The Internet has brought people from across the world together and given a voice to those previously unheard. Unfortunately, it has also given Smashing Pumpkins’ lead singer, Billy Corgan, a platform for his perpetual angst and incessant need to explain every detail of his life. From his blog on smashingpumpkins.com Corgan has released a part news update, part mission statement, part diary entry about the future of his “band”.
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While never once mentioning the name of his recently departed band mate (and only other original member) Jimmy Chamberlin, Corgan assured fans that the future of the Pumpkins is secure. “When I decided to write and record again under the name The Smashing Pumpkins in 2005, I committed myself 100 pct. 100pct of my mind-body-soul to come back and make the band really be great again, and I feel in tune to SP in a way I haven’t felt in tune probably since 1995 or 1996. As they say in No Limit Poker, I’m ‘all in’. I’m not going to back out of the challenge in front of me now.”
In regards to his forthcoming Pumpkins work, Corgan said, “I don’t think I’m going to make albums in the old-fashioned way, meaning 12-15 songs, etc in one small package. My desire at this point would be to release one song at a time, over a period of 2-3 years, with it all adding up to a box set/album of sorts that would also include an art movie of the album.”
When he is not comparing himself to painters and telling us what “a sensitive soul” he is, Corgan is currently auditioning drummers to replace Chamberlin. You can read all of Corgan’s rant here.
– John Gladin
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