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The Smashing Pumpkins are an influential American alternative rock band, formed in Chicago, Illinois in 1988. Billy Corgan and James Iha met in a record store, and began performing in local nightclubs with their bassist, D'Arcy Wretzky, using a drum machine. Playing with a drum machine frustrated both the band and their audience, and so Chicago jazz drummer Jimmy Chamberlin was hired soon afterwards. |
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News in english
about The Smashing Pumpkins
(June / 2009)
The Smashing Pumpkins Hire a 19-Year-Old Drummer Date: 09 Jun 2009
Pitchfork -
Back in March, longtime Smashing Pumpkins drummer Jimmy Chamberlin quit the band, and sole remaining original Pumpkin Billy Corgan responded in typically batshit fashion: By announcing that he'd hold open auditions to find a new drummer.
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Smashing Pumpkins Propose Behind-the-Scenes Subscription Service Date: 09 Jun 2009
Pitchfork -
Billy Corgan is not trying to make a profit. He just wants you to pay $40 to find out what he's doing in the studio. Yesterday, the Smashing Pumpkins ' website released the details about the band's proposed new subscription service.
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Wanna Be in the Smashing Pumpkins? Date: 09 Jun 2009
Pitchfork -
Their new drummer could be you! Last week, longtime Smashing Pumpkins drummer Jimmy Chamberlin quit the band , explaining his decision thusly : "I can no longer commit all of my energy into something that I don't fully possess." Yikes!
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Smashing Pumpkins Hire Teen Drummer Date: 10 Jun 2009
antiMUSIC -
Billy Corgan has tapped 19-year-old drummer Mike Byrne as the replacement for Jimmy Chamberlin in The Smashing Pumpkins.
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Smashing Pumpkins New Drummer Revealed Date: 11 Jun 2009
Pollstar -
The Smashing Pumpkins have a brand new beat, brought to you courtesy of the band’s new 19-year-old drummer. After founding member and drummer Jimmy Chamberlin split with the band in March, leaving frontman Billy Corgan as the only original band member, a press release announced Corgan would continue to write and record as the Smashing Pumpkins. The Pumpkins’ official Web site then announced it ...
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Smashing Pumpkins Hire Teen Drummer Date: 14 Jun 2009
antiMUSIC -
A top story from this week. Billy Corgan has tapped 19-year-old drummer Mike Byrne as the replacement for Jimmy Chamberlin in The Smashing Pumpkins.
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Shhh! Beaverton drummer playing with Smashing Pumpkins Date: 18 Jun 2009
Portland Tribune -
When The Smashing Pumpkins released its debut album Gish in 1991, Mike Byrne was only 1 year old, but now the Internet is aflame with gossip (and some facts) that the Beaverton drummer could be the newest member of the multi-platinum selling rock band. On April 11, Byrne, the 19-year-old drummer ...
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Buy Billy Corgan Lunch! Date: 24 Jun 2009
Pitchfork -
You could buy Billy Corgan lunch! The nonprofit auction site Charitybuzz is offering a lunch with the Smashing Pumpkins leader to the highest bidder, and the Smashing Pumpkins website confirms that it's a real thing.
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