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  You Could Be Smashing Pumpkins' Drummer!

  March 31, 2009 – Who says no one's hiring in the current economic climate? Less than two weeks after drummer Jimmy Chamberlin officially resigned from alt-rock kingpins Smashing Pumpkins, last-original-member-standing Billy Corgan is actively seeking his replacement. Yesterday, the band issued an open call for submissions via a statement posted to their website. …
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  Drummer Jimmy Chamberlin Quits Smashing Pumpkins

  March 20, 2009 – This Pumpkin patch is starting to look like the day after Halloween. In a statement posted on Smashing Pumpkins' website, the group has announced the departure of drummer Jimmy Chamberlin, the sole remaining original member of the pivotal alt-rock band other than frontman Billy Corgan. It's not the first time Chamberlin has left the band: He was fired by Corgan in 1996 after a heroin-related incident in which the group's touring keybo …
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  Pumpkins, Hanson, Cheap Trick Members Form Band!?!

  February 18, 2009 – He refused to reunite with Billy Corgan, but former Smashing Pumpkins guitarist James Iha is now making music with another '90s icon -- Taylor Hanson, vocalist of "Mmm Bop" band Hanson!?! Iha and Hanson, plus Cheap Trick drummer Bun E. Carlos and Fountains of Wayne bassist Adam Schlesinger, have formed a new supergroup, Tinted Windows. The quartet will make their debut at SXSW March 20 and have already completed their debut album. …
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  Sneak Peek: Smashing Pumpkins' Super Bowl Song

  January 29, 2009 – Who says selling out has to be a bad thing? With their latest venture, a Hyundai Super Bowl commercial featuring an all-new tune, Smashing Pumpkins make selling out sound pretty darn good. The song, "FOL," was written by Billy Corgan and drummer Jimmy Chamberlin for the car commercial "The Epic Lap," which premieres before the kickoff of Super Bowl XLIII this Sunday. But why wait? …
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  10 Most Popular Reviews of 2008

  December 30, 2008 – We've already revealed our most important albums, songs, and videos of 2008, but what music garnered your interest this year? Here is the first of several 2008 recaps where we collect the stories, reviews, MP3s, and videos that were our readers' faves. We start with the five most-read album reviews and the five most-read concert reviews on SPIN.com this year, based on your clicks.ALBUM REVIEWS1. …
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  Smashing Pumpkins: "No More Albums"

  December 11, 2008 – Following the release of the band's "reunion" album, Zeitgeist, and a recent 20th anniversary tour that's become notoriously uncomfortable for everyone involved, Billy Corgan has announced that the Smashing Pumpkins will no longer release albums. "There is no point. People don't even listen to it all. …
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  Concert Photos: Smashing Pumpkins Rock L.A.

  December 3, 2008 – Smashing Pumpkins' 20th anniversary tour, which kicked off last month in Cleveland, rolled into Los Angeles Tuesday night for the first gig of a two-night stand at the Gibson Amphitheater. …
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  Collaboration Buster!

  November 13, 2008 – These days, rumors of artist collaborations start more quickly than you can say, "The lead singer of Hootie and the Blowfish has the No. 1 Country album." Below, we weed through the reports to set the record straight. James Iha and Billy Corgan: After a dissatisfied fan at the Smashing Pumpkins show in D.C. …
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  Watch Smashing Pumpkins Play Unreleased Song

  November 7, 2008 – There may be many new bandmembers in this video of the Smashing Pumpkins performing the previously unreleased track "99 Floors" live in the studio. But with its somber acoustics, softly grooving backing instrumentation, and Billy Corgan's pensive, 9th-grade-poet lyrics about a dissolving relationship, this eight-minute song -- off the band's forthcoming If All Goes Wrong DVD -- harkens back to their '90s glory days. …
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  The Sorry State of Reunions

  November 5, 2008 – Reunion tours, dinosaur acts, cash factories...call them what you want, but these days, gettin' the band back together (for fun and profit!) has become a disturbing trend, especially so when vital original members are missing. Though it's up to bands (and their lawyers) to determine who owns the name, certain groups really have no business reuniting under their old moniker. …
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