June 5, 2008
Billy writes a post about the 10th Anniversary of Adore -
I was surprised when someone mentioned to me that today was the 10th anniversary of the Adore album…my first thought was surprise that it had been that long since, and how quickly time passes…it seems like a long time ago and yet, in some strange ways, not that far back either…
May 30, 2008
“Smashingpumpkins.com would like to announce that a new single is coming from the band in September of this year.
This song will not be attached to Zeitgeist and will be completely new material.
No song title has been revealed at this time.”
Source: ozphoria.com
May 5, 2008
“I made this video in college back in 1989. The Pumpkins didn’t have a record out yet. We filmed them in Chicago.”
“I made this video with a college friend for a class in film lighting. My friend went to High School with James. The band was about to release there first album.”
“We shot it in Oshkosh Wisconsin and Chicago. We got the blurred motion look by shooting 16mm at like 2 or 4 frames per second and the slowing down the playback.”
“My favorite shot is the one when I walked from across the street into the girls eyes. Almost got hit by a car, but it looks cool.”
“It’s really him singing and them in concert in Chicago, but we shot it on 16mm with no sound. We edited it later to a copy of the song the band gave us on cassette.”
Credit: Ozphoria
The Smashing Pumpkins will mark their 20th anniversary this September with a special series of shows in New York, Los Angeles and their native Chicago. Frontman Billy Corgan says they want to make “each show special, [so we’ll] have special guests at each one.” Corgan says the band’s first decade was a lot different than the past decade. He tells us, “[I] look at the first 10 years as sort of like a car crash, like whoa, what happened? And the second 10 years has been like rebuilding.” –Steve Reynolds
January 2, 2008
Smashing Pumpkins have released the new EP ‘American Gothic’, it includes the following new tracks -
From Billy -
Since the holidays are upon us, the collective I would like to take this opportunity to give gratitude where it is due, and that is to those that are not hypnotized, or so numbed by darkness that they cannot hear the chime in my words…I wish you a warm holiday and a brilliant New Year to come, and may you get all you deserve! (again) From my heart to yours, sincerely, I hope you feel the love that we have for all of you, even for those of you who are lost and seeking, bruised and still keeping…i hope these words find you as well….
October 28, 2007
Ozphoria, the premier Australian SP community, have put up the Smashing Pumpkins recent AOL sessions on their site.
October 24, 2007
So from this snow globe that I shake up for you I’ll try to beam out what goes on back in here…having started this particular journey of The Good Ship Pumpkin way back in November of 2005, I’ve now had maybe 2 months off total since then…I am not complaining because I love the work, but I am pretty exhausted day after day…however it is the Spirit of the good fans who travel so far to give us that love really lifts me back up…with much help from God…
October 4, 2007
Greetings. I hope this finds you well and happy. As you know we have been on tour for some time now. It has been quite a journey and I can’t tell you how proud I am of the band. From where we started in a little room in LA, to rehearsals in Chicago, to the first show in Paris, to headlining the Reading festival!
