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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
(August / 2009)
No Doubt Date: 07 Aug 2009
Honolulu Advertiser -
Calling No Doubt's return to music a comeback isn't exactly accurate. But after five years of silence from the California-based pop-ska outfit, it sure feels like a comeback. Maybe it was just our cynical disposition, or maybe we were still wounded from the Smashing Pumpkins' breakup, but truth be told: We weren't buying the whole hiatus spiel.
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Corgan Playing With Spirit In The Sky Date: 12 Aug 2009
ChartAttack.com -
Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan will play six shows in California this month with Spirits In The Sky, the band that recently formed to play a tribute show for the late Sky Saxon.
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Smashing Pumpkins Confirm 19-Year-Old Drummer Date: 18 Aug 2009
Pitchfork -
Back in June, we reported that 19-year-old Mike Byrne just might be the new drummer for the Smashing Pumpkins . Leader and sole original Pumpkin Billy Corgan had been holding open auditions for drummers after longtime sideman Jimmy Chamberlin left the band, and Pumpkins fan site Hipsters United had reported that Byrne was the man.
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Smashing Pumpkins pick new drummer after open call Date: 18 Aug 2009
USA Today -
Drum roll, please. The Smashing Pumpkins have a new member of the band.
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Smashing Pumpkins' new drummer only 19 Date: 18 Aug 2009
Chicago Tribune -
The Smashing Pumpkins are making it official: Mike Byrne, a 19-year-old Portland native, has officially replaced Jimmy Chamberlin as the band’s drummer.
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Aug. 19, 2009: A drummer's dream, a legend's burial and a model's hair. Date: 19 Aug 2009
St. Louis Post-Dispatch -
The Smashing Pumpkins selected unknown Mike Byrne, 19, to replace Jimmy Chamberlin as drummer. Byrne, who was born after the group had its first hit, won out over 1,000 who auditioned for the gig. "Dream come true, man," he said.
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Smashing Pumpkins, Lit in News Notes Date: 19 Aug 2009
Groovevolt -
The Smashing Pumpkins next album and tour will feature the band's new drummer, 19-year-old Mike Byrne; Lit drummer Allen Shelleberger lost his battle with brain cancer. He was 39.
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Smashing Pumpkins choose Portland teen as new drummer Date: 19 Aug 2009
KGW NewsChannel 8 Portland -
PORTLAND, Ore. -- A Portland-area teenager is the new drummer for the Smashing Pumpkins. The band's Web site says 19-year-old Mike Byrne was chosen from the more than 1,000 drummers who responded to the group's open call to replace Jimmy Chamberlin.
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