these going-ons, but for those who are not, this past Thursday and Friday the Smashing Pumpkins had a one-off screening of their latest DVD release, If All Goes Wrong, in various, but specific, theaters in various places. The DVD is a 2-disc set comprising a documentary tracing the band's history and an entire live performance of one of their Fillmore residency shows back in 2007. The DVD is still in pre-or... MORE

While they fight for artistic integrity and fall more and more into 1990's obscurity, the Smashing Pumpkins have announced that they will be heading out on a intimate August run and a not so intimate 20th Anniversary tour in November. The tours will sort of serve as a warm-up to that Gish tour everyone has been hoping for, which has now been pushed back to early 2009.

While the intimate August run "will be for fun" according to the band, November's shows will hit larger v... MORE

I did not forget about this project, did you? Oh D'Arcy, you crazy chick...I never believed a word Billy said about you until January Y2K... Smashing Pumpkins - Beautiful from Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

I expected to be writing a favorable and perhaps glowing review of the first of two Smashing Pumpkins shows, but there's just no way I can write something like that right now. Sure, they played Tonight, Tonight, but that song is hardly able to hold my opinion high after last night's end of show antics. I have a major problem with any artist who feels entitled to throw their fame back in your face. Like most, I understand that being a well-known figure changes the structu... MORE

Want to guarantee free tickets to Smashing Pumpkins shows, here's your chance. The Smashing Pumpkins are looking for five new writers for their Web site, or as they put it "the Smashing Pumpkins Media Militia." According to a blog post on their MySpace page the positions will be paid, but considered part-time. Anyone from around the world can apply as long as they are 21+. It's for big kids only since there will be weekly deadlines. The post stresses that "strong knowled... MORE

The Smashing Pumpkins headline the North stage. The dust had cleared from a highly-acclaimed Saturday night set by headliners The Police, but Baltimore's Virgin Festival was still going strong Sunday morning. Brazilian electro-rockers CSS kicked off the second day at the Pimlico Fairgrounds. Judging by their outrageous costumes and the many balloons onstage, this band clearly brought the party with them. Lead singer Lovefoxxx dazzled the crowd with an eye-popping unita... MORE

I really don't have a lot to say here, other than I'm amazed that nobody has ever posted this song. Smashing Pumpkins' best song, by far, if for nothing else, than for the, as Jack Black would put it, the 'face-melting' solo beginning at 3:09.